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5 Easy Ways to Jumpstart Your Dolphin Kick

Underwater dolphin kicks can account for up to 60% of a race (in yards). There is a reason why swimmers are limited to 15 yards/meters of underwater dolphin kicks: they are faster than swimming on the water’s surface.

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3 Steps to Building Your Own Swimming Business

Do you love coaching? Do you wish you could use your expertise to make a substantial living? Are you ready to take the next step for your professional career?

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Peddie School Varsity Swimming – Training Trip 2014-2015

Emily Schroeder, a senior at the Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey produced the video above.

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Olympian Josh Davis Tests USRPT, Swims Fastest Times in Ten Years (Feature Video)

5-time Olympic medalist, Josh Davis, has been training USRPT since last year. After hearing so much debate about this training method, he decided to try it himself. Listen to his results…

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8 Nutritional Recommendations For Swimmers

# 3 – A little protein before a workout goes a long way.

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15 favorite swim photos to kick off the new year

The new year is a great time to look back on the past and move forward into the coming 12…

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9 Questions to Ask a College Swimming Coach

Interviews may seem intimidating, but the key to making a good impression is to prepare. The famous, “Do you have any questions” can be a crucial part of any interview.

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7 Survival Guide Guidelines For Your College Training Trip

Through painstaking trial-and-error (and lots of poolside naps), I have put together the ultimate survival guide for college swimming training trip newbies.

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Live Your Own A+ Life

“If you want to live an A+ life, you need to do A+ work” — Gerry Leeds (1922-2014)

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13 Things I’ve Learned From 13 Years Of Swimming

#3 – Swim coaches will be some of the most important people in your life and some of your biggest supporters, in and out of the pool.

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Is Hypoxic Training Good, Bad or The Wrong Terminology?

You may have heard swim coaches use the term Hypoxic Training and wondered exactly what it meant. The literal definition means to swim with fewer breaths per length and so limit the supply of oxygen to your body.

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Our 14 Favorite Underwater Photos from 2014

It’s the end of another year and we sat down with SwimSwam photographer Mike Lewis and selected 14 of our…

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Jolyn Fashion Photo Vault – Australian Summer

Photographer: Ming Nomchong from The Drifter Blog @thedrifterblog – Models: Liberty Bennett @libertybennett & Hannah Lemke @hannahlemke

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9 Odd Things I’ve Learned Swimming This Past Year

Rafael Domeyko is a swimming photographer and a masters swimmer. He has swum his entire life and he continually learns new things about the sport and swimming culture.

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