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Swim Skills for Swimmers to Master for Better Swimming Swim Skills for Swimmers to Master for Better Swimming originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 at 02:43:27.
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. Swimmers find it difficult to get results from applying more muscle power to the water if they are not doing it the right way. The first steps to faster swimming are positioning, grabbing, pressing, and rotating, things that everyone can learn. Here are a few things to check before trying to put more muscle power into your swims.
Good Eating for Swimmers - What Should a Swimmer Eat? Good Eating for Swimmers - What Should a Swimmer Eat? originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 00:12:00.
Avoid fat; fat is ok, eat it up. Avoid carbohydrates; carbohydrates should be the major portion of your diet. Consume a high amount protein; eat balanced portions of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. There is a lot of conflicting advice out there for swimmers on eating. What to do, what to do....
That depends on who you believe and what you are trying to achieve with your food intake.
One more go for Waterloo swimming pool improvements (Suburban Journals)
Call it ballot box déjà vu. For the sixth time in four years, Waterloo voters are being asked to approve paying for improvements to the city's public swimming pool, a 316 N. Library St. complex built about 40 years ago.
Grevers and Hoff Win High-Point Awards at the 2010 Southern California Grand Prix Grevers and Hoff Win High-Point Awards at the 2010 Southern California Grand Prix originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 at 04:53:00.
Olympians Matt Grevers and Katie Hoff took home the men's and women's high-point award Monday at the 2010 Southern California Grand Prix Swim Meet in Long Beach, Calif. Michael Phelps took home one gold medal in the 100y fly
and a total of three meet records were broken on the final night of competition.
Sutton and Margalis Swim to Wins at 2010 Southern California Grand Prix Swim Meet 2008 Olympic swimmer Chloe Sutton and USA Swimming National Team swimmer Robert Margalis placed first in the women's and men's 1000y free Friday on the first night of competition at the 2010 Southern California Grand Prix Swim Meet. The swim meet, taking place at the Belmont Plaza Olympic Pool in Long Beach, Calif., runs through Monday, January 18. Sutton and Margalis Swim to Wins at 2010 Southern California Grand Prix Swim Meet originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Saturday, January 16th, 2010 at 19:43:29.
Swim Lesson Teaching Time and Space Issues - Keep Parents and Others at a Distance? Swim Lesson Teaching Time and Space Issues - Keep Parents and Others at a Distance? originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Friday, January 29th, 2010 at 04:04:54.
A swim teacher and swim coach in England, Shev Gul, is trying to get people to realize, respect, and formally make the teaching of swim lessons a health and safety issue that needs to be done in a secure, uninterrupted environment. What this means in the long run is that people should be kept a certain distance away from the swim lesson teaching area. In other words, keep parents and others back from the side of the pool; they should wait and watch swim lessons or swim practice from a distance.
How to Teach Swimmers the Back Float in 60 Seconds or Less? How to Teach Swimmers the Back Float in 60 Seconds or Less? originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Monday, January 25th, 2010 at 00:27:14.
When it comes to teaching swimming to true beginners who are at least 3 year of age, the back float can be taught in 60 seconds or less. Am I kidding? No, I am not. But let me explain an approach that will not only allow you to teach preschoolers to float on their back in 60 seconds or less, it will also help you teach preschoolers to swim sooner too.
(Photo by Jim Reiser)
SWIMMING: Hannam hammers more pool records (Spalding Today)
SPALDING swimming starlet Chloe Hannam's stunning season continued as she shattered a few more records at the City of Derby Open Meet.
Matt Grevers Wins Double Gold at the 2010 SoCal Grand Prix Swim Meet - Day 2 Matt Grevers Wins Double Gold at the 2010 SoCal Grand Prix Swim Meet - Day 2 originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Sunday, January 17th, 2010 at 04:20:02.
Olympian Matt Grevers took home two gold medals Saturday night on the second day of competition at the 2010 Southern California Grand Prix Swim Meet in Long Beach, Calif. Grevers won gold in both the men's 100y free and 200y back while Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps took home one gold in the 500y free, his only event of the night.
Schools pour $5.4M into swimming pools (The San Francisco Examiner)
Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:0:0 PST A shift in swimming habits during the past half-century is a driving force behind the upgrades at four San Mateo Union High School District pools. Project Manager Todd Lee said the four pools currently have an area for lap swimming and an area for diving, but the world of...
RC Pool hosts Little 3 meet: men's swimming (The Bona Venture)
The men's swimming team returned home this week after a trip to Washington, D.C., to face Georgetown. The Bonnies defeated the Hoyas, 162-138, to improve to 4-3 in dual meets, despite a struggle to even make it to the meet.
Michael Phelps Swims to Gold at the 2010 SoCal Grand Prix Swim Meet - Day 3 Michael Phelps Swims to Gold at the 2010 SoCal Grand Prix Swim Meet - Day 3 originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 00:33:42.
Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps claimed the gold in the 400y IM Sunday night at the 2010 Southern California Grand Prix swim meet in Long Beach, Calif. Phelps held off Japan's Hidemasa Sano in the final race of the night to take home his second gold medal of the meet. Three meet records also fell Sunday night with strong performances by Katie Hoff, Japan's Kosuke Kitajima, and Rebecca Soni.
HIGH SCHOOL SWIMMING: Pool of talent (The San Angelo Standard-Times)
SAN ANGELO, Texas —Coming off a sweep of the District 3-5A Swimming and Diving Championships in 2008, the Central High School boys and girls swim teams weren’t sure what to expect in their first 10-team, 2-5A meet a year ago.The Bobcats ended up third and the Lady Cats were fifth. Schools from Lubbock ran away with the team titles.A year later, the Central teams expect to finish about where they ...
Fitness Swimming by Emmett Hines (Book) Fitness Swimming by Emmett Hines (Book) originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Thursday, January 21st, 2010 at 00:15:00.
This book, Fitness Swimming, is a great resource for a swimmer with a little lap swimming experience that needs more direction, or a lap swimmer with a lot of swimming experience that wants to try some new ideas (of course, that assumes that the ideas in the book are new to that swimmer). It focuses on freestyle technique and fitness swim training from developing skills through swimming fast.
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