Swimmer's Daily

  • Breaststroke is difficult especially timing the strike phase. One thing all fast swimming techniques in Breaststroke have in common is being streamline during the strike phase. Olympic Gold medalist and World Record Holder Rebecca Soni says, “Dolphin Kick Breaststroke drill is one of my favorites! For me, the biggest benefit of this drill is being able to work on the timing of the stroke. The timing is the most important variable in this stroke! And there is no better way to work on it than through different drills.

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  • An ode to competitive swimming in 60 seconds.

  • New Zealand freediver William Trubridge has fallen agonisingly short of breaking his own world record for the deepest dive without swimming assistance in the Bahamas. Plunging into a 203m deep sinkhole known as Dean’s Blue Hole, Trubridge resurfaced three minutes and 30 seconds after reaching the target depth but the dive was made void after he required assistance from safety divers just meters from the surface.

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  • It’s something you’ve probably never thought about before, but evidently, owls can swim.

    A video published on YouTube on Tuesday by Chicago-area photographer Steve Spitzer shows a great horned owl gliding through the waters of Lake Michigan, according to WGN-TV.

    Spitzer said he was at Loyola Park Beach in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood when the owl was forced down into the water by a pair of peregrine falcons.

    He told WGN-TV a bird rescue team was called to come out to the beach to help the owl, but the bird was able to fly away first.

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  • Australian swimmer Grant Hackett, a seven-time Olympic medalist, will come out of a seven-year competitive retirement and enter the Australian national championships in April, according to Australian media.

    He hasn’t yet set a goal of making the 2016 Olympics, nor any international team for Australia.

    “That’s not where I am at in my head,” Hackett said, according to the Herald Sun. “I haven’t got that far ahead of myself.

    “I probably haven’t felt this good since 2004. This year I’ve just really got my passion back for it. I do set myself little goals and little times and I’m trying to improve, that’s just the sort of person I am.

    “Where it’s going to lead I really don’t know. My only ambition at this stage is to do a club relay with the boys.’’

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  • Alia Atkinson (JAM) grabs the first gold medal for Jamaica at the World Championships SC (WR equaled). She already was the only Jamaican swimmer (both genders) with a medal in the competition winning silver medals at the 50m Breaststroke (2012 and 2014) and 100m Breaststroke (2012).

  • 3rd FWAC wants to provide a platform on which the global Aquatics family and business leaders can meet to network, share best practice, encourage engagement in Aquatic sports, and boost elite performance in all FINA disciplines.

  • The 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m), staged in Doha (QAT) from December 3-7, 2014 couldn’t have started in a better way: after the initial day, three World Records and six Championships records were already established, with some races having unpredictable outcomes.

    Read more here on fina.org

  • World Record Holder (50m Breaststroke), Adam Peaty shows us his arena. Thanks for the swim tip by the way Adam!