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All Strokes - Medball Toss

If you're looking for challenging ways to gain fitness for your legs, while adding a fun aspect to your training, medballs can certainly help accomplish that task.


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All Strokes - Get-Out Swim

Ever since there's been competitive swimming, there have been get-out swims. A great way to encourage swimmers to go faster than they thought they could, with the cherry of getting out of practice 10 minutes early.


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Swimming Pic - January 6, 2012 - Erik Vendt

By Glenn Mills to Pic of the Week | 28 days ago | 1 comment 1 comment

Olympian Erik Vendt demonstrating the underwater dolphin kick.


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Swimming Pics of the Week - August 4, 2011

By Glenn Mills to Pic of the Week | Aug 04, 2011 08:21AM | 19 comments 19 comments

With the talk of tech suits coming back up, I thought I'd post a pic and short video of what people still use their tech suits for.


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Turns - Dolphin / Group

By Glenn Mills to Starts & Turns | Jul 26, 2011 06:06AM | 11 comments 11 comments

Coaching in a group setting sometimes requires that you give technique work that everyone is able to do.


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Turns - Dolphin Kick on Your Back

By Glenn Mills to Starts & Turns | Jul 05, 2011 07:06AM | 14 comments 14 comments

Developing a great underwater dolphin is something swimmers can work on every day.


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All Strokes - Vertical Dolphin Variations

By Glenn Mills to All Strokes (IM) | Mar 29, 2011 07:53AM | 9 comments 9 comments

Last week we linked to a video of Michael Phelps practicing vertical dolphin kick with weights strapped around his waist.


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New Toy - Finis Foil Monofin

By Glenn Mills to Product Reviews | Feb 11, 2011 08:23AM | 10 comments 10 comments

Look what we got to play with this morning. It's the new Finis Foil Monofin.


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Main Set Tuesday - February 8, 2011

By Glenn Mills to Gold (Advanced) | Feb 08, 2011 10:09AM | 0 comments 0 comments

A longer set this morning which required some thinking, and pinpointing exactly what the coach wanted done. Just like yesterday, without attacking the focus points, it's just going back and forth.


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Butterfly - Dolphin Initiation

By Glenn Mills to Butterfly | Jan 03, 2011 03:00PM | 5 comments 5 comments

We all know a good underwater dolphin kick is incredibly important in your butterfly. The question is... when do you start your kick?


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Swimming Set of the Week - December 3, 2010

By Barbara Hummel to Set of the Week | Dec 03, 2010 10:03AM | 3 comments 3 comments

Short kick set for abs and underwaters.


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Swimming Pic of the Week - October 7, 2010

By Glenn Mills to Pic of the Week | Oct 07, 2010 01:51PM | 12 comments 12 comments

The standard pushoff streamline.


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All-Strokes - Underwater Tempo-Trainer Dolphins

By Glenn Mills to All Strokes (IM) | Jul 07, 2010 06:00AM | 3 comments 3 comments

In case you missed the Olympics last week, and in case you missed how swimming was sorta in the limelight, you may have also missed seeing how important underwater dolphins are to a swimmer's success. As a hint, it's the first thing we've started working on... even for us old Masters swimmers.


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Turns - Learning the Underwater Dolphin - Step 5

By Glenn Mills to Starts & Turns | Mar 30, 2010 07:30AM | 14 comments 14 comments

In moving up the ladder in mastering the underwater dolphin, more fine points come out. The quickest way to work through these, is to focus on one.


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Swimming Pic of the Week - March 18, 2010

By Glenn Mills to Pic of the Week | Mar 18, 2010 07:03AM | 7 comments 7 comments

The weather is changing, and it's time for many of you to think about heading to the big water.



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