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4 TECHNIQUE: Looking Back 7 TECHNIQUE: Freestyle: Stretch to Catch and Finish 8 THE 10 GREATEST RELAYS OF ALL TIME! by Phillip Whitten Swimming World dares to tread where wiser departments: heads have sanely been reluctant to go. 6 A VOICE for the SPORT 14 FOREVER YOUNG by Kari Lydersen The First World Masters After starting swimming at 17, Rachel Komisarz Swimmers of the Year feels the best is yet to come. 54 FOR THE RECORD 19 STILL KICKING: Tracy Caulkins 60 CALENDAR 20 COACHING: Backstroke Spin Drill 61 CLASSIFIED demonstrated by Lenny Krayzelburg 62 PARTING SHOT
23 DON’T OVERLOOK THE LITTLE THINGS USC utilizes daily videotaping and the Dartfish computer program. 24 on the cover: UNDERWATER BUTTERFLY KICK demonstrated by Misty Hyman 25 DISTANCE RACING STRATEGIES by Phillip Whitten Tom Wolf, 51 CONTENTS A Q & A with USC’s Coach Mark Schubert. is one of 12 27 TEST SETS: Monitoring the Progress of Swimmers by Brent Rutemiller swimmers selected USA Swimming’s Genadijus Sokolovas discusses basic test sets. as Swimming World 28 TRANSFER OF POWER by Ron Gercke Magazine’s first-ever When sprinting, there are three important points to be considered. World Masters 30 HOW THEY TRAIN: Kalyn Keller Swimmers of the Year. 31 SPRINT RACING STRATEGIES Tom, who swims for NCAA champs share their secrets from last year’s 50 and 100 freestyle races. the Plano Wetcats of Plano, Texas, set six 33 2004, AN AQUATIC ODYSSEY by Phillip Whitten and Hideki Mochizuki world records last year Swimming World selects its first-ever World Masters Swimmers of the Year. in the men’s 50-54 40 LUCKY 7 age group—five in Here are seven quick warm-up stretches that you can do in seven minutes. backstroke and a 42 BACKSTROKE FLIP TURN demonstrated by Jane Swagerty-Hill sixth in the 200 IM. 44 HOW I COACH by Kerry O’Brien 45 (Cover photo by Karl Stolleis) SURVIVE AND THRIVE: Trip Hedrick by P.H. Mullen 46 OVERCOMING OBSTACLES TO TRAINING An E-Roundtable discussion.
48 THE READY ROOM NAG Record Setter | Speedo Amer. Relay | TYR Age Group Swimmers of the Month 52 HIGH SCHOOL: Fast Times Kate Ziegler, Dana Vollmer and Annie Chandler set the pace. 53 AGE GROUP: Superstars of Tomorrow? No matter how you look at it, kids in the U.S. are the fastest in the world. Note: permission to reprint articles or excerpts from contents is prohibited without permission from the publisher. The publisher is not responsible for errors in advertisements. Microfilm copies: available from University Microfilms, 313 N. First St., Ann Arbor, MI 48103. Swimming World Magazine is listed in the Physical Education Index. Printed in the U.S.A. © Sports Publications International, April 2005.
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