Misconceptions on the Freestyle Straight-Arm Recovery

I was going through my stack of swimming rags yesterday, and I came across an interesting analysis of the straight-arm recovery in freestyle in Swimming World’s December, 2014 issue (“Freestyle Straight-Arm Recovery” by Rod Havriluk).  The article’s main intent is to put to the test the conventional wisdom that a…

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Finding the Right Pair of Goggles (Pt. 2 — For the Blind)

If you are blind like me, swimming has always been a little challenging because I couldn’t see the pace clock, other swimmers, the practice on the board.  Since I’ve started to do more stuff in open water with my team in the last 10 years, it’s…well…game over out there.  The…

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