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The Unavoidable Facts About Drafting

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Paul Newsome, Swim Smooth
Aug 02, 2013
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Drafting (in swimming) is:

Turbulent
Claustrophobic
Uncomfortable
Unpredictable
Stochastic
Requires focus
Requires practise
A lot faster than swimming by yourself


In our squads in Perth we asked our swimmers to perform a 1000m timetrial in the pool two weeks running. In the first week our lane 1 averaged 19:15 but the following week we moved some faster swimmer…

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