Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Trending Swimming World Stories - June 11, 2013

Trending Swimming World Stories - June 11, 2013

 
SwimmingWorldMagazine
A Semi-Monthly Wrap-up of News from Around the World by Sports Publications Intl.
June 11, 2013
NEWS!!!! Taken from Lane9 www.SwimmingWorldMagazine.com/lane9/

ISHOF Working to Clear False Connection With Disgraced Rick Curl
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida. IT's only been a few weeks since Rick Curl was sentenced to seven years in jail for sexually abusing Kelly Currin the 1980s, but one of the blowbacks of the court case came with some faulty reporting about the sentencing itself.
IOC Presidential Candidate Calling For Worldwide Olympic TV Network
LONDON, Great Britain. IN a push to keep sports fans interested in Olympic sports outside of the years in which Olympics are held, International Olympic Committee presidential candidate Thomas Bach is pushing hard for a global television network that broadcasts sporting events in non-Olympic years.
Barcelona Gets Ready for FINA World Championships With Flash Mob Video
BARCELONA, Spain. WE'RE 44 days from the start of the FINA world aquatics championships, and host city Barcelona got into the spirit of aquatic sports with a special flash mob performance of the event's theme song, "Planeta Agua (Planet Water)."
FINA Wins Big From IOC Summer Olympic Sport Revenue Sharing Reorganization
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia. SWIMMING and gymnastics won big from a new revenue sharing ranking of Olympic sports from the International Olympic Committee.
Texas Long Course Senior Circuit: Aggie Olympians Win On Final Night
COLLEGE STATION Texas. THE final night of the Texas Long Course Senior Circuit meet on the campus of Texas A&M University featured two hometown Olympians earning their second victory of the competition.
Bonnie Brandon Blasts Lifetime Best at Southwest Classic; Grevers, Cordes Shine
TUCSON, Arizona. THE Tucson Ford Southwest Classic kept on rolling into a third night of action with some strong in-season times going up on the scoreboard in Southern Arizona.
Record Race for Ryan Cochrane in Mission Viejo
MISSION VIEJO, California. A meet record and Olympians atop the podium: that's what was in store this evening at the first session of the TYR Fran Crippen Swim Meet of Champions in Mission Viejo, California.
Janet Evans Joins LA84 Foundation to Kick Off Summer Swim Program
LOS ANGELES, California. AS public pools open across Los Angeles for the summer season, the LA84 Foundation is doing its part to promote swim safety.
Arena Grand Prix, Santa Clara
SANTA CLARA, California. THE final night of the Arena Grand Prix circuit this year put an exclamation point on the series as several stunning swims went up on the scoreboard tonight.
New College Meet Proposed For Swimmers Who Miss NCAA Championship Qualifying
PHOENIX, Arizona. MANY swimmers, numbering in the hundreds, will miss the opportunity to participate in the Division I NCAA championships by mere tenths of seconds. Many of those swimmers will come from the mid-major schools that rarely get the opportunity to shine at a national championship event, but Grand Canyon University swimming head coach Steve Schaffer has been working to change that.
New NCAA Swim/Dive Rules Committee Proposals Include Certifying SC World Champs
PHOENIX, Arizona. THE NCAA Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Rules Committee recently presented a number of rule change recommendations.
Social Media's Role in Saving UNC-Wilmington Swim/Dive Captured in New Video
WILMINGTON, North Carolina. IN the days since the announcement that the men's and women's swimming and diving teams at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington earned a reprieve, a video has surfaced explaining the way social media helped save the Division I program.
Venezuela Joins World Record-Setting Party at Pan American Masters Champs
SARASOTA, Florida. THE Venezuelan contingent at the Pan American Masters long course swimming championships will have plenty to celebrate today, as countrywoman Maria Rivera set a world record in the 50 backstroke.
Women's Water Polo: China Grabs Historic Title at Super Final
China defeated Russia, 8-7, to claim its first-ever FINA Women's Water Polo World League Super Final--and its first-ever title in any major women's water polo competition--in front of a partisan home crowd at the Water Cube in Beijing. In the semifinal round, China prevented the United States from vying for its eighth straight title at the Super Final. The Americans settled for the bronze medal with an 10-9 triumph over Hungary.
Another Cuba-Florida Swim Attempt Likely ... But Not By Diana Nyad
PHOENIX, Arizona. NEXT week, a swimmer could be making her way from the shores of Havana, making the 103-mile trek across the Caribbean Sea to the Florida Keys. But it won't be the legendary Diana Nyad, who failed to complete the trip four times in nearly 40 years
Dryland Tip: Partner-Assisted Core Stabilization With Lat Pull
SANTA CLARA, California. CORE stabilization is key in fast swimming, no matter the stroke or distance. Today's dryland tip will help swimmers become engaged with their core muscles while activating their arm and leg muscles.
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What you'll find in the June 2013 issue of Swimming World
Feature Article:
Turning Negatives into Positives
Jessica Hardy's Olympic experiences - both good and bad - have been, needless to say, extreme. Yet, she still remains competitive and continues to challenge herself wtih lofty goals, including earning a spot on her third Olympic team in 2016.





