Category: Training
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Mentality Of A Swimmer
Perhaps this is why I am so driven color and push on the way that I do. I’ve been swimming my whole life. I was on the varsity swim team all through High School. We had to be a rescue swimmer for the Navy. https://youtu.be/Uup_ON_F_-w
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Bang for your buck training?
Guest post by Jez Birds, originally posted on SwimPath There has been much debate recently regarding principles of training, with short, high intensity intervals gaining lots of momentum as the modality of choice for fitness enthusiasts around the globe. Safe to say the debate reaches far in to the swimming world also with the publicity surrounding…
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10 Ways to Prepare for a Swimathon from the experts at Zoggs
With the 2016 Swimathon around the corner, we spoke to Zoggs ‘Learn to Swim’ Ambassador, Simone Benhayon to find out what advice she could offer to first time swimathoners. 1. Visit the Pool As simple as it may sound visiting your local is your first step, This is not to swim but more so to…
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Olympic Medalist Lochte Training in Chula Vista for Rio Run
As the six-month countdown to the start of the Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro hit calendars across the world, one of Team USA’s biggest stars quietly wrapped up a training session in San Diego. Swimmer Ryan Lochte spent the past three weeks living at the Chula Vista Olympic Training Center while training at several…
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Swimming Pool
A three minute film about a swimming pool. Our approach was to look at swimming is a sensory experience, so we spoke to Hannah Russell, who lives with visual impairment, to inform our film.
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Danes launch national Kicking Performance Ranking
Read the interview with Danish national coach Dean Boles here on svoem.dk (mostly in English) What is the idea behind the Kicking Performance Ranking? – My belief is to do an inventory (opgørelse, red.) of strengths and weaknesses – I have observed that many programs don’t value kicking an important ingredient for world class swimming and…
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The Norwegians are back in Flagstaff
For the first time since Alexander Dale Oen passed in 2012, the Norwegian national team is back in Flagstaff, Arizona. As national coach Petter Løvberg puts it, they need to move forward in his memory, and also to go back as part of that process.
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Ryan Cochrane: Failure is never a reason to give up
Canadian Olympic swimmer Ryan Cochrane kicks off the New Year by giving his students a lesson on perseverance. He highlights how failure is never a reason to give up, how perseverance shows up in many forms, and how important it is to practice resilience. https://youtu.be/ZCwVV3niXxo