Skip to content
Swimmer's Daily

Swimmer's Daily

  • Contact
  • Baltimore County Neighbors Push to Keep Swim Centers Open After Y Announces Exit | WMAR-2 News

    May 12, 2026

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Organization, Swimming Pools

    Dozens of Baltimore County residents packed a meeting at the Owings Mills Library to fight for the future of two community swim centers after the Y of Central Maryland announced it would not be renewing its contract to operate them. Hyacinth Williams swims at the Randallstown Swim Center Monday through Thursday. Her friends call her the pool police.

  • Your Catch Collapses Because You’re Swimming the Wrong Stroke | Between The Laps

    May 11, 2026

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Technique

    Why your freestyle catch collapses at race pace and 3 drills to fix it.

    We examine why a swimmer’s catch collapses at race pace during sprint freestyle, despite years of dedicated swimming training. Understanding the mechanical differences between distance and sprint techniques is crucial for maintaining a strong underwater catch. This video provides three essential drills to rebuild your swim technique so it performs optimally under pressure.

  • High School Senior Drowns at Canyon Lake Days Ahead of Graduation | Arizona’s Family

    May 11, 2026

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Safety

    An 18-year-old high school senior drowned at Canyon Lake on Friday, just days before his graduation. Jaysyn Robles drowned in Canyon Lake Friday afternoon. Maricopa County Sheriff’s deputies say he was trying to swim across the cove when he began to struggle. Molly McBride reports.

    See Arizona’s Family

  • Young Swimmers Shine at Nairobi County Swimming Championships | KTN News Kenya

    May 11, 2026

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Competition
  • How Many Sharks Are There In Sydney Harbour? We Reveal The Numbers | 10 News

    May 10, 2026

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Nature

    After four shark attacks in 48 hours, the NSW Department of Primary Industries launched a shark tagging blitz in Sydney Harbour. 10 NEWS+ reveals the results, which experts say paints a picture of whether the number of bull sharks in Sydney Harbour are increasing.

  • Former Swimmer Not Surprised by Coach’s Arrest on Child Porn Charges | WKYT

    May 9, 2026

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Crime, Safety

    A woman who says a high school swim coach once sent her inappropriate messages as a teenager says she’s not surprised by his arrest this week on child pornography charges.

    See WKYT

  • Injured Us Military Veterans Find Relief and Awe Swimming With a Whale Shark at Georgia Aquarium | Atlanta News First

    May 9, 2026

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Nature

    The swim at the aquarium in Atlanta gave the U.S. service people who are part of the Wounded Warrior Project a much-needed respite from their recovery.

  • Swimmer Completes Lap Around Lake Lure to Spread Awareness | WYFF News 4

    May 9, 2026

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Open Water

    Swimmer completes lap around Lake Lure to spread awareness

  • Mother, Attorney, U.S. Masters Swimming Champion? Check, Check, Check | 9NEWS

    May 9, 2026

    —

    by

    rokur
    in Masters

    Denver DA’s Chief Trial Deputy Ashley Morgan won six medals recently in North Carolina and now has her sights set on qualifying for the Olympic trials.

←Previous Page
1 … 15 16 17 18 19 … 2,908
Next Page→
rokur Avatar

Blog Admin

Rókur í Jákupsstovu // Production engineer and certified swim coach. Full-time IT guy, spare-time aquatics aficionado. 2 sons, 2 daughters, 1 grandson & a wife. Bureau Member of European Aquatics, liaison to Water Safety, Media & Data Management. Likes to run :-)

Trending

Babysitter Arrested in Drowning Death of 3-Year-Old: ‘There Was No Supervision’ | ABC 7 | LA FirstJune 7, 2026
The Water Buggy looks perfect for open water racesOctober 4, 2011
AI Lifeguard Saves Swimmer in North Brabant and Is Faster Than a Human | De TelegraafJune 9, 2026
Spearfisher Dies After Shark Attack Off Albany In WA's South | 10 NewsJune 6, 2026
Blind Horse Rescued From Backyard Swimming Pool in Philadelphia | CTV NewsJune 7, 2026

Categories

  • Adapted Swimming (107)
  • Artistic Swimming (244)
  • Baby Swimming (7)
  • Beach Life (302)
  • Can you do this? (38)
  • CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 (697)
  • Charity (207)
  • Cliff Jumping (3)
  • Cold Water Swimming (2)
  • Competition (8,655)
  • Crime (292)
  • Diversity (21)
  • Diving (245)
  • Doping (355)
  • Dryland (399)
  • Entertainment (19)
  • Environment (357)
  • Equipment (528)
  • Faroe Islands (352)
  • Finswimming (2)
  • Freediving (428)
  • Fun (1,954)
  • Gossip (715)
  • Guest Post (115)
  • Health (1,218)
  • High Diving (61)
  • History (511)
  • Ice Swimming (27)
  • Inclusion (5)
  • Learn To Swim (383)
  • Life Saving (45)
  • Masters (127)
  • Mental Health (59)
  • Miscellaneous (1)
  • Nature (2,068)
  • Notice (5)
  • Nutrition (40)
  • Open Water (2,512)
  • Organization (3,318)
  • Other (7)
  • Ouch (6)
  • Para Swimming (290)
  • Politics (2)
  • Psychology (93)
  • Review (5)
  • Safeguarding (5)
  • Safety (3,798)
  • Science (249)
  • Scuba Diving (16)
  • Sea Swimming (13)
  • Sex Crime (1)
  • Special Olympics (13)
  • Sponsored Post (44)
  • Surfing (48)
  • Swimmer's Daily (49)
  • Swimming Pools (912)
  • Swimrun (15)
  • Synchronized Swimming (57)
  • Technique (658)
  • Technology (588)
  • Training (964)
  • Triathlon (197)
  • Uncategorized (59)
  • Water Parks (1)
  • Water Polo (175)
  • Wild Swimming (121)
  • Winter Swimming (454)
  • World Record (152)
  • Wow (788)
  • WTF (504)

Aquatics Sites

  • World Aquatics
  • European Aquatics
  • SwimmingWorld
  • SwimSwam
  • Swimrankings

Search This Site


See also

  • Facebook
  • X
  • YouTube
Swimmer's Daily

Swimmer's Daily

Fast Fix Blog About Swimming

c/o Rókur í Jákupsstovu
Brekkuvegur 10, FO-650 Toftir
Faroe Islands

Privacy

  • Privacy Policy
  • Background
  • Contact
Manage Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
  • Manage options
  • Manage services
  • Manage {vendor_count} vendors
  • Read more about these purposes
View preferences
  • {title}
  • {title}
  • {title}