Swimmer's Daily

  • Doha FINA/CNSG Marathon Swimming World Series – 2020 – Training Day for the elite swimmers. Water temp 16 degrees C.

  • In preparation for Tokyo 2020, The Australian Paralympic Swim Team took a deep dive into their values and team culture to create their anthem “First Ones Home”. Working with each other over the two days to negotiate lyrics, learn dance moves and create scenes for their video clip, the team go to know each other – and themselves – on a whole new level.

    It was such a privilege for the MusoMagic team to work with such a wonderful and inspirational group of athletes and their coaches, and an honour to work with Swimming Australia once again to help unite and invigorate their athletes.

  • Yesterday, we showed you the gut-wrenching video of a 2-year-old boy nearly drowning a Livonia hotel in January. This story serves as a great reminder to families that it can take seconds for a fun event to turn tragic.

     

  • The Ali Sting Rays is a college readiness/swimming program that focuses on teaching African American children how to swim and have academic success.

    Ali Center launches scholar swimming program for black students in West End

  • Our latest swimming drill is aimed at improving your butterfly swimming technique. The most important part of having a great butterfly technique is having a strong undulating dolphin kick.

    Training butterfly kick will improve your ability for not only swimming butterfly but also improve your starts and turns.

    Whether you are training as an athlete or in the learn to swim stages, dolphin is something you should practice a lot for a better fly stroke and this Butterfly Drill Tutorial will help greatly. Watch this butterfly tutorial to see how to swim and learn the dolphin kick technique.

    BUTTERFLY DOLPHIN KICK | Enhancing Your Body Undulation

  • In today’s Propulsion Swimming Podcast: We talk about which swimmers and other athletes inspired us during our swimming careers, including Ian Thorpe, Roger Federer and Dan Carter. Plus, Dan reflects on how he’d like his swimming pupils to view him in 10 years’ time.

    https://youtu.be/NOI9EXvQQFI

  • The ACLU is representing Eastern Illinois University swimmer Jaylan Butler in a federal lawsuit after he was threatened by a firearm by law enforcement, which the ACLU believes was unjust.

  • Spartans Prep for State Swim Meet

  • Bronte Campbell is one of the stars of the pool, and this week she joins Shane and Nat to discuss her preparations for Tokyo.  Campbell discusses her rivalry with sister, Cate and opens up about supporting her sister after “possibly the greatest choke in Olympic history.”  The Olympic gold medallist also questions the time in limbo for teammate Shayna Jack, who is still yet to learn her fate from ASADA. And, should Mack Horton’s protest against Sun Yang be permitted at an event like the Olympics? Campbell gives her view.