Tri Swim Coach Podcast · Dominic Latella

Is Your Stroke Lying To You? - #161

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Your hand doesn't control your stroke—your core does
Coach Dominic Atella breaks down swim stroke mechanics, revealing that core engagement—not hand or shoulder focus—drives effective swimming. Discusses body awareness, posture control, and how Pilates training helps triathletes gain stroke efficiency.

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A blunt, technical look at what a swim stroke is really doing.

The piece keeps returning to a simple point: a swim stroke can look right while the body underneath is doing something else. Coach Dominic keeps the focus off the arm as a single fix, treating the core as more involved than most people admit and pushing attention toward what the…

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Your stroke might be lying to you.

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