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TYR Sport Announces Signing Of 2X Olympic Medalist Lia Neal

TYR Sport is proud to announce the signing of 2x Olympic medalist Lia Neal to its roster of sponsored athletes.

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FINIS Set Of The Week: Targeted Muscle Group Training

There are a ton of different ways swimmers are looking to get better nowadays.  Whether it’s experimenting with a new type of training or trying out a new product – swimmers are curious creatures.

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Video: Easiest Way To Do A Crossover Turn!!

In swimming, it’s the little things that count. Adding an extra dolphin kick here, improving your tempo a little bit there, all pay huge dividends in the long run.

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SwimmersBest Floating Arms – High Catch Butterfly (Video)

Training drills to help swimmers press-thru their butterfly catch phase to keep ideal undulation of the body while creating a high early vertical forearm catch.

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Designing Dryland To Improve Flip Turns

Oftentimes in swimming, it is said that a flip turn will make or break a race. Considered to be a “blind” turn, a swimmer’s head should stay directly in line with their body and not look around at their competition when completing the motion.

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FINIS Is Changing The Way You Swim With Paddles

FINIS, Inc. , the worldwide leader in technical swimming innovation is very excited to announce the launch of the Iso strapless isolation paddles.

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How To Get Your Breaststroke Back On Track

If you are interested in getting your breaststroke clicking, you had better build a strong breaststroke kick.

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Upcoming USA Clinics

This announcement is courtesy of the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA).

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Max Litchfield – One Step From the Podium

In his first World Championships, Litchfield missed the podium by 0.58 in the 200m IM (1:56.86) and 0.48 in the 400m IM (4:09.62). They were the best performances of his career and scored him new British and Commonwealth records.

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What To Expect Your First Semester Of College

You think you are pretty hot stuff, being recruited and all. Your letter of intent has been signed sealed and delivered. And YES, you are smoking fast, but guess what? So are the other freshman recruits! 

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Video: How To Get In Shape Fast

We all know how difficult it is to get back in the water after the usual week or two break following a championship meet season.

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Write Your Workouts Like A Hot Knife Cutting Through Butter

That is how it goes… right? Didn’t quite make sense? Let me rephrase… “Write your workouts more swiftly, more pleasantly,…

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The Problem: Bad Streamlines

Every piece of equipment that exists in swimming today is meant to build power, strength and endurance. But nothing existed to develop the all-important drag reducing streamline. The Solution: The Squeezline

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Strechcordz® The Trusted Name In Performance Training For Open Water

NZ Manufacturing is proud to work with top athletes around the world to provide them with the proper effective tools for their training routines.

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How To Get Your Breaststroke Clicking Again PT. 1

Breaststroke can come and go like the wind. It is frustrating for both swimmers and coaches to have a swimmer’s breaststroke clicking one season and then, in the next, ‘poof’, the technique vanishes.

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