Trickett Considering Return Under New Coach
Australian swimming superstar is considering coming out of retirement to swim under Leigh Nugent, the Sydney Morning Herald’s Michael Cowley…
More Details Come Out About Australia Head's Departure
Yesterday, there were some new developments in the story about why Australian National Team Head Coach Alan Thompson was forced…
High School Swimming: The Best Way to Determine the Champs
In high school swimming, there are 2 different qualifying procedures that are used by different state associations. Some use the…
President of Speedo North America Steps Down
According to Women’s Wear Daily, Paula Schneider, the President of the Warnaco Swimwear Group, has stepped down. Warnaco is the…
Table Tennis Chief Looks to Swimming for Solution
Adham Sharara, president of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), was in China this weekend to cut the ribbon at…
Shanghai 2011: Shanghai Oriental Sports Center
(Update 12/3: pictures of near-completed facility) (Update 12/28: facility inaugurated, completed 200 days out) (Update 4/10: Official Maps to Facility…
Australia's Head Coach Resigns Amid Restructuring, Investigation
Australian National Swim Team Coach Alan Thompson has resigned from his position as an apparent result of a disagreement over…
Attention Masters: Finis Discounts Suits to $20
Since the last hope for full-body/tech suits was done away with at the FINA Bureau meeting last week, FINIS has…
FINA Announces Time Standards for 2011 World Championships
At the FINA Bureau meeting last week in Bangkok, a Time Standard qualifying system was decided upon for the 2011…
NYT Article: Phelps on a Break, Not in a Slump
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/sports/olympics/24swimming.html Today, I came across this article in the New York Times. It’s about how visible Michael Phelps has been…
FINA to Retest Blood Samples from Rome
After its bureau meeting in Bangkok, FINA announced that it would be reexamining the blood samples from the 2o09 World…
Track Starts: The (almost) Definitive Scientific View
At the risk of offending your coach, the two-footed start is a dinosaur: it once ruled the land, but slowly…
FINA Bureau Rules to Bring Masters Suits In Line
(Big Thanks to Tracy at the Masters Swimmers Blog for the great picture, taken at the National Senior Games!) By…
The State of the Sprint in the States
Today I was having a conversation with a very experienced, well-respected coach, and somehow, 50 yard/meter swimming came up. He…
Breaststroke Drill: Splash Drill
The goal of this drill is to encourage a fast and streamlined recovery on breaststroke. The drill is swum almost…
