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By Wayne Goldsmith Every swimming coach will tell you that kicking is important and that they include kicking practice in all their practice sessions. Every swimming coach will also tell you that it’s difficult to inspire kids to complete kicking practice with a high level of engagement, intensity, accuracy and precision. I was talking with an elite coach over a coffee and he asked me an interesting question “How do you make kicking practice ( in his words ) “sexy” ? TO BE VERY CLEAR - in this context using the word “sexy” - he meant how can swimming coaches make kicking practice…
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SWIMMING GOLD
Wayne Goldsmith · Sport · English
Straight talk on swimming coaching from Wayne Goldsmith — 30+ years working with Olympic programs and national federations worldwide. Cutting through the noise on technique, training, race skills and building swimmers who love the sport. swimminggold.substack.com
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