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Coach’s Intel: Heartland Aquatics Erik Wiken Shares His Favorite Set

In today’s Coach’s Intel Erik Wiken from Heartland Aquatics shares one of his favorite sets.

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Coach’s Intel: Marc Danin of Islander Aquatics an Underwater Work Set

Marc Danin shares a fast and fun pre-main set to help improve your swimmers underwater work and streamlines.

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Coach’s Intel: James Smith of the Myrtle Beach Riptides Shares a Mid-Season Aerobic Workout

Myrtle Beach Riptides CEO and head coach James Smith shares a mid-season aerobic workout.

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Coach’s Intel: Nebraska Coaching Legend Cal Bentz Submits a Race Prep Workout

Nebraska coaching legend Cal Bentz shares a pre-competition sprint set.

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Coach’s Intel: John Nelson of Piedmont YMCA Shares a Workout Measuring Kick, Speed and Conditioning

John Nelson of Piedmont YMCA shares a set to measure progression in kick and sprint speed, as well as overall conditioning.

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Coach’s Intel: Gray Tedder Shares a 100/200 Progression Set

Gray Tedder of Shelby, NC’s Shark Aquatic Club shares a set that you can use to measure progression over the course of the season with your athletes.

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Coach’s Intel: Bucknell’s Dan Schinnerer Shares a Sprint/Middle Distance Set

Bucknell’s Dan Schinnerer shares a sprint/middle distance set

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Coach’s Intel: Nate Kellogg of GSU Shares an Awesome Team Building Set

Georgia Southern’s swim & diving head coach Nate Kellogg shares a team building set.

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Coach’s Intel: OU’s Shawn Kornoelje Shares a Distance Kick Set

Shawn Kornoelje of Oakland University shares a distance kick set that has everyone’s favorite — underwater fly kick with fins!

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YourSwimBook: Don’t Be That Swimmer – 8 Swimming Etiquette Don’t’s

Skinny lanes and wide-stroke butterfliers don’t mix! Here are 8 rules of swimming etiquette to remember as a new season ramps up.

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Coach’s Intel: MSU Shares Two Backstroke Sets Used for NCAA Champs

MSU coaches Dave Collins and Chelsea Dirks-Ham share two custom sets they used for NCAA All-American backstroker Paul Le.

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Coach’s Intel: Petra Martin of Bowling Green University Shares a Sprint Fly/Back Set

In this morning’s Coach’s Intel, Petra Martin of BGSU shares a sprint set for flyers and backstrokers.

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Coach’s Intel: Brad Thornton Shares Some Sprint Set Goodness

Brad Thornton shares a sprint set his swimmers used a couple weeks before NCAA’s last season.

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Coach’s Intel: Boston College Swimming’s Thomas Groden Shares a Distance Set (Updated)

Olivier Poirier-Leroy is a former national level swimmer based out of Victoria, BC. In feeding his passion for swimming, he…

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Coach’s Intel: Casey Charles of the Freshly Minted East Carolina Gators Shares a Broken 400IM Set

Casey Charles, head coach and CEO of the newly formed East Carolina Aquatics shares a set designed to build 400IM speed (Photo: Tim Binning, TheSwimPictures.com)

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