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Breaststroke

Oregon Masters Swimming held a breaststroke clinic on May 6 at the Parkrose Swim Center in Portland, with Masters world and national record holder Jeff Commings as host. Jeff was an eight-time NCAA All-American swimmer at the University of Texas and a three-time U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials competitor in the 100-meter […]

Jeff Commings Breaststroke Clinic

May 23, 2023 in Aqua Master Online / Breaststroke / Clinics / Coaching / Events by Aqua Master Editor

US Masters Swimming in cooperation with Oregon Masters Swimming is sponsoring a Breaststroke Clinic for swimmers of all abilities to get ready for the Association Championships. Swimmers are expected to be knowledgeable and comfortable swimming breaststroke. Jeff Commings, Coach of the Dolphins of the Desert Swimming Academy Co-Founder of Dolphins of […]

Breaststroke Swim Clinic with Jeff Commings

April 6, 2023 in Aqua Master Online / Breaststroke / Clinics / Coaching / Events by Aqua Master Editor

Colette Crabbe and assistant Rick Howell at the Clark County YMCA. — Oregon Masters Swimming, along with USMS, sponsored two stroke development clinics which were held on consecutive weekends at the beginning of January. The events took place at the Clark County YMCA in Vancouver and were hosted by Colette Crabbe, an Olympian and the current OMS Fitness Chair. Stroke development clinics are for […]

Stroke Development Clinics

January 31, 2023 in Aqua Master Online / Backstroke / Breaststroke / Breathing / Butterfly / Clinics / Coaching / Freestyle / Kick / Training by Arlene Delmage

Kevin Cleary — Breaststroke is a funny stroke. To some, it comes naturally. Others struggle with it. Once learned, however, one of the biggest misconceptions is that breaststroke is easy. I can’t count how many times I’ve told squads that a practice will be breaststroke oriented, and everyone either breathes a sigh of […]

Breaststroke Hacks!

September 17, 2022 in Aqua Master Online / Breaststroke / Coaching by Kevin Cleary

Colette Crabbe - 1976 Olympian in the 400IM and 200 breast — February was dubbed the fitness month. For the experienced swimmers and triathletes, it was the critical month to build your base endurance work for the season ahead. For the New Year resolution swimmers, it was the critical month to make it a permanent habit to keep going to the pool […]

Breaststroke: easy or maybe the hardest?

February 18, 2019 in Aqua Master Online / Breaststroke / Coaching / Fitness / Motivation by Colette Crabbe