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Swim Like You Kayak

by | 13 May, 2011

By invitation, I spent 2 hours in the pool last night observing my Turkish swim coach friends 15 swimmers, all around 9-12 yrs old. While all were working just as hard, stroking away madly, the most remarkable difference between the best swimmers in the lane and the...

Swim To Escape, or Swim To Face It?

by | 3 May, 2011

I headed to the Med this morning to release my internalized stress in the cool sea water. I have been feeling some stress the last couple days. All that tensive unchanneled energy collects in my chest just below the heart and I desperately needed to get it flushed...

Using A Tempo Trainer- SPEED IT UP!

by | 25 Apr, 2011

Using A Tempo Trainer – SPEED IT UP! If you’ve read the previous two lessons then great. Let’s procede. If not, I suggest you take a moment to go back to the Intro and see how those two lessons set the stage for this one. Speed = Stroke Length (SL) x...

Using A Tempo Trainer- SLOW IT DOWN

by | 25 Apr, 2011

Using A Tempo Trainer – SLOW IT DOWN! If you have not read the Introduction, I invite you to do so now to get an idea of what I’m trying to explain with these Tempo Trainer lessons. If you know your current normal SPL and SR for your targeted distance event,...

How To Use A Tempo Trainer- INTRO

by | 25 Apr, 2011

An Introduction To Using A Tempo Trainer First, a few definitions: Stroke Length (SL) – the distance your body travels forward in each stroke cycle (of each arm). For instance, Coach Mat is 1.76 meters tall and has a comfortable SL of 1.2 meters. For more...
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