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Swim Training: How to Generate a More Powerful Catch

Building strength through swimming alone can be difficult. With proper strength training on land, and with resistance tools like stretch cords and parachutes in the water, swimmers will increase their power with each stroke.

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Swim Gear: Funky Trunks Launches Apex Performance Jammer

The APEX Performance Suits uses advanced waterproofing fabric to cut through the water.

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Swim Gear: Pace Pal clocks are perfect for swimmers to use on “test sets”

The right gear makes a huge difference in practice. What if you could carry your own portable pace clock to practice, your own personal pace clock that is also large enough to be seen from the deck or underwater in your lane?

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Mix up swim practice with the Tempo Trainer Pro and Foil Monofin

The TTP is a great way to incorporate precision into an array of otherwise routine sets. For instance, try using the TTP in conjunction with a Foil Monofin to tune into a controlled underwater kick.

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COAST program visits ADN Swim Project

COAST is a composite swimming team based on swimmers from six local clubs within Aberdeen City, Scotland. It provides a focused competitive program for the local elite swimmers, such as Jack Ness & Andrew McGovern.

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Missy Franklin, I Challenge You

Adlai Pappy and Eli Cornblath challenge Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin for a cause, the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA).

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Beautiful Barbados Offers Swimmers Open Water and Masters Swimming Competitions

Continue reading if you would like to swim in calm crystal waters above a white sand bottom in a magnificent, historic location designated as part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.

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FINA Points: Illogical and Impractical

For some swims, like Sun Yang’s 2011 World Championships race in the mile, FINA Points are showing skewed comparisons.

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Olympic Champion Rebecca Soni: The Mental Aspects of Peak Athletic Performance (Part 1 of 2)

RICH ROLL PODCAST WITH REBECCA SONI Rebecca Soni gets the Rich Roll treatment, nearly two and half hours of conversation…

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Improve Swimmer Hip Rotation, Symmetry and Rhythm with the Tech Toc

As most swimmers and coaches know, improving stroke efficiency often requires precise technique correction that calls for private instruction, underwater filming, but most of all, TIME.

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Brain-based movement learning for swimmers – TED x Video

Sean Hutchison, former U.S. Olympic coach and the inventor of IKKOS, explains his patented, brain-based movement learning system.

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SwimSwam Film Fest: Gone Swimming

I’m a swim film festival fan, and I love this swimming video produced by Maia Media, titled Gone Swimming.

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From a Swimmer’s Perspective: Air Quality

Contributor Lauren Perdue is a 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist and one of the most decorated swimmers in ACC History.

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Blucore introduces the Corsuit

For over three years now, swimmers have struggled to reach the times set during the era of the Supersuit. Now Blucore is doing something about it, with the release of the Corsuit.

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7 Butterfly Sets To Test Your Toughness

Seven butterfly sets from Bob Bowman to David Marsh to elites and fitness swimmers.

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