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Stroke Technique Is Even More Important In Open Water

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Paul Newsome, Swim Smooth
Sep 30, 2011
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If you're a triathlete or open water swimmer then you should be seriously concerned with the symmetry of your stroke. A lack of symmetry will tend to pull you to one side or the other as you swim and so lead you to continually track off course, adding many minutes to your swim split. Constantly moving off course will also harm you ability to draft behin…

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