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The purpose of this blog is to be a vehicle for the sharing of ideas among swimming coaches so that we can all get better at doing the job we love.

– Ryan Woodruff, Swimming Wizard Editor and Head Coach of the Lynchburg (Virginia) YMCA

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The Best Practice We Have Had This Year. Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA. I know we aren’t very far into the year yet, but this was REALLY good.
Many breaststrokers struggle on quality sets if they haven’t had a significant amount of breaststroke-specific warmup. This one was a bit of a pre-set specifically aimed at getting the br crew going.​ -Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
Working turns, speed, distance per cycle, and finishes all in one set. Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA.
Kick set with underwater focus. Ryan Woodruff, Lynchburg YMCA
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