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The Stroke Every Swim Coach Wants To Change (But Shouldn't)

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Paul Newsome, Swim Smooth
Jul 06, 2012
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Harry Wiltshire is an elite ITU triathlete who is always amongst the first few athletes out of the water at every world cup event he races. He can swim 17 minutes and change for 1500m, and trains every day with the Brownlee brothers for good measure. But Harry has a problem: every swim coach wants to change his stroke.

His stroke is a long way from an or…

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