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  Open water skill focus: Drafting

  Posted on April 25, 2017 by jofrancis in Swimming, Website Articles

  Drafting and its effect on a swimmer is similar to the draft experience in cycling.  For cyclists the drafting effect exists because the lead cyclist is protecting the drafting cyclist from wind resistance.  In the case of swimmers, it is (put very simply) water resistance. Swimming in the slipstream of a swimmer will save you […]

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