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Demonstration - US Navy SEALs Combat Swim - YouTube 

Does anyone know drills I can do to master this stroke? 

My goal is to</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Drills to Learn - Combat Swimmer Stroke - Military Swimming</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/176009?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 13:15:23 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:a9226afa-04a1-4a34-bd65-698bdc1c5187</guid><dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator><description>There was a swimmer on my team last summer that was trying to qualify for the navy seals. When he joined my team, he was already very proficient at the combat stroke. He could do his 500 yard combat stroke in about 7 mins. I&amp;#39;ll ask him what he did to learn the stroke and if there were any drills he used.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: Drills to Learn - Combat Swimmer Stroke - Military Swimming</title><link>https://community.usms.org/thread/176071?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 10:42:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:5259d762-7ad0-4386-b6a5-d7f611284d4e</guid><dc:creator>__steve__</dc:creator><description>Gliding and relaxation - just like ***.

Narrow kicking is important with swimming, but it is weird they call the kick for the combat stroke the &amp;quot;scissor kick&amp;quot;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>