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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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Underwater Pull – The High Elbow

It doesn’t matter how long you’ve been swimming, working on improving your technique is never ending. One of the biggest problems that swimmers of all abilities run into is that they drop their elbow as they pull underwater. If you’ve been swimming for a while you’ve heard about this many times. If you’re relatively new [...]

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