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We have talked about freestyle, backstroke and breaststroke breakouts. Now we will talk about the butterfly break out. In order to do a successful butterfly breakout you must do it fluidly. You need to keep the momentum of the push and underwater kicks to do a seamless transition to your stroke. There is one advantage of the butterfly breakout that the other strokes don’t have. Your legs will continue doing the same movement. You just simply keep doing dolphin kicks throughout the whole transition from underwater kicks to butterfly stroke. https://youtu.be/8qIupdB-l78

A triathlon swim can be very hectic, especially when swimming around sighting buoys. Here is GTN’s advice on how to master cornering swim buoys in the open water! https://youtu.be/xKA08i2hoDA

Mitch Dalton presents on the Butterfly Effect. One of the many presentation resources being shared at the United States Aquatic Sports Convention https://youtu.be/R0CiT-A8mKY

The 10th annual Great Ohio River Swim will kick off Sept. 24 at the Serpentine Wall. It’s the region’s largest swimming event, with participants racing 900 yards across the river to Newport and back. https://youtu.be/WfchzK8XZPw

Natalie Coughlin took part in the first annual Celebrity Karting Challenge in San Francisco to honor some of America’s heroes on the 16th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. https://youtu.be/DHrQ6D-Jv3g

Wildcard entry Eric “the Eel” Moussambani from Equitorial Guinea becomes an international celebrity after a inspiring and valiant swim in the 100m freestyle at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. https://youtu.be/7P8U4g_srRU

Ben Lecomte says he plans to swim through what’s known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch during his 5,500-mile journey so that researchers can collect data and samples. https://youtu.be/ffsx2PyJz9c https://youtu.be/hx1xrTrgYXE

Australian swimmer Jarrod Poort, who represented his country at the last two Olympics, has been handed a one-year ban for failures to notify anti-doping authorities of his whereabouts. “Athletes are required to maintain the accuracy of their whereabouts information at all times,” the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA) said in a statement on Thursday. “Mr Poort failed on two occasions to submit his information on time, and on the third occasion, ASADA attempted to test Mr Poort outside his designated hour, only to discover that he had not updated his whereabouts to take account of travel plans.” Poort, who competed…

Calling it a “win-win-win” situation, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach officially awarded the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games to Paris and Los Angeles, respectively, at the IOC Session in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday. Read The Washington Post https://youtu.be/hDwz5uwhM8o

Let the learning begin! We’re excited to kick-off the 2017 U.S. Aquatic Sports Convention in Dallas, Texas with swim team and sponsor representatives from around the country! https://youtu.be/YgBtdjc_e7o