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General Sites

• A good starting point is the USA Swimming site
• Meet results and other swimming info from Middle Atlantic Swimming
• Swiminfo.com - has good current information on events and news in swimming.
• BBC Swimming Site - Skills videos and interviews with world class swimmers.
  

Technique

• A synopsis of Bill Boomer's ideas on techniqu
• Total Immersion - website by Boomer protege Terry Laughlin. Some good articles, practice tips and a monthly online zine on swimming.
• Parametrix Research - Notes from Bill Boomer, Milt Nelms and other international level coaches.
• Fast Starts - get a web primer from PowerStarts.
• Reaction to the starting gun - Drills and tips on reacting quickly.
• Freestyle propulsion: lift or drag? - a thoughtful article reviewing the arguments on the path of the hand through the water on the freestyle stroke.
• Flip Turns - Instructions on freestyly flip turns.
• Terry Laughlin shows how to gain distance underwater.
  
• Cradle of Dutch Swimming Medalists - The Swimming Research Center of Amsterdam is the scientific foundation of the swimming of Olympic medalists Inge deBruijn and Peter Hoogenband. Pictures, videos and the latest on swimming reasearch.

Training

• Neural and anaerobic training for the 'give it up' sprint.

Taper

• Reduce volumn but keep up speed workout.
• Average perfromance enhancement from taper is 3%.
• Strength, speed and tapering.

Video Clips

• High quality video clips of the world's greatest swimmers, Popov, Thorpe, Thompson, Hyman, etc. For swimmers and coaches who want to see how the best swim this is the site.

Sports Psychology - Race Preparation

• Mind Training Articles - by Craig Townsend
• Mental Toughness Series - by Dr. Alan Goldberg