Weekly Blog by Swim Smooth

Weekly Blog by Swim Smooth

When Taking Fewer Strokes Makes You *Less* Efficient - A Ramp Test With Harold

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Paul Newsome, Swim Smooth
Feb 10, 2017
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This week on the blog we take a look at how a top youth swimmer from Hong Kong has learned how making his stroke as long as possible has been detrimental to his swimming. In the process he has shaved off 12 seconds per 100m with less effort to swim with a truly perpetual stroke. Read on to see how he did it...


Tuning Up Harold's Stroke

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