Underwater dolphin kick is extremely important for competitive swimming. After each turn or start you are allowed to do 15 meters of this really fast technique in freestyle, breaststroke or backstroke. This means that in a short course race you can swim most of the it underwater. Today we will talk about three really important aspects of this sometimes called “the fifth strokeâ€.
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Live Stream from the 2017 Bergen Swim Festival
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Eight Brazilians sentenced for plotting jihadist attacks ahead of Rio 2016 Olympics
A Brazil judge has sentenced eight men to up to 15 years for plotting a jihadist attack on the 2016 Rio Olympics. Authorities described the group as an “amateur” and downplayed any ties to the so-called “Islamic State.”
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Yoga For Swimmers – Yoga With Adriene
Yoga For Swimmers is a an excellent practice for the shoulders, the chest, the spine, the legs and your core. Perfect for anyone gearing up for summer! Connect mind and body so you can stay injury free, aligned and balanced.
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Best Wild Swims on Skye | Wild Swimming in Scotland
Many people say the Isle of Skye is the most beautiful part of Scotland, and it’s also a wild swimmer’s wet dream! Here’s Calum’s top spots for Wild Swimming
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Glass Swimming Pool 1000 Feet in the Sky – Casey Neistat
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3 Synchronized Swimmers Get Trained for “O” by Cirque du Soleil
From exercises to makeup techniques and costume fittings, find out how these “O” by Cirque du Soleil artists gets into character.
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Coffee With: Debbie Phelps
Linh has Coffee With the executive director of The Education Foundation of Baltimore County Public Schools (and mother of Michael Phelps), Debbie Phelps.
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Michael Phelps Opens Up About ADHD Struggles: A Teacher Told Me ‘I’d Never Amount to Anything’
He’s the most decorated Olympian of all time, but don’t think for a second that growing up as Michael Phelps was easy.
The 31-year-old swimming superstar —and new father — opened up about his struggles with ADHD in a new video for the Child Mind Institute‘s Speak Up for Kids campaign, explaining that a teacher once predicted that the Baltimore native would never succeed.
“I [saw] kids who, we were all in the same class, and the teachers treated them differently than they would treat me,†he says. “I had a teacher tell me that I would never amount to anything and I would never be successful.â€
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