Category: Masters
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2 Drills to Improve Your Swim Starts | U.S. Masters Swimming
Coach Abigail Fish discusses two quick steps for improving your swim start. With these two drills, you will be able to fix your dive technique without even needing a block.
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Backstroke Swimming Body Position | Tip 7 | Aggressively Rotating Your Shoulders | U.S. Masters Swimming
Staying rotated throughout your backstroke pull to overcome the limitations of your shoulder range of motion and maximize your pull is important. Although doing so solves one problem, it can also create a new one. If you delay your rotation until you finish your pull and you need to be rotated to the other side…
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Backstroke Swimming Pull | Tip 7 | Effortless Arm Recoveries | U.S. Masters Swimming
The key to an effective arm recovery is transitioning from the end of your pull to the beginning of your recovery with a minimal loss of hand speed. This allows you to swing your arm into your recovery rather than lift it.
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The Impacts of Backstroke Swimming on Your Body | U.S. Masters Swimming
Swimming backstroke is a terrific form of exercise because it uses many of your body’s muscles and it can burn a substantial number of calories, between 400 and 600 per hour depending on your effort level.
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102-Year-Old Swimmer Among Competitors at US Masters Swimming Championship in Mission Viejo | NBC Los Angeles
“I have no idea,” said Maurine Kornfeld when asked how times she’s competed. This year is Kornfeld’s 13th Masters. But that’s not the most impressive part. “I’m counting toes and fingers,” said Kornfeld. “I think it’s 102?” Kornfeld is 102 years old. Read NBC Los Angeles
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Oldest Swimmer To Compete At The US Olympic Swim Trials Reignites Her Love For The Sport | KCAL News
While 46-year-old Gabby Rose didn’t make it to the Paris Olympic Games, she made a big statement about what was possible. Alys Martinez reports.
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Kelly Clarkson Meets 99-Year-Old Woman Smashing Swimming Records | The Kelly Clarkson Show
Kelly meets Betty Brussel, a competitive swimmer breaking numerous world records at 99 years old! Betty dials-in and shares how starting her competitive swimming career in her late 60s has proved to others it’s never too late to start something new. Pilot Pen awards Betty $1,000 for her amazing achievements. Watch the Paris Olympics Opening…
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46-Year-Old Woman Makes History as the Oldest Person to Qualify for Olympic Swim Trials | KCAL News
Gabby Rose is training to make her third Olympic team. The June Olympic trials are in Indiana.