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It’s All About Kicking
Impressed by Texas? Follow Eddie Reese’s advice and concentrate on the kick. We got a kick out of the butterfly. It’s all about kicking. You gotta be able to kick. There are five strokes now: kick is one of them. It the second fastest stroke. You’ve got to do it. Eddie Reese, NCAA 2015, after…
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Chuck Batchelor – Bluefish Swim Club
DragSox – SCY: 6x25s flutter kick with a board @403x25s Under water dolphin kick @.503x25s fly race 8 kicks off the wall no breath at brake out @303X through Focus on fastest feet on the flutter kick and dolphin kick. And then the 25s fly 8 fast kicks and then focus on the kick tempo…
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Benefits of Fun
We often do things in the pool that might appear to have little, if anything, to do with actual swimming–like the photo shown here. It was taken last week while we were doing crazy experiments, just playing in the water. It looks almost unreal and it definitely doesn’t look like swimming[1]. (Just for fun, try…
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VoloBlades 30: The Smallest Sibling in the VoloBlades Family
Today we are releasing a new size of VoloBlades: VoloBlades 30, the smallest paddles in our VoloBlades family. We created this smaller size to meet three important criteria, explained in detail below. We wanted the swim paddles to fit swimmers with smaller hands, to be effective for breaststroke, and during sprint. Swim paddles for smaller…
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Weight vs Resistance
Weight and resistance during training have different impacts—both negative and positive—on swimming mechanics. It’s important to be able to differentiate between the helpful benefits of added resistance and the potential negative impact of additional weight. There seems to be confusion about this in the swimming world, or perhaps just a sloppiness in use of terminology.…
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Exciting News for our Customers in Japan
You can now order our products in Japan and save on shipping and delivery time! We have partnered with Wonder Years Co., Ltd, a company founded by Ryosuke Imai. Ryosuke is an accomplished swimmer himself, a former USC Trojan, 7-time All American and 3-time Pac 10 Champion as well as the first Japanese breaststroker to…
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VoloBlades and VB AIR Review by Swimmer Magazine
These paddles received great reviews, and testers felt a high elbow from the catch through the pull to the finish on the stroke. … In addition to being a great technique aid, the VoloBlades are good for developing strength and endurance, and testers felt as though their deltoids and lats had received an extra workout…
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Greg Wriede – Peddie Aquatic Association
Sample sets: 16 x 25 on :30 – DragSox, Fins and Paddles Odd Stroke, Even Free2 Build, 2 Race DragSox OFF 4 x 75 on 1:15 – Kick w/Board and Fins, Last 25 Under 200 on 3:00 – EZ DragSox ON 12 x 25 on :35 – DragSox and Paddles Odd Cruise, Even Race 4…
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Insights from Brett Hawke at Auburn University
Check out this podcast of Brett Hawke, head coach at Auburn University, talking about college swimming, starts, turns, nutrition and, best of all, DragSox! It gives some great insights from a coach who was trained multiple Olympians. It’s an honor to have him mention DragSox, our most popular product. Listen to the Swimming Science podcast…