Category: Technique
-
CC photo #23: Pál being tested at the Kalev Spa in Estonia
Pál Joensen being tested at the Kalev Spa in Tallinn, Estonia, by Rein Haljand, Ph.D, Professor of Kinesiology at the Tallinn University. I highly recommend the service of Mr. Haljand, used by LEN for competition analyses since ‘forever’, and by a multitude of national teams for technique analyses. I also recommend the Kalev Spa facility,…
-
Prince George Aquatics Adult Swimming Lessons
A promo for what seems to be a well-structured, quality program teaching adults to swim, offered by the Aquatic Division of the City of Prince George (Canada). That bearded guy is epic !
-
The History of Swimming Hand Paddles
Swimmers use a variety of hand paddles to build strength and improve their stroke technique, but few know that the original inventor of hand paddles was Benjamin Frankin.
-
Swimming techniques with Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen
Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen of Aquatic Edge was recently voted one of the Top Ten Masters Swimmers of All-Time by Swimming World Magazine and currently holds masters world records in both the pool and open water. She lives in Kona, Hawaii but travels the globe teaching swimmers and triathletes how to swim faster at her swim technique…
-
Red LEDs could provide better data transmission in water
Sports engineers are Griffith University in Australia are working with researchers at the Helmut Schmidt University in Germany on a device that will gather and send measurements on movements such as stroke count wirelessly in real time to a heads-up goggle display and poolside coach.
-
The Race Club interviewing Ryan Cochrane and Randy Bennett
“Randy Bennett is the Canadian Head Coach for the 2012 Olympics. Ryan Cochrane looks to be the only challenger to current world record holder in the 1500 meter freestyle Sun Yang of China heading into the London Olympics.” Let’s (hopefully) see about that last statement! :-P Video courtesy of Gary Hall Sr. / The Race…
-
Ryan Lochte’s back to breast IM transition turn
Maybe a bit old footage here, given that he is wearing a full body suit, but still a good demonstration of this tricky turn. Rules are as you undoubtedly know, that you have to end your backstroke on your back before turning and starting the breaststroke, which is why he touches the wall ever so…
-
Dave Salo the ‘breaststroke whisperer’
Interesting article here on The New York Times, about USC Trojan head Dave Salo, coach of top breaststrokers Kosuke Kitajima, Eric Shanteau, Michael Alexandrov, Rebecca Soni and Jessica Hardy. Renowned for his somewhat controversial low-milage, high-quality, technique-driven training regimen. The breaststrokers who train under Salo catch the water on their pulls in the same place,…
-
The Swim Watch Battle: FINIS Swimsense vs Swimovate Pool-Mate Pro
A must-read here on DC Rainmaker: A triathlete testing both the FINIS Swimsense and the Swimovate Pool-Mate Pro for 3 months, on occasions wearing both at once. He finds both to be very accurate, ending up identical in terms of distance/laps even after 3,000 yards. But he cannot test stroke identification, due to his triathlete-like…