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Technology Innovations in Swimming
We have noticed some trends in the swimming world recently that seem to reflect a broader movement of increased reliance on technology and data. Below is a high-level summary of new products and ideas that reflect these trends. It’s always interesting for me to see what people are working on in the world of swimming…
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How to Replace Tubing on DragSox
Remove the plastic plate from the tubing Remove the tubing from the DragSox Insert the new tubing into the DragSox Insert the tubing into the plastic plate Kick Hard Swim Fast! You can get DragSox replacement tubing on our store: store.aquavolo.com.
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To Teams Competing at the World Swimming Championship in Windsor Canada
If you’d like to pick up DragSox while you are at the World Swimming Championship in Windsor, Canada, please email us at [email protected]. We’d be happy to deliver DragSox without international shipping charges to those who order them now. We will be meeting with various coaches during the event. Our goal is to provide international…
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Tyler Hammond – Hour of Power
DragSox and TKicks 60×25 @ 1:00 (We Call this "Hour of Power") I put the TKicks in the water for the entire set as well. This was done in Short Course yards. 10- Primary Stroke w/ DragSox10- Primary Stroke10- Secondary Stroke w/ DragSox10- Secondary Stroke10- Primary Stroke w/ DragSox10- Primary Stroke Millard Aquatic Club
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Sensory Mitts are Now Available in Europe
As of today, Sensory Mitts are available for purchase from the AquaVolo EU store: eu.aquavolo.com. If you are in Europe, you can order Sensory Mitts as well as DragSox. Your order will ship locally from the EU with EU shipping costs. Shipping costs and the delivery time will be significantly reduced. To learn more about…
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Sensory Mitts: Try Before You Buy
About a year ago we launched the Try Before You Buy program which allows any US-based swim club to try DragSox® before buying them. Six months later we expanded the program to include VoloBlades in the US and Try Before You Buy DragSox in Europe. Today, we are expanding the Try Before You Buy program…
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Introducing Sensory Mitts Jr.
Today we are releasing a smaller sibling of AquaVolo Sensory Mitts: Sensory Mitts Jr. The smaller size was inspired by feedback from coaches. Sensory Mitts Jr. were designed for age group swimmers and college swimmers with smaller hands. To learn more about the idea behind Sensory Mitts, please read this article: Sensory Mitts – Feel…
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Rob Herb – Lehigh University
4x 3×75 DragSox descend on 1:301×75 no DragSox A/O1x50 ez pick up DragSox on 1:30(all about creating a bit of leg fatigue and then full out sprint creating feeling of racing backend of 100) 4x 400 on 7/8 PUSH hard from the beginning of the 400- how long can you hold the effort on each…
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TKick Tip To Build Great Underwater Dolphin Kick
We received this tip from one of the coaches who uses TKicks: Attach the TKick a little closer to the wall than normal and ask your swimmers to make a turn without touching the wall. Once the turn is made, they must then dolphin kick underwater beyond the TKick. This is difficult because the swimmer…
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Core and Connection
(Image source: Complete Conditioning for Swimming. Dave Salo and Scott A. Riewald (2008)) I came across the article, The Art of Connected Swimming: Jonty Skinner and Kristian Gkolomeev, today and it has some interesting things to say about the core and how our brains are wired. Skinner talks about the need to develop the core.…