Category: Organization
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Swimming Australia CEO: Our ambition is to be the best in the world by 2020
With the National and World Swimming Championships just around the corner, the CEO of Swimming Australia, Mark Anderson discusses how he has been working on changing the team culture. See ABC https://youtu.be/zCE76SmVC80
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Being Frank: Coach Enrichment
Presented by Arena, the exclusive outfitter of the USA Swimming National Team, “Being Frank†is a web series featuring the insights of USA Swimming National Team Director Frank Busch.
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Shannon Rollason to coach the Gungahlin High Performance Swim Squad
Gungahlin Leisure Centre has announced the appointment of Shannon Rollason as the Centre’s new High Performance Swim Squad Coach. Rollason is one of a few Platinum level swimming coaches in Australia, coaching at the highest level of the sport including Olympic gold-medallist Jodie Henry and World Champion Jeanette Ottesen. The move sees Rollason return home…
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Learn to swim with water polo
Playing water polo is a great way to build kids’ swimming confidence and abilities in a fun, team environment.
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Danes find half of kids can’t swim, launch major learn-to-swim campaign
The Danish Swimming Federation today announced the results of a nationwide survey, revealing among other things that despite of 91% of adult Danes saying that swimming ability is important or highly important, every third adult and half of kids aged 7-14 cannot complete 200 meters, Â which is the Nordic definition of swimming ability. – We…
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Olympic Swimmers Raise Funds for Coach Battling Cancer
A group of Olympic swimmers have banded together to organize a swim clinic and auction to raise funds for a fellow swimmer battling cancer. Jeff Julian, head coach at Rose Bowl Aquatics, was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer in January. Jason Lezak, a four-time Olympic gold medalist and close friend of Julian, gathered eight fellow…
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IOC executive board proposes rule change for athletes, sponsors during Olympics
Generic, non-Olympic advertising by athletes during the Olympics will be allowed if an International Olympic Committee executive board proposal is approved in July. The board proposed changes to Rule 40 and Rule 50 of the Olympic Charter, the IOC said Thursday. “It has to do with advertising around the games, on a social media site, or…
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The water boy: Russia’s first male synchronised swimmer
Last year saw something of a revolution take place in the world of synchronized swimming. On November 29, 2014, a congress of the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in Doha voted to include mixed-gender events in its world championships. The decision met with mixed reaction, with three-time Olympic champion Natalya Ishchenko going so far as to…