Swimmer's Daily

Category: Technique

  • Swim lesson with Jason Lezak

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    Nice video with Jason Lezak giving a young kid some swimming tips, including a short “how-to-beat-the-French” lesson in drafting. Good one Lezak, you earned another ribbon in my book :-)

  • Take note, the 2012 WADC in Lund on January 12-15

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    On 12-15 January 2012, Stadshallen/Högevallsbadet in Lund, Sweden will host the 1st World Aquatic Development Conference, featuring Bill Boomer, Milt Nelms, Alex Nikitin, Brad Burnham, Chris Martin, US Olympic Head Coach Teri McKeever and multiple Olympic gold medal winner Shane Gould. There will be five tracks, ranging from “Learn to Swim” over “Women in Sports”…

  • The Kiwi cat and mouse drill

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    I’m personally not so fond of catch-up freestyle, but this description is great. From the Northern Arena swimming facility in North Auckland, New Zealand, where they by the way have a spongy bottom in the teaching pool. Never heard of that one, but sounds nice for your knees.

  • Wow, the Speedo Pace Club videos & iPhone app

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    The Speedo Pace Club is commercial yes, but has some really nice technique videos, plus an iPhone app for you to track your training, find pools nearby and do some social thing with your swim friends too. And there are blogs of famous Team USA swimmers. I like. Here it is Dana Vollmer world champion…

  • Feature Swim – Lars Frölander

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    A The Race Club video from when Lasse Frölander in April 2011 visited the Keys with his swim club from Sweden. That starting block looks a bit wobbly.

  • Simple swimming techniques can prevent tragedy

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    Via abc-7.com: As of Thursday, there are no more water activities at the FGCU lake until further notice after this student drowned Wednesday night. It was a tragic ending for Joel Johnson. Infant swimming resource instructor Kathy Cole says this could have been avoided if Johnson knew the life saving techniques she teachers her students.…

  • How to do a fast breaststroke/butterfly turn

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    Norwegian breaststroker Aleksander Hetland explains (in English) how he does fast breaststroke turns, and then demonstrates it in the water. He won bronze at the Dubai 2010 Short Course World Championships, so listen up ! :-)

  • Arena presents: Swimming Clinic with Kirsty Coventry

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    Kirsty Coventry hosted a Clinic Arena in Rome on November, 9th 2010. The Olympic and World Champion from Zimbabwe, Kirsty Coventry participated in this clinic at the Forum Sport Center in Rome to swim with young swimmers who wanted to learn something from her experiences.

  • Someone trying out the new Michael Phelps video game

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    The 17thman has found this video of someone from gaygamer.net trying out the new “Michael Phelps: Push The Limit” game for Xbox 360 with Kinect. My comment is ‘Oh, the humanity, look at those elbows!’ Seriously, if the game allows you to keep up with the world’s best with that technique, then it is more…