Nice video looking back on Szczecin 2011 and promoting the 2013 Tall Ships’ Races, of which Race Two will be from Riga (Latvia) to Szczecin (Poland).
Outro of EC in short course swimming, Szczecin 2011 from Cineo on Vimeo.
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Chris DeSantis on the Faroese visit in his home pool
Tomorrow’s Duel in the Pool will be held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, home of the Yellow Jacket swimming and diving program, where The Swim Brief‘s Chris DeSantis is Assistant Coach. He writes here about now meeting our guys Pál Joensen and coach Jón Bjarnason, discussing among other things how many athletes one coach can manage with the quality of training decreasing for each individual athlete. Interesting!
“What is the magic number? I don’t know, but if I had to guess it would probably be less than ten. Jon has every reason to be overconfident about his own coaching ability, but he had enough humility to admit that it has been a challenge to add just one more international caliber swimmer to his coaching responsibilities earlier this year.“
(ooh, Coach DeSantis keeps a pair of Swedish goggles in his locker)
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Track your laps, splits, stroke rate and type with the Swimtag wristband
Swimtag is a training aid that monitors progress in the pool, much like the Finis Swimsense or Swimovate Pool-Mate Pro, but more simplified without buttons or display, to act more as a passive device than a watch. The idea is that for instance your local pool provides these wristbands as a service, that you pick up at the reception and then hand over again after training, where you data then is uploaded automatically to the www.swimtag.co.uk, for later review and analysis. Hear podcast with the inventors here on Sports Technology Podcast. -
Wu Peng eyeing “final olympics”
Earlier this month, Chinese swimmer Wu Peng declared that next year’s London Olympics will be his last time competing. 24-year-old Wu’s first Olympics were the 2004 Athens Games, where he made the finals, and now he’s intensifying his training schedule to prepare for London 2012, eager to go out strong with a medal victory. Via NTD Television
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Georgia Tech looks ready for the Duel in the Pool 2011
Pál Joensen and coach Jón Bjarnason have arrived safely in Atlanta, and been training and talking to Chris DeSantis and stuff. The duel between Europe and USA will start this Friday Dec 16 at 7 PM ET (that’s at midnight GMT), see Mutual of Omaha and USA Swimming. Here is a picture of the competition pool that Jón took, looks quite ready!
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While in Atlanta, go visit the Georgia Aquarium
Whale sharks, sweet ! – See Georgia Aquarium
GA Aquarium from T.J. Hicks on Vimeo.
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FLA Swim Team Promo Film
This video is good! – Courtesy of Fort Lauderdale Aquatics
FLA Swim Team Promo Film from Seaglass Productions on Vimeo.
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Mike Bottom on 12.5 yards short pool training
So what is this, 11.43 meters? A facility for ultra-sprint training at the University Michigan, where you just barely have room for your start, turn and finish. Courtesy of athletovation.
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Sychev sets new ice swimming world record: 2100 meters in 56 minutes
According to The Voice of Russia and Pravda, 45-year-old Andrei Sychev in Siberia has set a new long distance / long duration ice swimming record, completing 2.1 kilometers in 56 minutes and 7 seconds at the National Ice Swimming Championships in Tyomen, Sibiria this weekend. The water temperature was 0.5°C and the air temperature -13°C (that’s 32.9°F and 8.6°F, respectively).
Here below is a slideshow from last year. I find the accompanying music very appropriate, “I got a fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell!” :-D