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March 22, 2010
Toe Placement while Swimming Freestyle
When you are swimming freestyle, you always want your toes pointing straight behind you, and never towards the bottom of the pool. As you are kicking down, you want to relax the calf muscle as much as possible. This allows the water to push on the foot which keeps the toes pointed. As you kick up, you want to use the calf muscle as necessary to keep the toes pointed.
March 8, 2010 - Improving your Freestyle Catch
February 22, 2010 - Shave the Sideburns
February 8, 2010 - Reducing Water Resistance
February 1, 2010 - Turn Buoy Race Strategy
January 25, 2010 - Make Goggles Last Longer
January 19, 2010 - Make a Swimsuit Last Longer
January 11, 2010 - Maintaining Momentum while Surfacing
January 4, 2010 - Pushing Off a Slippery Wall
June 1, 2009 - Getting your Feet Tapped While Swimming
May 18, 2009 - Avoiding Rashes
May 4, 2009 - Weight Training
March 9, 2009 - Testing a New Wetsuit
March 2, 2009 - Finishing Your Stroke
February 23, 2009 - Warming up before a Triathlon Race
February 10, 2009 - Improve your Pulling Power and Efficiency
February 2, 2009 - Getting Tackled in a Triathlon Swim
January 19, 2009 - Cooling Off After a Challenging Swim Practice
January 12, 2009 - Figuring Out Your Average Swim Time
January 5, 2009 - Swimming with Water Jets
December 15, 2008 - Training in a Hotel Pool
December 8, 2008 - Training Swimsuit Advice
December 1, 2008 - Remembering your Workout
November 24, 2008 - Adjusting to a new pool
November 17, 2008 - How to Hold a Kick Board
November 10, 2008 - Timing in different pools
November 3, 2008 - Checking out your Opponents
October 27, 2008 - How Water Temperature Effects Performance
October 20, 2008 - Gasping in the Morning
October 13, 2008 - Counting Repeats
October 6, 2008 - Loose Goggles
September 29, 2008 - Improve Your Freestyle Finish
September 22, 2008 - Faux Swimming
September 15, 2008 - Ankle Stretching
September 8, 2008 - Breathing
September 1, 2008 - Pull
August 25, 2008 - Timing Chip