Swimmer's Daily

  • Ian Thorpe has visited MPs at Parliament House to lobby against the Government’s religious discrimination bill, saying it goes against the Australian notion of a “fair go” and will divide the country.

    The Olympian joined a campaign by Equality Australia to speak against the controversial proposed legislation, which has been through two iterations after broad criticism from both religious and LGBT groups.

    The bill, which the Government said aimed to protect the freedom to practice religion, would allow medical workers to object to carrying out procedures against their faith and permit hospitals and aged care providers to hire people based on their faith.

    Mr Thorpe said the bill would “discriminate against young and old”.

    “It will discriminate against people based on their gender, it will also restrict people’s ability and access to be able to use our hospital services, our schools, and it will have a huge impact on the LGBTIQ community in particular,” he said.

    “I believe in an Australia that has a sense of a fair go and this bill most certainly doesn’t do that.

    Read ABC

  • Do you want to be the next breaststroke superstar like Adam Peaty, Cody Miller or James Wilby? This Elite Breaststroke Drill variation of 2 kicks 1 pull is going to be a secret weapon on your journey to becoming an Olympian

    Breaststroke 2 Kick 1 Pull is a common drill done to improve streamlining and extending breaststroke stroke length. However, with a simple timing variation it can be turned into an extremely useful training method for elite swimmers!

    Typically you’d swim 2 Kick 1 Pull at a moderate pace, but by altering your breaststroke timing you can add explosivity and power into your breaststroke technique.

  • Coley Stickels, Head Coach of the Univ of Alabama has a history of producing some of the best sprinters in history, including Abbey Weitzeil and Santo Condorelli. He discusses his approach with Chris Ritter, on how he uses drills during his workouts and it’s probably not how you think! This clip is from a full interview that you can access in The Hive powered by RITTER.

    https://youtu.be/uNuNElR_L1Y

  • Water leaking in, headaches from wearing the goggles, or they simply come off as you’re swimming? These are all things you should not be putting up with. Goggles should be comfortable to wear.

  • As the International Olympic Committee continues to express confidence that the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo will go on as scheduled, a Japanese official on Tuesday raised the possibility that the event could be postponed to later in the year in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

    Japan’s Olympic minister Seiko Hashimoto told the country’s upper house of parliament that the contract for the Tokyo Games stipulates only that the event be held at some point during the calendar year, leaving open the possibility that it could be postponed to later in 2020. The Olympics are scheduled to run from July 24 through Aug. 9.

    “The IOC has the right to cancel the Games only if they are not held during 2020,” Hashimoto told parliament, according to The Associated Press. “This can be interpreted to mean the Games can be postponed as long as they are held during the calendar year.”

    Read USA Today

  • When half of the strokes you can swim rely on an unconventional turn like the open turn, you have to focus your attention on the little things to see great results. Luckily, Phlex founder Marcin Cieslak is an NCAA Champion in the 100 Butterfly and is here to share this incredible trick to have the perfect open turn. Watch and learn.

  • Watch some of the best moments from the first leg of the FINA/CNSG Diving World Series that took place in from 28th Feb. – 1st Mar. in Montreal (CAN)! #diving #DWS2020

  • Olympic great Ian Thorpe is urging Australia’s athletes to consider their long-term health before deciding to compete at the Tokyo Games. As concerns mount over the spreading coronavirus, the former swimmer says Olympic organisers must ensure athletes will be safe at the Games.

    “I would most definitely be concerned,” Thorpe said in Canberra on Thursday. “What we need to know is to use some of the best expert disease specialists to find out what is the risk to the team. What is the risk to the other nations and how can we have an Olympic Games, one that is safe, that doesn’t put athletes at risk?

    “What you have to understand as well is there are other risks associated with an Olympic Games, the threat of a terrorist event taking place… And we [athletes] take into consideration those things before we decide to compete.

    “I think the decision should come down to each individual athlete. But whether or not they want to compete, that they should take their health into consideration first.”

    Read The Guardian

  • Have you ever wondered how important is to know where to enter your hand into the water at the top of your stroke? Olympic medallist Elisabeth Beisel show you an easy but very important trick to nail your technique.