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What Gets Measured Gets Swum

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Paul Newsome, Swim Smooth
Mar 11, 2011
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'What gets measured gets done' is a famous quote from business management and applies in all walks of life. It refers to the tendency to overly focus on things we can easily measure. What's easy to measure in swimming? Here are two examples :

- Your strokes per length.

- Your time over a distance.

In your swimming or coaching, do you give these two numbers…

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