
Jan Prins
Associate Professor of Kinesiology at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Director of the Aquatic Research Laboratory, and former UH Head Men's Swimming Coach (1978–1987).
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Aug 19, 2026
#441 : Applying High-Speed Videography to Better Understand Swimming Stroke Mechanics with Jan Prins
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Jan PrinsGUEST
Well, as you mentioned, Brenton, we're going to show how we use the technology, the high-speed cameras, to look at the subtleties with stroke mechanics.

Jan PrinsGUEST
And where I'd like to start, and I use this in, in the book as well, Mark Levin was sent by The New York Times to do an article on Michael Phelps, and he went to a swimming meet, and he hadn't a clue what was going on.

Jan PrinsGUEST
So he wrote this quote, which is a real lesson for all of us, because we take it so much for granted being involved with swimming from the get-go.

Jan PrinsGUEST
But most people, they have to be ex- shown and gone over what swimming detail is all about.

Jan PrinsGUEST
And his comment of all the Olympic sports compared to swimming and of course triathlon or open water, is perhaps the most resistant to casual analysis, meaning you're not gonna walk in there and know exactly what's happening right off the bat.
Episode #147: Swim FASTER with Dr. Jan Prins
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Jan PrinsGUEST
But each time you take a stroke, it's like stepping on the, going on the freeway with my foot on the accelerator, or off-wheat on the accelerator, and then each time letting go.
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The Conversation: TheBus budget; Swimming science
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Lillian SongCORRESPONDENT
Like the title says, really broken down what the freestyle mechanics, biomechanics

Jan PrinsGUEST
And all these instructional books, they go through a great deal of detail saying this is the correct way to do it, which is fine.

Jan PrinsGUEST
But in swimming, even very subtle things you do that don't work, we call them stroke defects, can make a huge difference.
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