Technique And Power

For swimmers it stands repeating:

What you are not willing to accomplish by technique you will have to make up for with power.

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Consider the speed problem. How do you speed up?

There are just two options in physics:

Apply more power.
Reduce resistance.

#1 is about building more power to overcome resistance working against you in the water and inside your own body.

#2 is about finding ways to reduce resistance in the water and inside the body so that less power is required to accomplish the task.

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