Improve Your Starts Using a Wedge with Olympian Anthony Ervin - Quick Starts for Swimmers!

U.S. Masters Swimming Level 4 Coach Linda Irish Bostic walks us through effectively using a starting block while 3-time Olympian Anthony Ervin demonstrates how to do a track start using a wedge.
Video Chapters
00:00:00 Start of video
00:21:00 Adjusting the wedge on the blocks
00:38:00 How to stand on the blocks
01:22:00 On the start signal
01:30:00 Diving off the blocks
01:53:00 Breakout after the dive
02:19:00 Practicing diving off the blocks
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