Category: Training
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Shoulberg: “I know I’m old. But I’m efficient and old”
Read SwimmingWorld, backstory that Germantown Academy has apparently fully or partly retired legendary head coach Dick Shoulberg: Shoulberg finally talked tonight after having ignored media inquiries regarding his leave of absence from the deck. However, there is little doubt that Shoulberg would desire to return to the deck as soon as possible. “I know I’m…
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“Young talented swimmer eats 1kg of beef and 50 shrimps per meal”
Right, I’ll categorize this as it should, read VietnamNetBridge The current meals of Nguyen Thi Anh Vien, Vietnam’s young talented swimmer, in Florida, USA are huge. She has to eat one kilogram of beef, 50 shrimps, a big plate of noodles, a salad plate, nearly one liter of fresh milk, not to mention fruits in…
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CC photo #697: Still kicking
Now all together, a fun little competition – one length of kicking, all out – where each team has a noodle, and no one is allowed to let go of it. In this case hopelessly unfair, the big boys versus the small boys versus the girls. They still give it a go, though, the little…
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Fox News: YMCA swim class for Muslim girls proves Sharia law is ‘changing everything’
Read The Raw Story Fox News anchor Heather Nauert announced on Monday that a YMCA swim class that respected the religious traditions of Muslim girls was proof that “Sharia law is now changing everything.†The News Corpse calls it fear mongering.
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GA swimming coach Dick Shoulberg takes leave of absence
Read Philly.com Germantown Academy’s revered swimming coach, Dick Shoulberg, is on leave because of “a personnel issue,” a school administrator said Monday. In an e-mail to parents last month, the school announced that assistant coach Claire Crippen would serve as acting director and acting head coach of the girls’ team in Shoulberg’s absence. Assistant coach…
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This is Utah Swimming and Diving
“This is the new Utah swimming and diving, where we respect the traditions and legacy of the past, and embrace the training of the future.” Watch this video on YouTube
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Facing Her Worst Fear: An ELLE Writer Learns to Swim at 28
Read ELLE We are here to learn how to swim. By we, I am referring to the two dozen or so men and women between the ages of 20 and 60 who are huddled at the edge of the Y pool on East 14th Street in New York City. Though we haven’t yet dipped a toe…
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Maddy’s Olympic dream
“Maddy has a dream to swim in the Olympics. At age eleven she’s already rubbing shoulders with Olympians Nicole Livingstone, Linley Frame and Ash Delaney. With tips from these swimmers, she’s sure to be well on her way to achieving her goal.” Maddy’s Olympic dream from ABC Open Sunraysia on Vimeo.
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British Swimming’s Swansea and Stirling training centres to close at the end of 2013
Read BBC The Intensive Training Centres (ITCs) in Swansea and Stirling will shut after governing body British Swimming’s Olympic budget for Rio 2016 was cut. UK Sport reduced funding by £4m after Britain’s swimmers failed to reach a target of five medals at London 2012. Stockport’s ITC shut in February, but bases in Loughborough and Bath, which…