This site is devoted to swimming. Why is it called Twenty-Three Seconds? Because my goal is to swim 50 meters within twenty-three seconds. Follow along as I analyze my crawl stroke to death and maybe you'll learn a few things to improve your own time.

New Personal Best on Freestyle Crawl: 15.97 seconds on 25 meters

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Ever feel a bit sick, a bit tired, and a bit unmotivated and then really tear shit up? That is the perfect sentiment for today swim. I can tell a cold is sneaking up on my nose and my motivation seemed to be heading in the other direction. Getting into the pool I felt like […]

Anchoring In The Water: 38.69 seconds on 50 meters

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Coaches often toss around the concept of getting a feel for the water, which, they say, means to learn to hold on to the water.  Both of these concepts are interesting, but without further explanation leave a lot to be understood of what they actually mean.
The drill I have been working on to develop the […]