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  • Swimmer Magazine DragSox Review

    Full review (pdf): DragSox Review


  • CATS Aquatic Team US Olympic Trials Qualifiers

    Congratulations to CATS Aquatic Team swimmer Connor Black and his coach Vlad Pyshnenko, who qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials 2012 last Saturday. CATS is one of the teams training with DragSox™. Congratulations and we look forward to seeing you at the London Olympics! Full article: Freestyler learning from best.


  • Five Things to Keep in Mind about DragSox

    Advantage DragSox offer significant advantage over existing power training devices in effectiveness, cost and/or ease of use. Please read these post for more information: DragSox vs Power Tower DragSox vs Parachute DragSox vs Running Shoes DragSox are the opposite of Fins Compatibility with your existing training method. DragSox are compatible with your existing training method.…


  • Pull Buoy or Not?

    When we do pull sets, we almost never use pull buoys. Instead, we use a doubled-up kick band wrapped around the ankles. It’s significantly harder to pull this way but we feel that it’s more effective. The other day I was reading "Swimmer and Team" by a legendary American coach Don Gambril and found an…


  • Swimming Technique: Verbal Instructions vs Visual Input

    I wrote this article in April, 2011 but never posted it here. I will explain below why I am posting it now. “You have two brains: a left and a right. …your left brain is your verbal and rational; it thinks serially and reduces it’s thoughts to numbers, letters, and words… You right brain is…