Category: Training
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Check out “Secret Swims” and “Swim the Costa Brava”
See swimthecostabrava.com, they have an interesting open water swimming event coming up in 76 days (21-22 September 2012), and regular “Secret Swims” training sessions every Saturday and Sunday. This season our technical team offers all open water lovers the possibility to indulge in a different type of training in the most spectacular spots off the…
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SWIM UK ADVERT 2013
“Welcome to SWIM UK one of the largest training and funding providers in aquatics, Lifesaving and First aid courses in the UK.”
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CC photo #543: Last swim of the season
School’s out, which means that there will be no more public swimming either, this side of summer. The flag half-mast is in memory of our dear old school janitor and lifeguard, who passed away this week, 74 years young. I made it a (relatively speaking) swift 1500 meter in his honor.
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Instabeat Collaboration with Athletes Without Limits
“Instabeat is happy to collaborate with Athletes Without Limits to change the way their athletes swim. Athletes Without Limits is a DC based non-profit that works with swimmers with intellectual disabilities to help them train for national and international competitions. One of the challenges their coaches face is being able to communicate the training parameters…
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Men Who Swim Trailer
See IMDB MEN WHO SWIM is a humorous and poignant look at a group of middle aged men who have found unlikely success as members of Swedens all male synchronised swimming team. What began as a weekly escape from the daily grind of work and family responsibilities, gradually evolved into a more serious commitment. Inspired…
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Christine Magnuson Gator Drill
2008 Olympic Silver medalist Christine Magnuson explains one of her favorite drills – the Gator drill! Adam Brown, two-time Olympian for England, demonstrates. Christine Magnuson Gator Drill from Fitter & Faster Swim Tour on Vimeo.
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Study shows Swimming Kids are Smarter Kids
See Swim Australia and Griffith University Griffith Institute for Educational Research, recently revealed children who had learned how to swim from a young age, reached many developmental milestones earlier than other children the same age, who had not. Some of these milestones included visual-motor skills such as cutting paper, colouring-in and drawing lines and shapes;…
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Swimming Australia National Event Camp 2013
Nice to see that they can have interesting weather too :-P