Swimmer's Daily

  • World Record holder in the Men’s 50m Breakstroke, Adam Peaty, set twice the global mark at the FINA World Championships in Budapest 2017. In the 100m Breakstroke, Peaty revalidated his title from Kazan and set a new Championship Record. Fins out more about Peaty very successful year 2017

  • The 2018 national secondary School swimming championship came to an end this evening with hosts Green hill Academy emerging overall winners ahead of Seeta high Green campus. The champions garnered above 1,800 points in the one day Championship in which eight secondary schools participated. Seeta High Main Campus and Taiba Secondary School came third and fourth respectively. We have the highlights of the championship

  • Meet Team Scotland’s swimmers at their prep camp in Brisbane – final training underway with just 4 days to go until Gold Coast 2018

  • 15-year-old Gold Heart Scholarship recipient Tyron Henare is a stroke closer to pursuing his Youth Olympic dreams for swimming. In July the six-time National gold medallist will put his skills to the test against the country’s best at the 2018 Opens in the hopes to qualify.
    Tyron Henry is currently New Zealand’s top sprint swimmer for freestyle, backstroke and fly in his age group. He now looks to qualify for 2018 Youth Olympics in the hopes to make his mark on the world stage.

    Henry says “My short term goal for this year is to qualify for Youth Olympics which will be held in Argentina this year.”

    “He’s well driven and he’s really committed to the cause of swimming and that’s come from a really young age. He is a great role model for our young athletes, obviously being of Māori descent it’s great to see Māori kids’ excel in our sport” says assistant Coach Sheldon Kemp.

    See Maori Television

  • The year before school starts, about age 4, is a good time to start structured lessons and consolidate foundation skills before the focus turns to stroke development, especially if you have a lifestyle that regularly involves the water. This strategy works for most families, but don’t be afraid to skip a term, try a different program, or learn in a different aquatic environment to keep children motivated.

    If your child has started school but can’t swim, it is time to feel a little anxious. If it is a choice between weekend sport and swimming, swimming and water safety should win. If time constraints are a problem, involve the grandparents or pool with neighbours or friends.

    If your child is in years 3 to 6 at school and still can’t swim then you best start – and urgently. Research shows that in most cases they will be well positioned to learn quickly and efficiently. This is why most of the government subsidised programs focus on ages 8 to 10.

    Read The Canberra Times

    Photo by Philms

  • Thanks to an awe-inspiring effort that stopped a nation and shook the world, Joseph Schooling won Singapore’s first ever Olympic gold in Rio.

  • So others may live! That’s the motto of the Coast Guard’s most elite unit. Technically, they’re called aviation survival technicians, but most people know them as rescue swimmers.

  • Every year, thousands of Filipinos die by drowning, and, as investigations would reveal, many of those victims didn’t know how to swim.

    Some of these incidents took place during a typhoon — or in the midst of incessant monsoon rains. Others happened in maritime disasters, such as the sinking of MV Doña Paz in 1987.

    In certain cases, perhaps the ability to swim may not have been able to count for much. But even with the best of weather conditions — and without a precipitating disaster — many drowning incidents have happened in the country. In last year’s Holy Week alone, for instance, dozens of fatalities in various tourist spots were reported — from waterfalls and creeks to swimming pools and beach resorts.

    Surely, there were other factors at play: lack of supervision (particularly for young children), inadequate equipment, among others. But there remains the question of how many deaths could have been prevented had the victims possessed some swimming ability.

    Read Inquirer

    Photo by Jun Acullador

  • National Team member Jordan Wilimovsky took time to visit with some aspiring national teamers on his recent visit to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.