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Swimming Question of the Week - September 29, 2010

By Glenn Mills to Question of the Week | Sep 29, 2010 10:05AM | 9 comments 9 comments

Last year I set out to do some long swimming, so adjustments needed to be made to my stroke...


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Swimming Set of the Week - June 25, 2010

By Barbara Hummel to Set of the Week | Jun 25, 2010 02:15PM | 0 comments 0 comments

Here's a short, quick set that combines stroke-counting and speed. It works well on the day before a meet, when you don't want to do too much, but want to know that your engines are firing and that you can generate easy speed.


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Pulling Power

By Glenn Mills to Articles | Mar 31, 2010 12:07PM | 8 comments 8 comments

While the title of this article may be misleading, especially since we just got back from NCAAs, this is really about limiting pulling power.


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Freestyle - High-Elbow Catch

By Glenn Mills to Freestyle | Mar 16, 2010 08:44AM | 31 comments 31 comments

Catch-catch-catch... seems as if all we talk about is a high-elbow catch. For good reason. Nothing will move you through the water more effectively than an early, high-elbow catch in freestyle.


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Freestyle - Discovering Efficiency Step 3

By Glenn Mills to Freestyle | Jul 21, 2009 08:22AM | 13 comments 13 comments

Heart rate is the key to Step 3 in our freestyle series on how to discovery efficiency.


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Freestyle - Discovering Efficiency Step 2

By Glenn Mills to Freestyle | Jul 07, 2009 08:21AM | 24 comments 24 comments

In Step 1 of our series on discovering efficiency, we counted strokes. In Step 2, we'll add a simple focus point... speed.


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Swimming Set of the Week - July 3, 2009

By Barbara Hummel to Set of the Week | Jul 03, 2009 07:10AM | 2 comments 2 comments

With all the talk this week about stroke count, stroke rate, dps, and efficiency, here's a short set that lets you play with all those elements. Four lengths for July 4th.


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Freestyle - Discovering Efficiency, Step 1

By Glenn Mills to Freestyle | Jun 30, 2009 08:20AM | 15 comments 15 comments

When swimmers begin the quest to discover the most efficient freestyle, they often think that Step 1 is to achieve a super-low stroke count. But a lower stroke count doesn't automatically produce a more efficient stroke.


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Sports Science Topic - June 29, 2007

By Jonty Skinner to Articles | Jun 29, 2009 10:36AM | 7 comments 7 comments

How do you balance efficiency and stroke rate, and which is more important to key on in training to improve performance?



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