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Swim Geek Throwdown: Team DeSantis or Team David?

If you haven’t been following it, a storm has been brewing in the swim blog world. A few weeks ago,…

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South Korea, Australia to Place Bids for 2013 World Championships

Over the next few weeks, bids to replace Dubai as the host of the 2013 World Championships will slowly leak…

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Legends of the Pool: Johnny Weissmuller

While today’s class of swimmers are breaking records at a clip never before seen, they are not the first swimming…

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Butterfly Drill: One-Armed Fly, The RIGHT Way

One of the most popular butterfly drills, where I come from, is the one-armed butterfly. This drill comes in a…

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7 Biggest Mistakes Swimmers Make Before a Championship Meet

The swimming taper is a complex, scientific, precise thing. Then again, we’re not all collegians or Olympians, so for some…

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Update on the Orca Start: Gaining Traction

When Matt Wunderlin first published his story about the “Orca Start” in Swimming Magazine, and then sent us some videos…

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Clemson Meeting Postponed, No New Date Set

As an update to our previous story about representatives of Clemson Swimming and Diving meeting with the University Board of…

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All-Strokes "Drill": Empire Practice

Every swimming website in the world has an article about swimming ettiquette, rules of the pools, etc. The number 1…

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A Sign of the Season: How To Prevent Swimmers' Ear

Every year, when the summer months come around and the city pools become overrun with thousands of summer-league swimmers, the…

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Charlotte UltraSwim Day 3 Predictions

Despite an exciting first 2 days at the 2010 Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix, Day 3 might be the best day yet….

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Infant Swimming Aides Development

The web has been abuzz the past 2 weeks over a study done in Finland in the UK with regard…

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The College Swimming Arms Race

On the left, Ohio State’s McCorkle Aquatics Pavilion, to the tune of $25 million dollars. On the right, the Morcom…

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How Can Swimming Go Green(er)?

Ok, so I know I’m a few days late for Earth Day, but I saw an interesting article today on…

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Top 8 Cross-Training Sports for Young Swimmers

Swimming might be one of the toughest sports in the world to deal with between the ears. As much as…

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Swimming Helps Blind San Antonio Teen Improve Vision

Christian Chavez of the newly opened Ladybird Johnson High School in San Antonio, Texas is a highly competitive, quite athletic…

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