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The 2006 International Swimming Hall of Fame Honorees
The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) in Fort Lauderdale, FL has announced the list of aquatic athletes to be honored at a ceremony on 13 May, 2006. Swimmers, divers, coaches, and more......
Swimmer's Body Rotation - Save Time and Energy
Developing greater rotation on freestyle is one of the laziest things you can do to make you a faster swimmer and to make swimming easier. Just remember, too much of a good thing isn't so good. (Glenn Mills/GoSwim)...
Recall of Children's Arm Band Pool Floats Sold at CVS Stores
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Recall of Children's Arm Band Pool Floats...
Tips to Help a Swimmer Survive the Start of a Triathlon
The start of a triathlon can be nerve-wracking, tiring, intimidating, frustrating, and even discouraging (why do we do this sport??). But don't let all this get to you! The start for everyone is a crazy cluster of splashing, starts and...
Safety Turtle Swim Alarm System - Protect Your Child from Drowning Accidents
The Safety Turtle is a personal wireless alarm system designed to protect young children from drowning or serious injury in backyard swimming pools, lakes and other water hazards. Unlike other alarms that are triggered when a person enters a swimming...
Would you Swim with the Manatees?
Manatees are aquatic mammals, freqeuntly seen in Florida. Read more about swimming with the gentle giants. (Greg Breining/Star Tribume)...
Imitation Swimming on Dryland
Imitation exercises create the correct kinesthetic perception for a swimmer. The exercises include imitation of various swimming positions - why should the positions be imitated?...
Residents want end to 'swimming pools' in their basements, power loss (Stoney Creek News)
Stoney Creek residents beseeched Hamilton politicians to prevent their homes from being flooded from an ongoing sewer problem.
Woman's test drive ends in Bellevue swimming pool (Seattle Times)
A woman escaped from a car as it plunged into a Bellevue swimming pool this morning, pulled from the vehicle by firefighters who dragged her through a sunroof.
Short Individual Medley (SM) Swim Training and Racing
Let's look at some ideas on a new swim training and competition category for individual medley (IM) events swum as long axis (LA - freestyle and backstroke) and short axis (SA - butterfly and breaststroke) stroke pairs in 25/25, 50/50,...
Four Swim Skills for Swimmers to Master for Faster Swimming
Swim coaches like to talk about how swimming gets harder as a swimmer goes faster because of an increase in drag. The swimmer must decrease the impact of that drag or apply a great deal more muscle power while swimming....
Ron Van Pool's State of USA Swimming address ( 9/17/2005 ) (USA Swimming)
Thank you, Susan. I can assure you, Susan, that you can count on the very active support of all of us here at USA Swimming. Lets take a minute and look at some of the best and most exciting swimming that you will see anywhere.
60,000 Meter Swim - Polar Bears Can Do It
Polar bears are good swimmers among land animals, but some recent research shows that they may be among the best long-distance swimmers in the world. The WWF has a polar bear tracking site that lets you follow the progress of...
Beginners Guide To Ironman Race Strategy
Over the years I've seen so many fit people arrive at the start of an Ironman event more than ready to complete the huge challenge, yet they then come to grief on Ironman day - mostly because of silly errors...
Hurricane Katrina - Relief Information
A partial list of relief organizations and other information on hurricane Katrina available on the Web. (NY Times)...
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