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Swim Clinic Week 1: Developing body balance feel

By 29 April 2014November 12th, 2016Skills & Technique, Swim, Triathlon

Swim Clinic Week 1: Developing body balance feel

Swimmers need to maximize their streamline and reduce the surface area of the human body traveling through the water.

In order for swimmers to maximize their speeds, they need to minimize the surface area in which they will be traveling through the water, and maximise the area used to propel them through the water.

For every swimmer, reducing drag is as important as improving power and endurance due to the efficiency gains.

Swim Clinic Week 1: Developing body balance feel

Skelton Paul

Skelton Paul

Life-long endurance athlete with 20 years IRONMAN experience and 12 years of coaching. TrainingPeaks Level 2, IRONMAN Uni, WOWSA Level 3, Triathlon Australia, and Primal Health accredited Coach. Active adventure-focused athlete of 14 IRONMANs, Kona Qualifier, Ultraman, Comrades and Ultra swim finisher.