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How To Use Stroke Rate To Build Stroke Length

Giving swimmers a set stroke rate and then asking them to go continuously get faster, without changing their stroke rate, is a beneficial drill.

The Power of Hand Postures

One of the most important goals of any training program is to help swimmers learn to use their arms to create more propulsion.

Building Technical Accountability Into Endurance Training

Esteemed swim coach Andrew Sheaff shows us a simple strategy to easily implement technical discipline into day-to-day training.

COACH’S EYE: The Late Breath is Key To Schoenmaker’s 200 Breast World Record

Tatjana Schoenmaker waited to initiate her breath until she’d almost completed her entire breaststroke arm-pull – leading to a world-record 200 breast.

COACH’S EYE: Dressel’s Delayed Dolphin Kicks Represent A Growing Trend

Some sharp-eyed viewers on Twitter noticed an evolution of underwater kicking technique in one of the world’s best underwater kickers.

Coach’s Intel: Rocky Mountain Thunder Swimming’s Brent Bergstedt Shares a Mid-Season Workout

Rocky Mountain Thunder Swimming’s Brent Bergstedt shares a mid-season workout geared towards expanding a swimmer’s base.

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Coach’s Intel: Brent Bergstedt of Rocky Mountain Thunder Swimming Shares a Set

Brent Bergstedt of Rocky Mountain Thunder Swimming submits a base-developing set to give swimmers conditioning to build off of.

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In News

US News

SwimSwam Surge

2023 World Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Taylor Ruck Will Not Continue Swimming NCAA, Is “Unsure” If She Will Stay At Stanford

2023 World Championships: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

2023 World Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

SWIM DATA

Raito Numata’s 4:12.10 400 IM Marks The Fastest-Ever For 16 & Under Boys

A Closer Look At Katie Ledecky’s Longevity

Ledecky Ties Debbie Meyer & Donna De Varona For Most Individual LC World Records By U.S. Woman

Texas Men Return the Most NCAA Points, While Cal’s Streak Goes Into Serious Rebuild Mode

In College

LSU Parts Ways With Associate Head Swim Coach Leah Stancil

Concordia University Irvine Drops Men’s, Women’s Swimming & Diving Programs

Wisconsin Swimming and Diving Hires UNC’s Dr. Jack Brown as New Head Coach

Howard University Gains Distance Swimmer Julianna Gibson For 2025

In Training

Unleash Your Unstoppable this Memorial Day with 30% OFF all PHENOM Tech Suits

Discover the Ultimate Aquatic Experience at ONEflow Aquatics in Somabay, Egypt

Repetition Is Our Nemesis: Inconvenient Considerations For A Healthier Sport

New in Commit: Universal Add Button

In Video

Gold Medal Minute

Olympic Swimmer Caeleb Dressel Would Like To Do Rowdy Gaines’ NBC Job

10x Olympic Medalist Caeleb Dressel Unpacks His Paris Olympic Games

Gretchen Walsh Unpacks Her Olympic Debut and Looks Ahead To New Goals, a 54 100m Butterfly

9-time Olympic Medalist Ryan Murphy Unpacks Team USA’s Paris Performance

In Lifestyle

How Come Many Swimmers Don’t Do This? The Untapped Business Hiding in Our Sport

Paralympic Medal Winning Swimmer Ali Truwit Appears in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition

The Hellespont Race Opens Entries To All

SwimSwam Pulse: 77.6% Most Surprised By Ledecky’s 800 Free WR In Fort Lauderdale

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Coach’s Intel: Rocky Mountain Thunder Swimming’s Brent Bergstedt Shares a Mid-Season Workout

Coach’s Intel: Brent Bergstedt of Rocky Mountain Thunder Swimming Shares a Set

2023 World Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Taylor Ruck Will Not Continue Swimming NCAA, Is “Unsure” If She Will Stay At Stanford

2023 World Championships: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

2023 World Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Raito Numata’s 4:12.10 400 IM Marks The Fastest-Ever For 16 & Under Boys

A Closer Look At Katie Ledecky’s Longevity

Ledecky Ties Debbie Meyer & Donna De Varona For Most Individual LC World Records By U.S. Woman

Texas Men Return the Most NCAA Points, While Cal’s Streak Goes Into Serious Rebuild Mode

LSU Parts Ways With Associate Head Swim Coach Leah Stancil

Concordia University Irvine Drops Men’s, Women’s Swimming & Diving Programs

Wisconsin Swimming and Diving Hires UNC’s Dr. Jack Brown as New Head Coach

Howard University Gains Distance Swimmer Julianna Gibson For 2025

Unleash Your Unstoppable this Memorial Day with 30% OFF all PHENOM Tech Suits

Discover the Ultimate Aquatic Experience at ONEflow Aquatics in Somabay, Egypt

Repetition Is Our Nemesis: Inconvenient Considerations For A Healthier Sport

New in Commit: Universal Add Button

Olympic Swimmer Caeleb Dressel Would Like To Do Rowdy Gaines’ NBC Job

10x Olympic Medalist Caeleb Dressel Unpacks His Paris Olympic Games

Gretchen Walsh Unpacks Her Olympic Debut and Looks Ahead To New Goals, a 54 100m Butterfly

9-time Olympic Medalist Ryan Murphy Unpacks Team USA’s Paris Performance

How Come Many Swimmers Don’t Do This? The Untapped Business Hiding in Our Sport

Paralympic Medal Winning Swimmer Ali Truwit Appears in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition

The Hellespont Race Opens Entries To All

SwimSwam Pulse: 77.6% Most Surprised By Ledecky’s 800 Free WR In Fort Lauderdale

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