Weekly Blog by Swim Smooth

Weekly Blog by Swim Smooth

Your Middle Finger

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Paul Newsome, Swim Smooth
Nov 06, 2010
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If you have a tendency to crossover the centre line in your stroke, here's a useful visualisation. Try swimming thinking solely about the middle finger on each hand. As you enter the water and extend forwards think about keeping your middle finger pointing straight in front of the same shoulder, extending gun-barrel straight down the pool:


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