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Mental Toughness: The Mike Burton Story

Mental toughness is necessary to become a swimming champion, as it is in any sport. Some are born with it. Others must learn how to get it.

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Practice + Pancakes: Paige Madden WUG Set

This workout was written for Paige Madden, who in preparation for World University Games this summer, didn’t take significant time off after NCAA’s.

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Big Blue Swim School Announces Partnership for 16 New Locations

Big Blue Swim School, the nation’s leading swim school franchise, is excited to announce a new partnership with Shorewood Development Group to bring 10 new locations to Chicagoland and an additional six locations to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

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S.R. Smith Expands the Velocity Starting Block Series

The Velocity Advantage is the newest member of S.R.Smith’s Velocity Starting Block Series, with a marine-grade box style base like other elite starting platforms, which are particularly suitable for bulkheads.

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FINIS Set of the Week: The Final Countdown

This week’s set from Andrew Martinez, former Seattle University swimmer includes a countdown of 100s mixed in with some longer and shorter spurts.

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The Circle-Swimming Hack You Need to Survive Summer League Practice

No, this is not an advertisement. But when Folsom Wahoos Swim Team head coach Kathleen Kinsey sent me an email…

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The Push Paddle – NOT Just Another Paddle!

Typical paddles are great for pulling with, but we wanted something that would apply resistance from the top of the stroke in order to build a driving stroke that always pressed forward.

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What’s the secret to winning a 50 Free Shoot-out? (Video)

Listen Margo Geer explain her strategy and successfully repeating as the TYR Derby Pro 50 Free Champ

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Chadwick, Stewart on why San Diego is the Perfect Place to Swim (Video)

Michael Chadwick and Kendyl Stewart, explain what about swimming with David Marsh for Team elite in La Jolla, California makes the right mixture for elite athletes. 

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Beyond the Pancakes: How Does Todd DeSorbo Train Sprinters?

Training sprinters to be as fast as they possibly can comes in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and philosophies. For UVA head coach Todd DeSorbo, it means going as fast as you can. All the time. 

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Comerford, Bilquist, & Apple on Being Newly Minted Pros (Video)

Quite a few athletes, having just wrapped up their collegiate careers in the NCAA, shared what the future holds for them moving forward in the sport as professionals.

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Vertical Arm Recovery in Butterfly

Recently, I wrote an article on the benefits of a more vertical arm recovery in butterfly, pointing to the techniques used by Rikako Ikee of Japan and Laszlo Cseh of Hungary, as elite examples. The question is should we be teaching young swimmers the high vertical arm recovery in fly to them?

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