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Putting Mark’s Stroke on the Hot Seat

For those of you who frequent this site (thank you by the way and tell some friends!!), you may have started noticing a theme here. I have been analyzing a number of people’s strokes, giving pointers, tips and things to avoid. The feedback has been well received and the requests have increased quite a bit [...]

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Breaking Down Sheri’s Stroke

Not long after I looked at Ana’s stroke, I jumped in and took a peek at how Sheri was swimming. As you might notice, there are some similarities between Ana’s and Sheri’s stroke. That’s not a huge surprise, because some of the issues I see tend to be common among most swimmers.

One of the first things [...]

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Breaking Down Ana’s Stroke

Before the holidays, I met up with Ana, one of my fellow Ironman Cozumel entrants. She was looking for a few tips on her stroke so I broke the underwater camera to see what I could find. First of all, as it is quite obvious, Ana is clearly a strong swimmer with a good stroke. From [...]

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Breaking Down Mike’s Stroke

Not too long ago Mike contacted me from New York with a few questions regarding his swim technique after reading my swim articles.  It’s always easier to comment on something when you can see the stroke, so I asked for a video clip. I thought it might help others if I took Mike’s stroke and critiqued it [...]

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