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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…


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • 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.…


  • 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…