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Go Swim - Starts - Avoiding Bubbles

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Developing the ability to sneak through the surface on a start can help you carry more speed into your swimming.

Go Swim - Freestyle - The Finish

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The sports world is filled with stories of people winning by 1/100th of a second, or losing by 1/100th of a second. While a race can be swum perfectly, it's not over till it's over.

Go Swim - Backstroke Start Drill

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The angle at which you leave the wall on backstroke can help you enter the water faster, and ready for your underwater dolphins.


Why Do It:
Learning to explode OUT rather than fall back into your backstroke start can help you enter the water more cleanly and carry more speed into your backstroke.

Go Swim - Backstroke - The Wave

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Go Swim - Swimming - Freestyle - Open-Water Breathing

Swimming - Freestyle - Open-Water Breathing
With summer and the open-water season fast approaching, here's a quick technique to help you get air in the chop, while not causing you any extra effort.