Category: Training
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90-year-old coaching legend Forbes Carlile still going strong
A Channel Nine portrait of Australian coaching legend Forbes Carlile, who just recently turned 90, and though still walks the deck on occasions at Carlisle Swimming. Nice historical videos in this video.
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Head Coach Job Opening at Tórshavn’s Swim Club
Tórshavn Swim Club in the Faroe Islands is seeking a Head Coach, who will coach the elite teams and supervise the competitive sector of the club in whole ensuring that the coaching of all teams is consistent and applies to the overall philosophy of the club. See hs.fo. Currently the competitive swimmers of the club…
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Faroe Islands and Iceland hitting the heat in Singapore
An insightful video here from the joint Icelandic and Faroese training camp in Singapore, preparing for the Shanghai World Championships. A lot of the speak is in Faroese and Icelandic, but lucky for you, their coach Jacky Pellerin is French (former coach of Franck Esposito), and the communication with him therefore in English. The subject…
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Cotterell tips China as major player in the pool
Australian swim coach Denis Cotterell is in a unique position to evaluate the strength of Chinese swimming, given that he has in recent years trained a number of the country’s best swimmers in his Gold Coast-based squad, including fastest man in the world for this year in the 200, 400, 800 & 1500 freestyle, Sun…
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Ryan Lochte says ‘work on you core!’
Wait a minute, Lochte does abs every Monday, Wednesday, Friday FOR AN HOUR ?!? That is as much time as Steve West spends on SWIMMING ! :-)
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4-year-old girl swims 2000 meters in just under 2 hours
Tae Smith only started swimming lessons five months ago, for safety reasons to learn the basics, and now practices for just an hour a week. Her instructor saw her as a natural on day one, and now thought she was ready to take the 600 meters distance badge, already an impressive achievement for a four-year-old.…
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Coaches in the know: Jon Urbanchek
Now we’re talking, a marvelous and generous coach who sets time aside to help out coaches even here in tiny Faroe Islands.
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Scottish Swimming: Everyone Can Swim !
Nice video, excellent mission :-) Scottish Swimming from 29studios on Vimeo.
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Swimming Coach wanted for Iran’s national team
FINA announces here that the I.R. Iran Amateur Swimming Federation is looking for a high-level Swimming Coach for their national team. They are currently working with 14 foreign coaches, interested coaches can send their application and/or questions to the I.R. Iran Amateur Swimming Federation directly. As posted in February, they have a brand new National…