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Paul Newsome, Swim Smooth
Sep 03, 2010
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Coaches, you need to be careful when critiquing a swimmer's stroke from above the water. Here's a couple of examples why:

James has a low body position which we should work on improving:


However from above the water it doesn't look nearly so bad:

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