Connor Black had a sensational prelims swim in his 100 butterfly on the third morning of Junior Nationals, breaking the meet record set in 2009 by Neil O’Halloran. Black also finished top-eight in the 100 freestyle. From: swimmingworld.com Connor Black trains with CATS Aquatic Team which is one of of first teams that started training…

Computer Scientists Reveal how Aquatic Olympic Gold Is Captured – Above and Below the Surface NYU.edu

We found that there exists an optimal spacing between fingers that maximizes the force exerted by hand during swimming,” said Adrian Bejan, professor of engineering at Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering. “The maximization of force is an essential of the evolutionary design of nature of swimming animals and athletes for survival and speed. Read full…

According to the research from Johns Hopkins University, the deep catch is more effective than the high-elbow catch stroke. A team supervised by a Johns Hopkins fluid dynamics expert has found that the deep catch stroke, resembling a paddle, has the edge over sculling, the bent-arm, propeller-inspired motion… To obtain this result, Mittal’s team started…

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