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Mental Health for Athletes: Yoga and Meditation Class Series

This series of meditation and yoga classes has been created to give athletes tools to help enhance their mental health…

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Yoga for Swimmers Mobility Workout One – A Focus on the Quads

The five poses we go through in this article are the foundation of a yoga for swimmers mobility workout that targets the quadriceps…

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Yoga for Swimmers: Developing Your Strength with Yoga

These five yoga for swimmers sequences will develop your strength in specific areas and create a stronger connection throughout the body…

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Yoga for Swimmers: Focusing on the Fundamentals

In this article you will learn how to develop a strong, safe and effective yoga for swimmers practice by focusing on the fundamentals…

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Free Online Yoga Classes for Swimmers

With many individuals without a place to train Swimming-Specific Yoga is offering two months (ending May 31st) of free online yoga classes for swimmers.

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Renowned Canadian Swimming Coach Murray Drudge Dies at 61

Among the swimmers who trained under Drudge are 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Michelle Toro (Williams) and 2019 World Championship team member Josh Liendo.

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Gabe Mastromatteo and Brendan Oswald Awarded Swim Ontario Scholarships

University of Toronto bound Gabe Mastromatteo and Brendan Oswald have been awarded Swim Ontario’s Post-Secondary Performance Scholarships

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Correcting Three Common Errors in Freestyle Technique

Keeping things simple is often the key to learning how to correct some of the most common errors in freestyle swimming technique.

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Yoga for Swimmers – Creating a Strong Cross-Body Connection

These seven yoga poses for swimmers create a strong cross-body connection that will help lead to a more efficient freestyle and backstroke.

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Six Yoga Poses for Swimmers to Create Balance in the Upper Body

Yoga is a fantastic way to address imbalances in the body. Learn six yoga poses that can help swimmers create balance in the upper body…

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Swim Ontario Solidifies Partnerships with Team Aquatic Supplies and Arena

Swim Ontario has recently signed partnership agreements with both Team Aquatic Supplies and Arena Canada to help support their swimmer recognition programs

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Mindfulness for Athletes: How Mindfulness Can Lead to a Peak Performance

Mindfulness can have a powerful impact on your performance in many ways including strengthening focus, reducing anxiety and enhancing recovery…

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Triathlon Training: How to Improve Your Swimming with Gerry Rodrigues

For over 30 years Gerry Rodrigues has been helping athletes improve their swimming leading to breakthroughs in their triathlon performances

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Mitch Larkin’s Yoga Inspired Pre-Swim Warm Up

Find out how World Champion and Olympic medalist Mitch Larkin has created his own yoga inspired pre-swim routine…

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A Lesson in Swim Coaching from a Buddhist Nun

This article has nothing to do with religion. What it is about is a lesson in swim coaching I learned from a Buddhist nun.

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