You cant beat a swimmer for feel for the water! Swimmers get a much more close-up feel from the way water flows because their bodies have to move through it. In rowing we have to move the boat through the water so this this is an additional layer of separation. So what can we learn from swimmers? We look at the way they place their hand (our spoon in our placement), the way the reach in (our patient connection), the way they execute their arm pull (our drive), the way they take their hand out (our extraction), the way they move their arm to prepare for the next stroke (our recovery). We consider their push off the wall to illustrate progressive loading, and the way they let their bodies glide after the dive to illustrate our run. These are all thoughts that we should keep in our mind that will make us more efficient. As can be most clearly seen with swimmers, finesse and technique can be a huge difference in how much speed you get out of the work you put in.
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Surfer Saved by Rapid Blood Transfusion After Shark Attack | 7NEWS
A surfer mauled by a shark at Manly is expected to survive after receiving life-saving blood in a rapid roadside transfer at Spit Bridge, as NSW records an unprecedented four shark attacks in less than 48 hours.
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Surfer Hospitalized After Fourth Shark Attack In NSW In 48 Hours | 10 News
There’s been another shark attack off the New South Wales Coast, the state’s fourth in less than 48 hours.
A surfer camping at Point Plomer on the mid-north coast was bitten this morning by what’s believed to have been a bull shark and was taken to hospital by a bystander.
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San Francisco Coyote Makes Rare Swim to Alcatraz Island | Action News Now
A coyote was seen swimming to Alcatraz Island, creating an unusual sight in the San Francisco Bay. Aidan Moore, a guest relations employee for Alcatraz, captured the moment on camera. Moore noticed the coyote paddling on Sunday afternoon before it reached the island’s southern shoreline.
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Final Night Of the 2026 USA Swimming Pro Swim Series Austin in Five Minutes | Finals in Five | USA Swimming
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Rescue Swimmer Saves Virginia Woman in Crash | WUSA9
A navy aviation rescue swimmer is being heralded a hero tonight after his quick actions and compassion saved the life of a woman in Virginia.
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Thousands Of Chips Wash Up On Popular Beach | 10 News+
A sea of uncooked chips has washed up on a beach near Sussex, England, the latest slew of strange produce appearing on British shores. It comes after 16 containers fell from a ship during a storm weeks ago with more rubbish expected to continue to wash ashore.
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St. Pete Frogman Swim Raising Money for Navy Seals | 10 Tampa Bay News
The 2026 Frogman Swim in St. Pete raises money for the Navy Seals foundation.
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Man Attacked by Shark in Third Incident in Two Days | ABC News
A man is believed to have suffered serious injuries in a shark attack at North Steyne Beach in Manly, Sydney, shortly after 6 PM on Monday. This is the third shark attack in Sydney in just over 24 hours, following a critical incident involving a 12-year-old boy at a harbour beach in Vaucluse on Sunday. Another boy narrowly escaped injury when his surfboard was bitten at Dee Why.