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Gary Hall: Swimming Myths Debunked (2)
Ten Swimming Myths Busted Myth #2: The only time you need to worry about reducing frontal drag is on the start and turns. Getting into a tight streamline is extremely important for the dive and turns....
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Gary Hall: Swimming Myths Debunked (3)
Ten Swimming Myths Busted Myth #3: The reason one should rotate the body along the long axis in freestyle is to reduce drag. Please don’t tell me this is not a myth. I hear this from beginner coaches...
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GARY HALL: SWIMMING MYTHS DEBUNKED (4)
Ten Swimming Myths Busted Myth #4: The reason you keep the elbows high during the underwater pull is to increase power. I often hear this myth from both coaches and swimmers. When one looks at the...
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Gary Hall, Swimming Myths Debunked (5)
Ten Swimming Myths Busted Myth #5. The reason we pull freestyle underwater with a high elbow is to increase the surface area of our arm. In case you hadn’t noticed, I am preaching high elbows a lot....
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Gary Hall: Swimming Myths Debunked (6)
Ten Swimming Myths Busted Myth #6:When it comes to swimming fast, kicking is overrated. Kicking is anything but overrated. As some of you have already learned, I believe that it is the power of the...
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Ten Swimming Myths Busted Myth #7: In order to reduce the air bubbles behind your hand underwater, you must enter the hand delicately. Many beginner swimmers are taught to enter the hand just in front...
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Gary Hall: Swimming Myths Debunked (8)
Ten Swimming Myths Busted Myth #8: When it comes to getting oxygen in freestyle, breathing every cycle is as good as it gets. In almost every other sport but swimming we get the luxury of breathing...
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Gary Hall: Swimming Myths Debunked (9)
Ten Swimming Myths Busted Myth #9: All swimming drills are good for you. I am a big believer in doing drills. In fact, if more swimmers spent a little more time doing drills and not worry so much about...
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Gary Hall: Swimming Myths Debunked (10)
Ten Swimming Myths Busted Myth #10: The Race Club is only meant for sprinters I admit that at the Olympic level, nearly all of our success has been with sprinters. That is because our former coach,...
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The Race Club: Nuances of an Elite Sprinter
The Quest to Hydroplane: Nuances of an Elite Sprinter Watching fast swimmers do freestyle is a thing of beauty. It looks easy but it is not. Hard and sustained training is an integral part of that...
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