Swimmer's Daily

  • Hey guys, on today’s video I attempt the Michael Phelps food challenge but added a training component for 5 hours of swimming. Please don’t try this! But I do hope you enjoy. Let me know in the comments who you want to see a day in the life of next. I’ll shout you out in the next video!

  • With recruiting needs at an all-time high, this lesson will teach you how to take advantage of media in your area: newspaper, radio, Out of Home (billboards, bus stops), digital media, and guerilla marketing tactics. What is the difference between earned media and paid media, and how do you use both to promote your club? Join experts Sandra Cranny and Doug Parrott for an interactive lesson on utilizing local media to boost registration.

  • Ben Ramsden, founder of Swim.Rocks, is calling on the swimming community to help make the dream of a fully automated timekeeping solution a reality.

    Each year, more than 22,000 volunteers are needed to fulfil timekeeping duties at swimming events across Australia. While timekeeping is a necessary part of the sport, it can be a huge headache for clubs to find enough volunteers and manage the administrative burden of manually collecting and processing timesheets.

    Ben believes there is a better way and that an automated solution is both possible and within reach.

    “We hope to achieve the development of a new system that allows automatic timekeeping. It’s a dream shared by many people that would make such a difference to the sport and a massive difference to club committee members’ lives,” Ben said.

    “Current solutions are clunky and expensive. Replacing these is not only a lovely thing to do, but it’s within reach and it should be possible at a much lower cost. We can’t rely on existing suppliers to innovate. We’ve just got to come together as a community and make it happen.

    “We need innovators, we need investors and we need friends.”

    See Swimming NSW

  • The surfing community in Santa Cruz is mourning the death of 26-year-old Ben Kelly, who died over the weekend after being attack by a shark. CBS affiliate KION-TV’s Shannon Longworth reports.

  • Leading a team through transitions can be extremely difficult for organizations. In uncertain times, the best companies look for leaders who can motivate, support, and move teams from point A to B, while successfully navigating the challenges of change. This 60-minute webinar will provide thoughtful insight into ways to manage the barriers of change and lead through different phases of those obstacles.

  • A large school of Bull Sharks was captured by drone at Sun Fox Sand Bar near North Stradbroke Island today (10th May 2020)…

  • This slower moving swimming specific yoga class is perfect to help you recover after a workout or after a training block.

  • This video aims to explain and demonstrate the ‘how’ and ‘why’ to sight in open water swimming. The thing is, any kind of head movement slows a swimmer down and that includes breathing. Whilst breathing is non-negotiable after a few strokes, sighting is an optional add on, purely to look ahead and see where you are going.

    By developing the sighting technique you will perform better at open water swimming. The wrong technique would be to lift the head right out of the water “water polo drill” for a few strokes to see ahead. This is very tiring but well worth adding into training to see how it does feel.

    The minimalist approach is to do “crocodile eyes” by just lifting the eyes above the surface of the water. Practice this. You may not always see as clearly but if you hone the movement you could, on a fuzzy sight, simply head back down for some strokes and sight again later. You will soon build up a clear picture of where you are and will be saving energy and swimming smoothly.

    The next thing to consider is how to time the crocodile eyes. Trying to do crocodile eyes after breathing could result in you looking off to one side and distorting your perception of straight ahead. A good sighting movement involves doing crocodile eyes as your hand enters the water then turning to the side to breathe with the natural rotation of the stroke whilst lowering your head.

    In open water swimming, the conditions can drastically affect your sighting. Remember your technique. If you can’t see, relax, keep swimming strong with good sighting technique. You will soon be on course.

  • As temperatures heat up and summer swim lessons and public pools get canceled until further notice, a local swim school is offering free virtual swim lessons.