Category: Organization
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Breaststroke rule simplified in US high school swimming
Read High School OT High school swimmers in the breaststroke event will now be permitted to execute a single butterfly kick on the start or turn at any time prior to the first breaststroke kick. “It was extremely difficult for officials to observe and consistently judge the initiation of the arm stroke on the start…
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DeSantis shocked by the drums at Danish swim meets
Read The Swim Brief Now, I try not to give out too much advice in this blog, but here is one very important piece. When flying to another country, crossing six time zones, and then trying to blow right through the time change on your way to a meet, then pondering whether you could possibly…
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RAF Swimming Championships Poster Step-by-Step
Yup, the RAF, the Royal Air Force. Awesome poster! RAF Swimmer Step-by-Step from Matt Stevenson on Vimeo.
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2013 World Police and Fire Games Swim Meet Teaser
Video about the 2013 World Police and Fire Games swimming competition, featuring Irish 2000 and 2008 Olympian Andrew Bree.
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YMCA swim coach Patrick Jeanneret accused of ‘indecent liberties’ with team member
Read for instance News5 A Warren County YMCA assistant swimming coach has been fired and is facing charges after an allegation he took “indecent liberties” with an underage team member. The Countryside YMCA Torpedoes swim team was competing in a national swim meet in Greensboro, N.C., over the weekend, when the alleged incident occurred. WLWT…
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Danish swim club AGF closes all teams at Gellerupbadet after attack on coaches
Danish swim club AGF Svømning yesterday decided to shut down all swim training at Gellerupbadet in Aarhus for at least a fortnight, after two of their instructors were attacked by 20-25 youths in the disadvantaged residential area. They were luckily still in their car, but had its side mirrors kicked off and received kicks to…
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Top Danish swimming club Sigma hires Spanish elite coach Carles Subirana Rovira
After having won the Danish elite division Team Championships this weekend, Sigma, the home club of Lotte Friis announced yesterday that head coach Simon Winther was leaving the club as of that day, after discussions with the board about future plans. The club promised to announce a new head coach in a few days, before…
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Swim Team Comes Together To Help Out Their Coach
See KEYC The Marlin’s Swim Team Season ended a few weeks ago, but they’re still in the pool, swimming in support of their coach. Coach Keaton Brown says, “They’re more supportive you know than any other team that I’ve coached in the past.” Last fall Brown’s father Milton was diagnosed with an aggressive form of…