Tag Archives: Swimming

Product Review: Speedo IM Tech Paddles

By tjfry | April 11, 2011

Like most people I’m a creature of habit,  so trying a new hand paddle was a bit odd to me since I have been loyal to Strokemakers for so many years. But when Speedo came out with their IM Tech Paddle designed to be used on all four strokes, I had to give em a try. [...]

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Rip’s Stroke

By tjfry | April 8, 2011

I need to first apologize for the long delay in getting some of the swim analysis posts up. For some reason, I was no longer able to embed videos here and ….blah blah blah. You get the idea. I got it fixed. Now onto Rip’s swimming. Rip is an accomplished athlete but hitting the pool [...]

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Ironman Texas Practice Swim

By tjfry | February 21, 2011

It’s official! Swim Shops of the Southwest, in conjunction with TYR,  is proud to sponsor the Ironman Texas and CB&I Triathlon practice swim. The  swim will be on April 30th and start at 7am. The course is a 1.2 mile swim that will roughly mimic the first section of the Ironman swim (get there early [...]

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John’s Stroke

By tjfry | January 21, 2011

  I met with John over at FINS a couple of weeks ago to look over his stroke. A couple of things caught my eye right away. First and foremost, take a look at John’s kick. As he finishes breathing and begins to rotate, you can see a big scissor kick. This isn’t all that [...]

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