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  • Keri-anne Payne at the Launch of new regulated STA OWS Qualification

    Mar 21, 2018

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    Interview with Keri-anne Payne (Triscape) & STA Head of Aquatics’s Kayle Burgham.
    The launch was at a Charlton Lido to mark the official launch of the STA Open Water Swimming Coaching Qualification, which has been endorsed by CIMPA.

  • TSS GPS Swimming 2018

    Mar 20, 2018

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    rokur
    in Competition, Organization

  • Next stop: Seychelles – FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series

    Mar 20, 2018

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    rokur
    in Open Water

    The next stop of the FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series will be Seychelles. On 20th of May, the event location in Beau Vallon will be filled with swimmers from all over the world.

  • Science teacher swimming from Sanford to Jacksonville

    Mar 20, 2018

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    rokur
    in Open Water, Science

    Luther Davis, a physics and astronomy teacher at Lake Mary High School will hike, kayak and swim 180 miles along the St. Johns River from Sanford to Jacksonville.

  • Baby Otter Swim School offers 5-day program in effort to eliminate child drownings

    Mar 20, 2018

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    rokur
    in Organization, Safety

    Baby Otter Swim School is a traveling swim program providing services to prevent child drowning.

  • Pastors learn to swim for good cause

    Mar 20, 2018

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    rokur
    in Organization, Safety

    Nearly 80 percent of children in low-income households, either don’t know how to swim or can’t swim very well.

  • Fun in Acapulco – Resistance Swimming | Vaziri Swim

    Mar 20, 2018

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    rokur
    in Equipment, Wow

    Too short a pool for swimming? Resistance bands tied to a palm tree enable Leila to swim in place. Shot on the west coast of Mexico and famously featured in Elvis’s 1963 film, Fun in Acapulco.

  • 360 swimmers at the Open Challenge Mass Event Doha 2018

    Mar 20, 2018

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    rokur
    in Open Water

    Can you believe that more than 360 swimmers took part in the Open Challenge in Doha? You could be one of these swimmers if you like!

  • Breaststroke Piston Kick | The Race Club

    Mar 20, 2018

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    rokur
    in Technique

    A good breaststroker only takes .4 seconds to draw the legs up and back for the breaststroke kick. Learn this swim drill that will help increase your leg speed in breaststroke.

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