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I get the how-to portion somewhat. However, there's a lot of ambiguity present. If you're not going to use the words like left and right, could you say, first arm, second arm. Also could you mention more clearly at which point your arm is above the water (more or less). Or just say left and right
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Freestyling for speed record information. What we're shooting for here is not the most perfect and efficient professional-level way to do this stroke, we only want to know how to get some exercise with
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Catchup isn't an alternate form of front crawl, it's a drill. It isn't swum in competition because it's slow compared to the more normal stroke. This paragraph should either be removed or expanded to include other drills (barrel, drag fingers, thumb-to-thigh, etc.)
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This article is one of the four competitive strokes. It is seen in every major swimming competition, linked in 100s if not 1000s of pages on wikipedia and external sites. Therefore, I have upgraded it's importance to Top.
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