Category: Technique
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Ian Thorpe supports the Join In weekend at Tooting Lido swimming pool
Olympian Ian Thorpe supports the Join In weekend at Tooting Lido swimming pool from Robert 'BoB' McGowan on Vimeo.
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Michael Phelps Swim School
Cool, see mpswimschool.com Michael Phelps Swim School from Ainsley & Co. on Vimeo.
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Behold, Dana Vollmer’s gold-winning butterfly technique captured in 3D
Computer scientists at Manhattan Mocap have together with New York University’s Movement Laboratory and The New York Times isolated the movements of London 2012 triple gold medalist Dana Vollmer and diver Abby Johnston, through a cutting-edge technique that reveals their motions above and below the water’s surface. A system called AquaCapâ„¢, which captures underwater motion…
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NBC, Google Plan Summer Olympic Cyberattack Battle
NBC and Google are conducting “war games” in at least three countries to prepare for the possibility of hacker attacks or hardware malfunction disrupting the online streaming of the Summer Olympics. Also, water on my mill, online broadcast turns out to be actually boosting TV viewership. For example, some feared that an online broadcast would…
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Tracking the wave of success for Team GB’s swimmers
Training sessions for Team GB’s swimmers have been getting a helping hand from a new system incorporating cutting-edge movement tracking and sensor technologies. Read more here on phys.org and watch the video below.
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Swimming tips for the Speedo centre snorkle
Swimming workout using a centre snorkle with GB coach Ben Titley and world champion Liam Tancock. Via the17thman.
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Paddle vs. Propeller: Which Olympic Swimming Stroke is Superior?
The age-old question (maybe) answered, Rajat Mittal, A Johns Hopkins fluid dynamics expert, has found that the deep catch stroke, resembling a paddle, has the edge over sculling, the bent-arm, propeller-inspired motion.
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CC photo #171: Impressive kick drill at Rijeka 2008
Someone doing kick drills during the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Championships. And certainly not struggling either, moving by quite fast.