Category: Organization
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Swim Instructor Tips: Check for Understanding Technique
“Do you remember the last time one of your swim lesson students made their parents really proud? Didn’t that give you a great feeling? Well today, I would like to share with you a teaching technique that will give you that feeling again and again. It’s called the “Check for understanding” technique. As seen in…
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IOC tells Rio 2016 organizers “time is ticking”
With concern mounting about the pace of progress for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, the IOC warned Brazilian organizers Tuesday that “time is ticking†and they must attack the project “with all vigor†to ensure that the first Olympics in South America are a success. Rio has not finalized its budget for the Olympics…
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British Swimming is in a mess, says Adlington
Uh oh, Rebecca Adlington has criticised British Swimming for the delay in naming a new head coach, calling the situation an “absolute mess”. “Why is it taking so long? We’ve been dying for them to appoint a head coach for months,” Adlington told BBC Sport. Read and watch BBC here and here
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Icelandic model/designer/Olympian Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir interviewed by Agenda Magazine
Awesome, Kaylene Peoples from Agenda Magazine interviews Ragnheiður “Ragga” Ragnarsdóttir , an Icelandic model and Olympic champion swimmer, and co-designer for Icelandic brand M-Design. Via the17thman
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Fitter & Faster Swim Clinic
The Fitter & Faster Swim Tour presented by SwimOutlet.com Fitter & Faster Swim Clinic from Fitter & Faster Swim Tour on Vimeo.
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The Famous Broad Ripple Pool of Indianapolis, Indiana
The Broad Ripple swimming pool in Indianapolis, Indiana was, in its day, the world’s largest concrete pool, one of the most popular tourist attractions in the mid-west and host to many of the nation’s top swimming meets. In this pilot for Swimming World Television, ISHOF’s CEO Bruce Wigo sets out to find this historic swimming…
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Historic Irish swimming and nudist club votes to continue ban against women
The Irish Times reports that the exclusively male Sandycove Bathers’ Association will continue to ban women from its ranks, after having voted 24 to 17 not to allow women to join at a specially convened meeting. The Forty Foot in Sandycove has been available to men and women for the last 25 years, but a secluded section to…