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By Mat Luebbers, About.com Guide to Swimming since 1999

Develop These Skills to be a Faster Swimmer

Sunday January 11, 2009
Many things limit how fast a swimmer can swim, from swim technique to fitness to hand and foot size to a swimmer's natural bone and joint structure. Some athletes will have limits on technique because they don't bend certain ways - their range of motion is physically limited by joint structure. That does not mean that those swimmers can't get faster, but they may never be as fast as swimmers that have a differing joint structure. There are several swimming technique skills you can work on to get faster in the water.

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