Swimmer's Daily

  • An Xavier College Prep senior is asking you to record yourself swimming 100 yards and upload it to social media to raise money and awareness for mental health.

  • Singer, songwriter and now sea swimmer @CCSings tells @HowCaine and @ChristyDH about her new hobby, inspired by some of her fellow #Manx creatives #manxradio #iom #seaswim

  • Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh is an Indian Para Swimmer who fought all odds to win 4 Gold medals at the Indian Open Para Swimming Championship and has also represented India at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. At the age of 24, he developed a benign tumor in his lower back which immobilized his lower half due to unsuccessful surgeries. Despite the setback, he trained himself to be a para swimmer and has been making India proud with his achievements. His resilience, passion, and hard-work despite being differently-abled are remarkable. Watch this video to find out more.

  • Coach Geordie shares two of the most important exercises anyone, swimmer or not, can do to help their shoulders get and stay fully functional. Join Geordie for live online classes at http://www.ottawaonlinefitness.ca

  • Chris Allshouse, a 50 year old marathon swimmer from Ohio has created history and become the first person to swim from Micoud on the east coast to Smugglers Cove – a distance of 24 miles/38 kilometers.

  • As part of a campaign on social media, the Goethe Institute is collaborating with Egyptian swimmer and world champion Farida Osman to draw attention to the growing problem of bullying and violence in Egyptian schools. The focus is on sport as an effective tool whose values ​​create a tolerant and respectful coexistence among young people and thus pave the way for the formation of a peaceful generation with positive standards.

  • I hope you enjoy this video… please excuse the angle of the camera, as I said I’m still getting used to the vlogging life!

    Sorry for no upload last week I just needed to take a little bit of time to get back into the routine of being at home.

  • Kicking breaststroke fast requires a different set of anatomical tools than freestyle or dolphin kick. In this video, you will learn the correct way of kicking breaststroke from Olympian Mike Alexandrov, which requires hip flexibility, ankle pronation and lower back flexibility. We also test a Race Club camper, Owen Matteson, using our velocity Meter technology to compare the wide knee kick with a narrower knee kick, showing how the narrower knee kick results in less deceleration.

    Race Club Head Coach Devin Murphy then takes a larger group of campers through one of our favorite drills to teach a narrow and fast kick: two kicks with one pull while using a Finis Ankle strap over the knees. Though the Finis Ankle Strap was originally designed to go around the ankles during pulling sets, we have found that when placed over the knees, they are an excellent training aid in keeping the width of the kick just outside the frame of the shoulders!

    Finally, Race Club Technical Director Gary Hall Sr will point out common mistakes that we see while working on breaststroke kick. If you want to swim the up-tempo breaststroke that is utilized by the world’s best breaststrokers like Adam Peaty and Lily King, you need to watch this video to learn what it takes to have a lightning fast kick!