What is the Combat Swimmer Stroke?

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Combat Swimmer Stroke - breakdown.  Kick off the wall, double arm pull, CSS stroke cycle of Pull, breathe, kick, glide.

Top arm pull is a freestyle arm pull.

Bottom arm is more similar to a breast stroke scull (not a full stroke to your side)  BREATHE during the bottom arm pull.

Turn to breathe - do not lift your head up to breathe.

Kick can either be a scissor kick or a breast stroke kick BUT when swimming with fins you need to learn scissor / flutterkicks.

Kick hard / pull hard = glide fast.

This is the guy who swims a 7 min 500yd swim - so watch and learn.

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