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Saturday, June 8, 2013

"In tarile calde"... de ziua tatalui...., ce nazbatie o mai fi si asta

Friday, June 7, 2013

Great Swimming: Tarek Drafts Tim Don

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If you got the chance to try, how would you fair drafting on the feet of a triathlon world champion? What if you'd only learnt to swim a few years ago too? That's exactly what happened to age group triathlete Tarek when he met 2006 Triathlon World Champ Tim Don on our recent Coach Ed Course in Loughborough.

Watch the footage of Tarek doing this, holding a phenomenal pace of 67 seconds per 100m:


Considering Tarek only learnt to swim freestyle (with Swim Smooth) in June 2009, that's fantastic swimming we're sure you'll agree!

Developing Tarek's Swimming

From the very beginning of his swim-life, Tarek worked with our Certified SS Coach Fiona Ford in Richmond, London. Fiona's done a fantastic job teaching him freestyle from scratch and developing his swimming, to the point now where he can sustain a fast 1:24 per 100m for 1500m.

To develop Tarek's swimming:

- Fiona developed a stroke technique suitable for the environment in which he wanted to swim (open water triathlon) and his height and build. Tarek's stroke isn't perfect but you'll notice from the video that he moves through the water with great purpose and rhythm to his stroke. He has a great body position, a nice catch technique and good alignment in his stroke. He doesn't fight the water at all.

- From an early stage of his development, Fiona had Tarek performing training sets with a focus on CSS training. This is the perfect type of training for distance swimmers and triathletes, and has allowed Tarek to develop a strong swimming engine to sustain a great stroke technique over long distances.

- Fiona worked hard on Tarek's open water skills and confidence swimming close to other swimmers, including in the pool during the harsh British winter. You'll notice from the video clip above how Tarek confidently and quickly tucked in behind Tim and was comfortable staying there. Despite Paul only giving him ten seconds warning before jumping in the water, Tarek wasn't intimidated at all as he'd practised drafting countless times before, albeit not behind a world champion!

Our Thoughts

If you've read our new book you'll know that we call the three-prong approach of Technique, Fitness and OW Skills, "The Three Keys". The secret - as employed by Fiona - is to work on all three at the same time and all year round. Focusing overly on one thing (e.g. solely technique or solely fitness) will seriously hold you back, the swimmers who make the biggest gains and reach their potential in the water have a balanced all-round approach and do so consistently over a long period of time.

The consistency of your swimming is extremely important, particularly when it comes to developing a strong swimming engine. Train consistently and your engine will grow but be inconsistent and miss sessions and your engine shrinks again. A classic mistake athletes make is to over-train and then blow-up, needing time off to recover. It's far better to train slightly within yourself but do so consistently for weeks and months on end, your swimming engine builds slowly but it's amazing how swim-fit you can become with consistent training.

Our third lesson to take from Tarek's development is that you don't need a textbook or picture-perfect stroke to swim very quickly indeed. If you look at nearly any elite triathlete (such as Tim) or open water swimmer they don't have a super-long Ian Thorpe style of stroke with a classic high elbow recovery. That sort of stroke just isn't that effective in open water and nor does it suit every swimmer.

Like all great swimmers, elite open water swimmers have a high body position, good alignment in their stroke and a great catch but they have a lot more punch and rhythm than many pure pool swimmers. This helps them move effectively through disturbed water, such as the wake created by another swimmer. If that style of stroke naturally suits you, embrace it fully and make the most of it. Don't let anyone tell you that you need to change it.

Thanks!

A big shout out to Tarek for letting us share his swimming with the world, find out more about him here and tweet him at @tmouganie

And a big thanks to Tim Don for coming on our coaches course and allowing us to take a close up look at his swimming. We are going to feature our video analysis session with Tim in a future SS video production, as you can imagine Tim already has a great stroke but even he needed a small tweak here and there... Find out more about Tim on his website: www.timdon.com and twitter @trithedon.

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Aplicatii in inotul de endurence....


[Effortless Swimming] 

Why I Swapped Weet Bix For Bacon & Eggs

 From
This email is like a bag of mixed lollies. Pick and choose the ones you like!
  • Why I Swapped Weet Bix For Bacon & Eggs - In school and on TV we're told what's healthy and what's not.
    Low Fat, low sugar, lowers cholestrol, and on and on it goes. When I took a deeper look at what some of these
    claims are really based on - I discovered I had a lot of misconceptions about food. In the latest episode of the
    Effortless Swimming podcast I chat to my favourite nutritionist Steph Lowe about eating well. Some of them might
    suprise you!
     
  • The Easier Way To Sight In Open Water - A subscriber to this newsletter said she was having trouble sighting in
    open water. I've recorded a short video for you showing you an easy way to sight without straining your neck or
    breaking your stroke rhythm.
     
  • Bone Conduction Beats - This video from FINIS shows how their new waterproof MP3 player works. I remember
    when I first bought a waterproof musci player 5 years ago. It survived one swim and then leaked and died a sudden
    death becuse of the headphone jack. Now you don't even need headphones to listen to music underwater...check
    out the video.
That's it for news this week. See you next week!

Regards,

Brenton Ford
Effortless Swimming

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