Author: rokur

Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT consultant, spare-time swimming aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters and a wife. President of the Faroe Islands Aquatics Federation. Likes to run :-)

It’s fun to swim in the ocean, but not if you’re getting pummeled by waves. Here are a few different techniques you can try to make the most out of swimming with waves. https://youtu.be/o9TesYkC4z0

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Breaststroke is a stroke that feels impossible because you are forcing yourself against the water to go forward. In this weeks video, we review a drill using only a snorkel that will eliminate some of the dead spots in most breaststrokes and allow you to maximize your power into forward momentum. https://youtu.be/BVfA1QBbSJc

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Fun

There are some very non-Love Island male bodies on display in this likably daft British comedy with echoes of The Full Monty and Brassed Off. We get refreshingly unselfconscious moobs and guts, sagging thighs and fading tattoos, belonging to guys sporting unsexy swimming caps and goggles. All that’s lacking is a verruca plaster floating in the foot baths. Read The Guardian https://youtu.be/f495YKIfuaw

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A former swim coach with Carmel Swim club and Carmel High School faces federal charges of child sexual exploitation and possession of child pornography after authorities say he engaged in a sexual relationship with one of the female athletes he coached. John Goelz, 29 of Fishers, was arrested Tuesday and on Thursday remained in the custody of the U.S. Marshals Service. His detention hearing is scheduled for July 10, the office of the U.S. Attorney Josh Minkler announced on Thursday. “Protecting our youth from sexual predators will always remain a top priority of this office,” said Minkler. “Those we put trust in to…

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Russia (4 titles), Hungary (3) roll on, shared gold in 100m back Four more Russian and three more Hungarian titles, a shared gold, three new Championship Records and a historical first-ever podium for Moldova highlighted the second day of the LEN European Junior Swimming Championships in Helsinki. The first final was a real stunner as Romania’s Daniel-Cristian Martin forced a tie with the absolute favourite of the event Kliment Kolesnikov to claim a shared gold. The Russian already made his name in senior waters, earned European s/c titles in Copenhagen, he holds the junior WR, still, he had to give…

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Help us make a splash by swimming across the Bristol Channel. Don’t worry – you won’t actually have to swim shore to shore in open water! The challenge is taking place in the less cold, less salty environment of National Lido of Wales, Lido Ponty on Saturday 29th September. https://youtu.be/cn1nd7evUIw

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