I am faster than yesterday.
So most popular swimming websites are embracing the fact that 2008 was the greatest year of swimming ever because 108 world records (at my last count) were broken…hmmmm… To be fair, there are websites and swimming “correspondents” out there, who, like me, are decrying the state of technology and the gravity of world records in swimming. Tim Layden from Sports Illustrated wrote a great article back in August regarding world records and the ho-humness of them. (article is here). All I have to say is Amen …
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THE 2009 JANUARY JAM: MS PLUNGE FOR PARCELLS
Training for a big swim? Need to get back into shape? Feeling guilty from too many holiday treats? Just plain old competitive?
On January 1st, JANUARY JAM participants from all over the world will track their yardage on Dynoswim.com for the entire month to see who can “jam” the most yards into 31 days. The St. Vincent’s Medical Center Foundation’s January Jam: MS Plunge for Parcells was created to promote fitness through swimming while raising money for the Dave Parcells MS Fund. For more …
I read an article in early 08 which was actually a transcription of Chris Davis’ speech at the ASCA World Clinic in 2007 (Chris is the founder of SwimAtlanta and is a true coach among coaches). In his speech he was discussing the training regimen of Amanda Weir. It was a great speech and one particular section caught my eye. Recently I referred to a section from this very speech in an article on Dynoswim but with reference to the shoe training that Amanda did to improve …
New year and that means new coaching book…every year I get a new coaching book, usually because my other one is so full and beat up…spiral bound 8″ by 6″ hard cover books…cant beat em.
Anyhoo, I print out the split cheater below just big enough that it fits on the inside of my back cover and tape it down. I made it a bunch of years ago and it is one of those invaluable tools that I keep coming back to when I am writing a complicated split or bracket …
this is pretty awesome news for us as we were switching over to BlueSeventy as our team comp suit. Better discounts for everyone… (link to blueseventy press release is here)
(from swimming world.com)
Blueseventy Becomes U.S. Masters Swimming Sponsor
LONDONDERRY, New Hampshire, December 22. U.S. Masters Swimming is pleased to announce that starting January 1, 2009 blueseventy will become an Official Gold Medal Partner of U.S. Masters Swimming.
The multi-year partnership will see blueseventy become the official swim skin of U.S. Masters Swimming which will feature event signage, presence on www.usms.org, a special …
Coach Nate quoted in this Sunday’s Boston Globe…
http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/12/21/finding_songs_to_swim_by/
i love the word forbid. sort of final-like…
“If you train hard, you’ll not only be hard, you’ll be hard to beat.”
-Herschel Walker
True words indeed from a man who walked the walk. If you do not know who Herschel Walker is or what he did, you don’t need to look far on the interweb. Not only is he regarded as the top collegiate running back of all time (among a ton of other career highlights), he is well known for his training regimen and for never having done a single day of weight training in his …
I blame you all for not telling me that TMTMTL was going to be sitting in the very same pool I was sitting just a few hours earlier!!! I am never washing my coaching shorts again.
http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/gallery/phelpsboston/
as coaches, Coach Ellen and I find that inspiration for making our swimmers better can come from some of the weirdest places. some coaches will just call it in day after day with the same old workouts and the swimmers get used to the routine and the improvement just wanes after a while. i had a coach in high school who was the most inventive coach I ever met and still to this day, I smile when I reflect on some of the stuff he got away with. …
“…Some say they sold the yay and know they couldn’t get work on Labor day
It ain’t that black and white, it has an area that’s shaded gray
I’m west side anyway, even if I left the game and stayed away…”
“So keep on gettin’ ‘ya paper (Ah)
And keep on climbin’ (Ah)
Look in the mirror
And keep on shinin’ (shinin’)
‘Til the game ends
‘Til the clock stop
We gon’ post up on the top spot…”
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