Swimmer's Daily

  • Swim Ireland has announced that all regional and national competitions originally scheduled between now and the end of this season in August 2020 will no longer take place, and others will be postponed.

    The association had already cancelled their Olympic and Paralympic trials, which were due to take place at the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin at the beginning of next month, and with yesterday’s closure of non-essential businesses the NAC has also closed its doors.

    That means that Ireland’s elite swimmers cannot train at their Dublin base for now.

    As a response, the governing body has now taken the unprecedented step of cancelling or postponing not only its swimming events over the next five months, but also diving, water polo and masters events.

    The full list of postponements and cancellations is here.

    Swim Ireland said in a statement: “This decision has not been taken lightly and follows the most recent decrees of both the Irish and UK governments.

    “We felt that it was important at this time to reassure our athletes and all of those who work with and for them that there is no urgent need during these difficult times to be back in a swimming pool to prepare for a Regional or National competition.

    “For those of our members, for whom the pinnacle of  your swimming season was to compete in their Regional Championships, the Irish Open Championships, Irish Summer National Championships or the Irish National Division 2 Competition, we understand that this news is likely to be disappointing. However, we were concerned that there might be a level of stress and anxiety related to competitions still on the horizon whilst the opportunity to train in the pool was not available and we felt that it was important to give you clarity on the matter to allow any such worries to end.”

    Read RTE and Swim Ireland

    Swim Ireland 2018 Highlights

  • This is a great time to work on those muscles that need to learn a new pattern of movement to improve your swimming. Here’s how you can do that using tools you already own.

    Coronavirus – Improve Your Swim Technique on Dry Land

  • Stuck in the house all day playing ping pong with my dad!
    Sting Pong = Good Times

    STING PONG // Episode #3

  • Thanks to everyone who suggested movies to review and I hope you’re keeping sane without a pool to access.

    Swim Coach Analyzes Actors Swimming In Hollywood Films

  • Brent Hayden, Olympic Bronze Medalist, shows how you can stay in swimming shape even when you aren’t in the water with the FINIS Slide Dryland Trainer. The two rotating handles are designed to provide swimmers with exercises that mimic the entire swim stroke cycle with consistent resistance.

    FINIS | Slide Dryland Trainer Workout with Brent Hayden

  • This Charlotte native has been swimming most of his life and up until last week, he was training to represent our country in the Paralympics.

    Charlotte native Paralympic swimmer reacts to Tokyo games being postponed

  • All the computer and phone typing in modern society results in poor neural mobility. This set of mobilization helps restore motion in the nerves, reducing neurosensitivity and arm carrying position (shoulders rounded, etc.). In combination of this, it helps strengthen the back muscles and neck muscles, which are the result of swimmers’ posture.

    https://youtu.be/RyZrCJ0YCdA

  • How do you stay competitive in a lockdown when your office is the swimming pool?

    Twenty-year-old swimmer Lewis Clareburt was to be New Zealand’s great hope in Tokyo.

    He has already shown what he’s capable of – nabbing medals at both the world champs and Gold Coast Commonwealth Games.

    Now with the Olympic Games on hold, what does training look like when you can’t do laps and tumble turns? Lewis Clareburt talks to Lisa Owen.