Gary Hall Sr speaks with The Race Club campers at the Florida Swim Camps in Islamorada. He talks about fast swimming technique and the three laws of motion that reign over us.
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Ricky Berens named NBC Charlotte Person of the Year
NBC Charlotte has named Ricky Berens as its Person of the Year. With 63 percent of the viewer vote, Berens took home the award. The Charlotte native edged out fellow nominees Beverly Howard, Brenda Stevenson, Leon and Sandra Levine and David Marsh. Read wcnc.com, via the17thman
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Science says: It is okay to pee in the pool
OMG – Phelps, Lochte, Adlington et al. were right all along, via the17thman:
Scientists are now confirming that Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte’s admission that they urinate in the swimming pool is really not such a big deal after all.
‘Urine is essentially sterile so there isn’t actually anything to kill in the first place. Urine is largely just salts and water with moderate amounts of protein and DNA breakdown products,’ biochemist Stuart Jones when asked about urinating in a pool.
Read Mail Online
Personally, I’m still with British PM David Cameron. It is a matter of taste :-P
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Swimmer Caught Riding a Dying Whale
Earlier in December, at least one unidentified swimmer was videotaped riding a sperm whale off the coast of Florida – and hours later the animal was dead. Now a federal investigation has been launched into what killed the endangered species. Read Guy Harvey Magazine
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Hannah Miley on coping with stress of being 2014 poster girl
“Hannah Miley reckons she’s on course for even more glory after learning how to drown out the pressure of expectation.
The Garioch swimmer just missed out on a podium place at London 2012 but hit back with medal-laden displays at the European and World Short Course Championships.
She won a gold and two silver medals at the European Short Course event in France last month and followed that up with gold and bronze medals at the world event in Turkey earlier this month.
Now the 23-year-old has her sights set on the World Long Course Championships in Barcelona in the summer before the small matter of defending her Commonwealth 400m individual medley title in Glasgow in 2014.”
Read more here on the Daily Record
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CC photo #363: Jump!
Our youngest practicing start jumps on his very first (official) swim lesson, back in August 2012. His technique is a bit, ehm, ‘a leap of faith, we’ll work on the entry later’ :-P
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WINTER SWIM 2013
Time has soon come for the second year of winter swimming in the North. Here my crew gets some expert help when it comes to dipping in ice water.
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The Daily Show looks back at NBC’s tape delayed London 2012 Olympics
News channels try to avoid spoiling tape-delayed London Olympics results, but only Brian Williams can pull off a news vault with such a high degree of difficulty.
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Brent Hayden Swimming Psychology
“How would you like to get inside the mind of an Olympic medalist?
2012 London summer Olympic bronze medalist Brent Hayden accomplished one of the rarest feats in sport. He stood on the Olympic podium. Brent’s swimming resume includes both an Olympic bronze medal and world championship gold medal. His mindset is world class.
In golf, swimming, or any sport, the mindset of champions is remarkably similar. In my interview, Brent highlights several mental strategies that would make any athlete more successful.”