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The Three Ways To Develop A Longer Freestyle Stroke

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Paul Newsome, Swim Smooth
Mar 29, 2013
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There are three ways to make your stroke longer:

1) Reduce your drag so you slip through the water more easily
2) Improve your propulsive technique so you are pushed further on every stroke
3) Artificially elongate your stroke by adding a pause-and-glide

The first two are excellent ways to improve your swimming speed and efficiency. However the third only m…

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