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  • Introducing VB AIR

    There are three common types of underwater arm pull in swimming: the dropped elbow arm pull; the straight arm pull; and the high elbow arm pull. Here is how James Counsilman describes each in his book, The Science of Swimming[1]: The dropped elbow arm pull is the poorest type of pull and provides the swimmer…

  • Do Finger Paddles Increase Feel For Water?

    Finger paddles, sometimes also known as sculling paddles, are frequently touted as paddles that help swimmers increase their "feel for water." Evidence to support this claim, however, is never provided. One way to think about the feel for water in this particular context is as a sense of the position and the movement of the…

  • Bill Roberts – United States Naval Academy

    Sample sets: 2-4: 8 x 25 12.5 sprint swim OR kick, 12.5 easy with DragSox On opposite rounds, reverse the order, 12.5 smooth/12.5 swim. 4 x 150 swim with DragSox 4 x 100 kick with DragSox 4 x 50 swim or kick/no DragSox & Descend 1-4 United States Naval Academy Head Coach: Bill Roberts

  • Bryan Wamsley – B3 Aquatics

    One simple set we do is a 10 minute kick: 20 seconds fast and 10 seconds ez with a 1 minute break at 5 minutes into it. All with DragSox. B3 Aquatics Head Coach: Bryan Wamsley

  • Michael Osborne – Warrior Aquatic Club

    Short course pool: 4 x (3 x 25 + 50) kick, fins and DragSox odd rounds are FR kick, even rounds are BK kick, 25s are on :35, 50s are on 1:00 (these are for age groupers) Warrior Aquatic Club Head Coach: Michael Osborne