Swimmer's Daily

  • Introducing the all new 2014 Michael Phelps Legend Series by Master Spas.

    http://youtu.be/B31vU6DHq9g

  • dick-shoulbergRead SwimmingWorld, backstory that Germantown Academy has apparently fully or partly retired legendary head coach Dick Shoulberg:

    Shoulberg finally talked tonight after having ignored media inquiries regarding his leave of absence from the deck. However, there is little doubt that Shoulberg would desire to return to the deck as soon as possible.

    “I know I’m old. But I’m efficient and old,” Shoulberg said. “My girls’ team last year broke the [national] record” in the 400-yard freestyle relay.

  • So this must have been the women’s 200 meter indvidual medley, at the FINA 2013 World Swimming Championships in Barcelona, Spain. Katinka Hosszu from Hungary gold, Alicia Coutts from Australia silver and Mireia Belmonte from Spain bronze. See the result list here.

    Women's 200 IM flag ceremony at BCN 2013

  • “The simple and astonishing secrets of how to swim in the ocean!”

  • Wednesday 4 December 2013 at 18:00, 25-year-old Chris Christensen had the honor to begin the filling of the 2013 European Short Course Championships pools, on behalf of the Danish national swimming team and federation. This event will be his 8th European Championships, and the first ever in which the Danes have home advantage.

    – “This is just wild. Next week my family and friends will be sitting here,” says Christensen.

    LEN EM i Kortbanesvømning

    (Photo courtesy of Lars Møller / The Danish Swimming Federation)

    It takes 24 hours to fill the competition pool – and a little less to fill the a bit smaller warm-up pool. A total of 2.4 million liters of water, that then needs to be heated from 8 degrees Celsius to the 26 that work best for swimmers.

  • AIMG Incheon 2013Right, I’ll categorize this as it should, read VietnamNetBridge

    The current meals of Nguyen Thi Anh Vien, Vietnam’s young talented swimmer, in Florida, USA are huge. She has to eat one kilogram of beef, 50 shrimps, a big plate of noodles, a salad plate, nearly one liter of fresh milk, not to mention fruits in a single meal.

    This menu is certainly different and far beyond that of any athlete of Vietnam and it approaches the standard for the greatest swimmer in history – Michael Phelps. It was suggested by Vien’s American experts based on the actual characteristics of the body and the needs for exercise.

    Only with such food, can Vien ensure enough power at approximately 4,000 calories to maintain daily workouts of 6-7 hours at high intensity. But it is uneasy to eat such a huge amount of food, especially for a girl. To be able to eat in a professional way, Vien used to eat and cry at the same time, and had to have break a few times during a meal.

    Vien’s coach – Mr. Dang Anh Tuan said that Vien’s exercises are enhanced and her rations are also increased. He will have a headache to find ways for Vien to adapt well to it.

    (Photo courtesy of Hai Thinh, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

  • Boyle’s law in action, this experiment plunging an upside down liquid meter to -55 meter with 1 liter of air inside. There air compressed to 154 ml at the bottom. Freediver accompanying.

  • Awesome freestyle filming and sliding techniques used here

    And the even more awesome end result

  • The Chicago Park District is expanding opportunities for Chicago children to learn to swim. In addition to increasing Sunday hours at select pool locations, the District will offer the first ten-week session of instruction free for children, ages 6 to 17 at pools citywide. Beginning Dec. 2, patrons registering for the winter 2014 session can utilize the “First Free” code to secure one free youth Learn to Swim session. This lifetime code can be used for any first time youth Learn to Swim registrant.