Lifestyle

Getting Back in the Water After a Long Layoff? Start Here.

Getting back into the water after a long break can be daunting. Here are 5 tips for making the transition from couch potato to high flyin’ swimmer a little easier.

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Olympic Swimmers – Going Back to the Beginning

Here’s an excellent video shared by our friend Guy Barnea.  Guy and the some of his Israeli Olympic teammates did something…

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2014 Pan Pacific Championships: Cruising the Gold Coast Canals

Aussie Swim Stars Chris Wright and Melanie Schlanger Cruise the Canal of the Gold Coast.

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Cate & Bronte Campbell Swim with Dolphins: 2014 Pan Pacific Championships VIDEO

Aussie Swim Stars Cate & Bronte Campbell and Dave & Emma McKeon swim with the Dolphins at Sea World on the Gold Coast.

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4 Unusual Ways to improve your start in swimming

Swimmers usually do not practice their starts much as they get older. Regular practice takes priority, and requires a lot more time and focus. Here are 4 unusual tips to improving your start…

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Ten Years Ago Today: South Africa Stuns the World in Athens

Ten years ago the South African men stunned the world and destroyed the field in the 4x100m freestyle relay in Athens. Here is how it went down.

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Remembering Robin Williams… The Athlete

Robin Williams and Rudy Garcia-Tolson of Team Braveheart, over the years.

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Editorial: Changing Perception Through Para-Swimming: 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships

2012 Paralympic gold medalist and SwimSwam’s Para-swimming correspondent Mallory Weggemann discusses the use of sport to change the perception of the term “disability.”

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5 Reasons You Want to Attend the USA Swimming Foundation’s 2014 Fantasy Camps

#4 – 4. Six Olympians With Fourteen Olympic Medals

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12 Swimming Jobs You Might Love

If you are jobless or don’t like the career you’re in, you might want to work in the swimming community and be a part of our big swimming family! Here are 12 Swim Jobs you might love…

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Swim Training: Using Fins to Crank Up Turn Speed (5 days of workouts)

We challeng you to crank up the speed on turns! Dedicating time during workout to wall speed is crucial in maintaining a consistently strong turn.

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TYR Sport Unveils Brand New Game Day Collection

Whether you’re headed back to school or back to the pool, you will love the latest innovation from TYR: the…

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Welcome to #SharkWeek at SwimSwam – PHOTO VAULT #1

Ariana Kukors is a World Record holder, and in the run-up to her first Olympic Team in 2012, was a Bolles Shark.

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Sierra Schmidt Pre 400 Free – “Turn Down For What? – Photo Vault

The Swim Pictures’ Tim Binning caught NBAC’s Sierra Schmidt a few heats before her 400 prelim, getting down.

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