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A Tweak to the Weight-Forward Start?

November 20, 2016November 22, 2016 Rick Madge2 Comments

Last year, I was thinking about the weight-forward start, and how there has to be a way to get the body moving much more quickly than through simple muscular force. This thought eventually lead me to this lever-type concept. We spent much of last year working on it, and a few of our swimmers are… Continue reading A Tweak to the Weight-Forward Start?

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