Waait, it might be a good idea ! According to Yahoo! Sports, a number of coaches are charging their dryland routines up with yoga and pilates, to improve body alignment, prevent injury and improve breathing. Read Yahoo! Sports.
Break ton Neck from Alex Yde on Vimeo.
(Not really yoga, more breakdance-yoga, but cool :-)
Tell me about it, it’s like hockey rink that I never got !
“I began swimming at Innisfail in Queensland and we had a pool and my swimming career would be non-existent without the pool.
“Sporting facilities are the heart of regional communities and it becomes more than just a pool, but a meeting place,” Hackett said.
Read The Times
Olympic gold medallist Ryk Neethling is seeking a court order to stop his former swimming instructors Lizette Botha and Uschi Dahlmann from “soliciting” his clients and competing with his swimming schools, allegedly by having gotten hands on his client database.
Read The Star
Kenya Lam, 12, Malia Martin, 13, and Isabella Des Roches, 11, have been training with a swim coach since September to embark on the 1.25 miles swim from Alcatraz to the San Francisco shore today, and completed it despite of frigid November waters. They would have liked to do the swim with an organized group, but the club that plan Alcatraz swims don’t allow minors. Kudos girls!
The most decorated athlete in Olympic history is among those calling foul over a proposal to cut 8 varsity sports at the University of Maryland, including men’s and women’s swimming and diving. Read wusa9.com
The World Anti-Doping Agency says Britain could be declared non-compliant rules this weekend if it keeps its lifetime Olympic ban for drug violators. Read The Washington Post.
This is surreal to me, but Russian swim star Anastasia Aksenova will arrive at the airport here on the Faroe Islands this Monday evening, to try out practice at Suðuroyar Svimjifelag in Vágur. Yup, the club of Jón Bjarnason where Pál Joensen trains. Aksenova is the Russian 100 meter freestyle record holder (53.20), and won a silver medal in the 50 freestyle at the Russian short course championships this October (25.38, 25.19 in the semi). And an Olympian too, from Beijing 2008. If it works out well, she would like to train here with Jón as coach until the London 2012 Olympics. I’m pinching myself all over here. Via Suðurrás.fo
South Africas Top swimming coach, Graham Hill, says teenager Chad Le Clos is the best talent he has worked with, and has tipped the teenager for a medal at next year’s Olympic Games in London.
“I’ve seen many swimmers in my time, but he’s certainly the best I’ve come across”
“He’s got all the tools – speed, endurance and everything else one needs. He is a complete swimmer.”
And then he’s also “My brother, my player, the Phelps slayer” :-)
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