Swimmer's Daily

  • Have you ever noticed everyone that swims the 50 freestyle in the Olympics has a very similar swim technique? It’s not a coincidence that the fastest way we (currently) know how to swim is with a straight or nearly straight arm recovery. Obviously, there are consequences to this technique as it drains energy very quickly. In this video Olympic finalist Brad Tandy demonstrates how to get the most coupling energy out of the freestyle recovery while head coach Devin takes the campers through a series of swim drills in order for them to learn this technique for the first time.

    The length and speed of the straight recovering arm adds significant power to the pulling arm and kick. This requires a very aggressive and fast body rotation that amplifies or ‘couples’ the energy-giving yourself the optimal performance.

  • Whether it’s a dip in the shallow end or going deep into the sea – we’ve probably got a record for it.

  • Relive the men’s 15 highest scored Final Dives from the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. By claiming the gold medal, Chen Aisen from China scored the highest dive in the 10m platform with a score of 108. Moreover, he also claimed the gold medal with his partner Lin Yue in the synchronized 10m platform. Enjoy watching them perform!

  • NSW Police Force in partnership with Surf Life Saving NSW, Royal Life Saving Society – Australia and @Northern Beaches Council launched a video today which was funded by Study NSW.

  • Olympic swimmer and diabetes advocate Gary Hall Jr. was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D) 21 years ago, but hasn’t let the disease hold him back from greatness. Hall’s talents and drive have helped him win 10 Olympic medals, including five gold medals, three silver medals, and two bronze medals. That same sense of willpower also helped Hall through his diagnosis of T1D in 1999, which forced him to consider the effects the disease might have on his career and his life. After a brief hiatus from swimming, Hall returned to the Summer Olympics in Sydney in 2000, striking gold yet again. Join us as Gary Hall Jr. shares his story with our T1D group, OneTalk.

  • On Fastskin’s 20th birthday, we gave the fastest man on the planet the original super suit! See what Caeleb Dressel and fellow Olympian Elizabeth Beisel got up to at the pool, and whether the Sub20 barrier remains…

    Can Caeleb swim 50m in under 20 seconds? Watch to find out!

  • Rotation is key when swimming front crawl. We talk about it all the time but exactly how much rotation do you need, what happens when you add breathing into the mix & does it change when you swim at different speeds? Heather is here to get sciency as we find out if there is a perfect formula!

  • Competitive swimmer and former Olympian Michael Phelps joins the 3rd hour of TODAY to talk about life at home with his family and to share his advice for athletes gearing up for the Tokyo Olympics, postponed to 2021 due to the pandemic. “Paying attention to what you can control” is key, he says. “If I was preparing myself for these games, that would be the one thing I’d be focusing on.”