Category: Training
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Nageuse(s) – épisode 2 – “Se transformer”
The second part of Christophe Luxereau’s web series about 16-year-old French swimmer Anna is now ready. In French, but with possibility for YouTube translation.
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Katie Ledecky to defer Stanford enrollment to focus on 2016 Olympics
Katie Ledecky, the three-time All-Met Swimmer of the Year and reigning world record holder in the 400-meter, 800 and 1,500 freestyle events, made the much-anticipated decision to defer enrollment at Stanford University for the 2015-16 school year Friday, choosing to remain at home to train in the most important year yet of her young career. “After…
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Championship Swimming – Preparing for competition with George Haines
Championship Swimming – Preparing for competition with George Haines. How George Haines prepared his teams for the championships – it takes you through the last three weeks before the big meet. Basic by today’s standards, but revolutionary for the time.
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Floyd Mayweather’s swim drills amuses coach Roach
Boxing coach Freddie Roach couldn’t help but smile when he talked about Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s conditioning technique which involved swimming. Alex Ariza, Manny Pacquiao’s former conditioning coach, introduced the routine to Mayweather who is preparing for the biggest bout of his life against the Filipino superstar. Roach’s reaction was captured in a YouTube video posted…
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How to train & break the 50m breaststroke world record
A notable part of the session sees Adam do stand-ups – 4x100m breaststroke at maximum speed with no swimdown in between, the lactate building each time. After the second he is bright red, his eyes closed and he is blowing. By the time he has done his third 100m pain is etched on his face,…
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Swim Team Practice – Lake Naomi Club
Lake Naomi’s Swim Team practices in the pool. Video by Mark Luethi Photography. “World Map” by Jason Farnham courtesy of the YouTube Audio Library. https://youtu.be/QShAb5O1ETA
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Nageuse(s) – French web series about a young female swimmer
Anna is 16 and preparing for the baccalaurate. Her biggest dream is to go to the Olympic Games to represent her country, in the discipline that has been her body and soul since childhood, swimming. Every day Anna swims in the Club des Nageurs de Paris she chose to join. As part of the Elite…
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Never too old to learn some swimming skills
Have you ever heard the phrase ‘You are never too old to learn a new trick?†Well, you are never too old to learn some swimming skills! The Vigo County YMCA and the Terre Haute Torpedoes Swim Club will be hosting adult aquatics events during the month of April. And it’s not just to learn…