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  • SSAC16: Reject Conventional Wisdom: Don’t Swim Like Phelps

    Apr 12, 2016

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    in Science

    Coaches are generally and justifiably skeptical about scientific information. This presentation will explain how the status quo in technique, training, skill learning, and injury prevention limits performance and how the application of science can produce faster swimming much sooner than by adhering to conventional wisdom.

  • Meet Abeiku Jackson

    Apr 11, 2016

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Meet 16 year old swimmer, Abeiku Jackson, current Ghana National Record holder of Men’s freestyle, backstroke, butterfly and breaststroke for 50m, 100m and 200m.
    Captain of the Gh Dolphins Swimming Club, Abeiku is going to Rio 2016 Olympic Games to represent Ghana.

    https://youtu.be/HBsyBdznR9A

  • Jerry McCormick’s Adult Learn-to-Swim Experience

    Apr 11, 2016

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    rokur
    in Safety

    Jerry McCormick and USMS-certified adult learn-to-swim instructor, Chris Holley, tell this inspiring ALTS story in their own words. They share their weight loss journeys and the impact swimming has had on both their lives.

  • 24min 3sec Guinness World Record longest apnea with O2 by Aleix Segura

    Apr 11, 2016

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    rokur
    in Freediving

    On february 28th during the 17th Mediterranean Dive Show held in Cornellà, Barcelona, Aleix Segura Vendrell has broken the Guinness World Record holding his breath underwater for 24 minutes and 3 seconds. This longest breath hold ever reported has been achieved after inhaling pure oxygen, differently than apnea sport competitions.

  • 2016 Coaches Rave – All the Coaches were Kung Fu Fighting

    Apr 11, 2016

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    rokur
    in Fun

  • From Wheelchair to Podium – Winning the Gold

    Apr 11, 2016

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    rokur
    in Para Swimming

    In 2008 an epidural shot went wrong and left 18 year old swimmer Mallory Weggemann paralyzed from the waist down. Despite thinking she was never going to swim again, Mallory began her journey, not just to the pool, but to winning the Paralympic gold medal in the 50 meter freestyle.

    https://youtu.be/KCpxP8absKc

  • Day 5 Finals – 2016 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships

    Apr 11, 2016

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Live from SA Aquatic & Leisure Centre.

  • Fishermen in Western Isles boat tragedy ‘tried to swim’

    Apr 11, 2016

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    rokur
    in Safety

    Finlay Macleod of the Fishermen’s Mission said all four reported missing had made it to their life raft.

    But two of them tried to swim for the shore, which was in sight.

    One of the four was found safe, while another is still missing.

    Two of the four men on the raft were later found to have died, whilst another is still missing.

    Mr Macleod told the BBC: “Two of them decided to swim to the shore, which they could see.

    “And during that swimming, one of them drifted away from the other and he was lost.”

    He added: “The other one made it to the shore, and after clinging to the rocks for some considerable time he was rescued by the boat from the RNLI.”

    Read BBC

    Photo by M Hodgson

  • Cate Campbell sustains wrist injury at Rio Olympic swimming trials after taking ‘an aggressive nap’

    Apr 11, 2016

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    rokur
    in Competition

    Commonwealth record holder Cate Campbell may require a painkilling injection in her right wrist to swim in Tuesday’s 100m freestyle Olympic trial final — all because she slept the wrong way.

    Campbell, who injured the wrist when she took what she described as an “aggressive nap” last week, revealed after her heat swim this that a doctor is on standby to administer local anaesthetic into her wrist joint before the final if required.

    “I’m an aggressive napper,” she explained. “It was sore in the morning and then I went for a nap during the day and slept on it again.

    “It’s pretty good now. We have a doctor on standby in case it needs local but we’re hoping it doesn’t need that. It’s definitely improved. We’ve done some aggressive treatment on it. A bit more rest to come and it should be fine.”

    Read The Courier Mail

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