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Coaching / Drills / Stroke Technique
Humans are land-based, vertical mammals. So asking a swimmer to get wet, go horizontal, upside down, and then swim backwards? Well heck, no wonder backstroke sets can set some swimmers groaning.
What is it that makes coaches great? Is it their workouts, their motivational skills, their knowledge of swimming? It’s an interesting question and if you posed it to 10 people, I bet you would...
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