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Try Aiming For 80% Not 100%
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Try Aiming For 80% Not 100%

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Oct 08, 2010
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One problem with aiming for 100% perfection is that it tends to make you mechanical and rigid when you swim - so you lose touch with the rhythm of the stroke. It also means you try and over-ride rather than work-with your natural stroke mannerisms, which is extremely hard (or impossible) to do. A third problem with targeting 100% is you tend to overdo a…

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