Tag Archives: kicking help

Analyzing Dana’s Stroke

 So next on the list of strokes that I pick apart is Dana’s. You might notice that Dana is no slouch. He’s a heck of an athlete. He’s raced in Kona among other places, but swimming is relatively new to him. He was a duathlete for a long time before he hit the pool. As [...]

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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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The Mailbag…

Often people email me with questions about something I have written about or a more general question with a problem they are running into. Some of the mail is very similar in nature, so I said to myself, ” Self, I wonder if it would be useful to publish my answers on some of these questions [...]

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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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