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Why Do Elite Swimmers Recover Over The Water Like This?

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Paul Newsome, Swim Smooth
Sep 13, 2019
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If you've watched elite swimmers in the pool you might well have noticed they often recover over the surface of the water and angle their hands back behind them like this:


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