Author: rokur

The number of kids learning to swim in the ACT has fallen by up to 1,000 participants, prompting safety concerns as summer approaches. The Royal Life Saving Society said some in-school programs have seen participation rates fall over last two years, and out of school programs have not picked up the slack. Royal Life Saving ACT executive director Cherry Bailey said the number of Canberra children learning to swim has fallen since 2015. “We are a little bit concerned that the participation rate is not what it used to be, and that’s across the board for students of all ages,…

Marshall Osborne of Uber talks about how Uber revolutionized transportation through partnerships and how some of those ideas can help your club. https://youtu.be/PVn1AcZjkag

South Korean swimming stars Park Tae-hwan and An Se-hyeon were named honorary ambassadors for the 2019 world championships Wednesday. The organizing committee for the 2019 FINA World Aquatics Championships, which take place in Gwangju, 350 kilometers south of Seoul, unveiled Park and An as their goodwill ambassadors. Park is the only South Korean swimmer to win an Olympic medal. He captured the 400-meter freestyle gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and silver in the 200m freestyle. Four years later in London, Park won silver medals in the same events. Park also won the world titles in the 400m freestyle in…

You probably couldn’t pay me to do this but travellers are loving this weird tourist attraction in Brazil where you get “swallowed” by rocks. Pedra Que Engole, which roughly translates to “Swallow Rock”, is a rock formation with a small waterfall above a river in Trindade, about 270km south of Rio de Janeiro. What you do is slide your body through a crevice between these two rocks, letting the water take you, until you disappear into a small, dark cave — as the name suggests, it looks like you are literally swallowed by the rocks. See news.com.au https://youtu.be/UrQRUnSeSaI https://youtu.be/kSKSH0U6urM https://youtu.be/W3wcudIvCvc…

Using footage from an early shoot down in Lobo Batangas, Philippines. This video was all about practicing color correction. Trying to make a uniform look. Getting colors realistic. https://youtu.be/eVDJ7NdWEa8

Swimmers often write to me asking if they should quit swimming. They don’t enjoy swimming as much as they used to or they have stoped improving which makes them hate swimming. I would like to tell you a story about the greatest breaststroker of our time, Adam Peaty. In an interview he said that one sunday evening at the age of 14 he realized he wanted to quit swimming, he didn’t think he could handle the two sessions a day. His mom told him to go for one more week and if at the end he didn’t like it he…

A swimmer from the UK Invictus Games team has spoken to Forces Network about the power of sport. It comes with the start of this year’s competition less than three weeks away. The last few training sessions are now taking place, with the Team UK swimmers meeting in Catterick for their final preparations. One of the athletes, Emma Pack, told Cath Brazier that sport gave her a huge buzz: “I never thought sport would get me back into reality again [until I tried it]. See forces.net

Brazilian investigators said on Tuesday that politicians and the head of the national Olympic committee arranged a $2 million bribe to bring the 2016 games to Rio de Janeiro, despite the city having the worst conditions to host the event. Police in Rio raided the home of Brazil’s Olympics chief, Carlos Arthur Nuzman, after prosecutors accused him of conspiring with former state Governor Sergio Cabral, already convicted in a separate corruption case, to buy the games. Nuzman’s lawyer, Sergio Mazzillo, said his client was innocent. Calls to Cabral’s attorney were not returned. Read Reuters https://youtu.be/ZCNv-M7Z5IM

Dogs are allowed to join Greenwood Park’s last swim of the season. The outdoor Leslieville pool allowed the fury friends to join the fun on its last day of operation on Sunday. https://youtu.be/8C8fwXpF6p8

Tracey Leong report https://youtu.be/RqjsHrsmcJE