Paulus Wildeboer, national coach of Denmark, describes here to local folks in high altitude Leadville how his Olympic swimmers train. That the old myth in his view is wrong, that ‘the harder you work, the better you become’. That it instead should be ‘the better you work, the better you become’, which doesn’t necessarily mean hard work every day. He describes how he introduces anaerobic training early, rather than build a pure aerobic base first, which I guess/know is based on the theories of Dr. Jan Olbrecht. At 6 min 50 sec, we even get to see how he gives Lotte Friis direct feedback :-)
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The Race Club interviews David Marsh
Gary Hall Sr discusses swimming with world renowned head coach of Mecklenburg Aquatic Club David Marsh. Among other things an interesting theory that backstrokers like Nick Thoman are more prone to hit blue lane lines than red ones.
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Speedo Fist Drill with Dave Salo and Jessica Hardy
Great explanation and footage, more to be seen on Speedo Pace Club
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Can you guess this famous face?
Four hints:- It is a swimmer turned singer
- Her husband is also a famous singer
- She’s had success in a band and as solo artist
- She has her very own fashion line
Go to Aol.Music to get the answer
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Kayaker captures amazing GoPro video of blue whale
Earlier this month, Rick Coleman and his wife were kayaking off Redondo Beach coast when a nearly 50-foot blue whale began eating lunch at the side of his boat. Coleman had his new waterproof GoPro head-mounted video camera with him, and well, then decided to just jump in to film the whale also underwater.
Here is a news segment about the encounter, where they show the GoPro camera and interview Coleman.
Source ThePostGame
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Awww, Joey the otter is afraid to swim
Joey is a young river otter at the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale who won’t jump into the water, probably because he was separated from his mother before he learned to swim. He is making progress though, so go Joey. Read and see videos for instance on ABC 7 and RightThisMinute
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Deaf US swimmer wins bronze at Pan Am Games
For American swimmer Marcus Titus, being deaf is more advantage than disability, at least when it’s time to get in the water. “It helps me stay in my own world, helps me focus on what I need to do,” the 25-year-old said at the Pan American Games after winning a bronze medal in his first ever major competition not restricted to people with disabilities, with a 1:01.12 in the 100 breaststroke behind Brazil’s Felipe França da Silva and Felipe Lima in 1:00.34 and 1:00.99 respectively. Now he aims for a spot at the 2012 Olympic Team, read AP
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Pál Joensen on Danish National TV
We had a TV crew from the Danish national broadcasting channel DR following us to the Faroe Islands today, who are doing a segment for next Saturday evening. Already this evening, they had a short TV segment ready about Pál’s win in Stockholm, where he says he’s happy about winning a gold in Stockholm for the first time, but not so happy about the time.
They are GoPro users by the way, cannot wait to see the underwater footage next weekend :-)
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Cheerleader makes a ‘splash’ at Pan-Am Games
Whoops, Mariana de Leon performing with her team here during the morning swimming competition at the Pan-American Games in Mexico this weekend. Via ABC News.
