10/15/2026
Can a kayak paddle help teach a more connected freestyle and backstroke?
In today’s Competitive Swimmer Magazine, I share a drill I’m developing to help swimmers connect movement from fingertips through the core to toes.
Watch the demonstrations and tell me what you see:
https://canva.link/49fv19sn9x2y45q
—Coach Steve Friederang
Email from Tropical Penguin/CompetitiveSwimmer.com Make Swimming Faster fun! And inevitable.     This is a quick two pages of videos and a short description to show my recent addition of using an oar