Swimmer's Daily

  • Day 7 of river training in 8°C / 46.5°F due to pool closures. Today I am using the bungee cord to do some sprint efforts. Maximum swimming strength training!

  • On March 24, 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19

    Shortly thereafter, the Pac-12 conference suspended all athletic team activities until May 31, 2020.

    Those two things don’t really go together, but to Spokane resident Ryan Foote it does. He’s a swimmer who swam on club teams locally and went to Mead High School. As a swimmer, he qualified for the 2020 Olympic trials and currently swims at the University of Arizona.

    See KREM 2

  • In this episode of the Social Kick Podcast, the guys sit down with Olympic silver medalist and former World Record Holder Milorad Cavic. Milorad is most well known for his historic 100-m butterfly races with Michael Phelps.

  • Paul Talty, Swim Ireland’s Associate Head of Performance Services (Physical), usually oversees land-based training for Ireland’s High Performance swimmers and divers, but today he’s got an everyday Upper Body Strength Workout for you.

    It builds on last week’s shorter session (https://youtu.be/rJ-X4x5Aq2g), with great technique pointers along the way.

    To do this workout, you just need yourself, and a resistance band.

    Upper Body Exercises:
    Push Up
    Horizontal Row
    Blackbird

    Do 10 reps of each exercise.
    Take 1min rest before starting the next set.
    Do four sets.

     

  • In this video we look at how we used an iPhone 11 Pro Max to shoot underwater shots for a short film. BUT we do NOT recommend doing this often. :) In a pinch it works great, but otherwise use a GoPro or any other waterproof action style camera.

  • These videos were shot originally for Endless Pools back in 2016, but have never featured on our channel. We hope you find them useful.

    In this 1st episode, Swim Smooth Head Coach, Paul Newsome, discusses whether you should be holding your breath when you swim and a cool drill that you can do in any pool to improve this aspect of your swimming.

    We’ll be releasing 22 of these videos over the next 22 days during the coronavirus lockdown. The videos are short and sweet – around 90s to 5 minutes for most – and you’ll be sure to pick up some useful points for your swimming.

  • Join the Aspen Institute’s Project Play initiative for a webinar exploring what could lie ahead for youth sports as the coronavirus pandemic unfolds. This is the first of multiple webinars we will host to help guide stakeholders through the crisis.

    Speakers are comprised of experts on youth sports. We welcome your questions during the session.

    • Tom Farrey, Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program Executive Director
    • Dev Pathik, Sports Facilities Advisory & Sports Facilities Management CEO
    • Bethany Rubin Henderson, America SCORES National Network President
    • Dave DuPont, TeamSnap President and CEO

  • The postponement of the Olympics is expected to add $2.7 billion to the cost of the Games for the host country, Japan. The cost estimate from December, when Tokyo Olympic organizers increased the figure to $12.6 billion. When Tokyo was awarded the Olympics in 2013, the bid committee projected total costs would be $7.3 billion.

  • It was a Winston-Salem native’s dream to make it to her second Olympics.

    Then it was postponed until 2021.

    “It’s heartbreaking,” said Kathleen Baker, who is an Olympic swimmer. “I agree with the decision and think that that’s what I wanted, but at the same time it’s hard to come to terms with something that you’ve worked so hard far to be postponed and so much uncertainty.”

    See WFMY News 2