General Swimming Library
Questions You Always Wanted to Ask Your Coach but were Afraid to Ask
Did you ever want to ask your coach a question but couldn’t find the right way of asking the question? Did you ever have something you wanted to say to your coach but couldn’t find the right moment? Did you ever want to sit down with your coach and discuss some stuff you have been wondering about but never had the chance? Well – here’s your chance! Questions you always wanted to ask your coach but were afraid to ask!
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Flying Into Fly
Is there anything better in swimming than swimming great fly? When you get it right, everything seems to flow, arms and legs working in rhythm – no wonder they call it FLY – it feels like you are flying through the water: not swimming – but actually flying. But like anything that looks easy and feels that good, it takes a lot of hard work to turn the basics of the stroke into the fundamentals of flight!
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Lessons from the Olympics
10 clear messages that were learnt from the Sydney 2000 Olympic games for swimmers and teams at all levels.
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What does READY feel like?
The overall aim of warm up is to get your mind and body "READY" to race fast. How many times has your coach or your swim team friends asked "So, are you ready?"
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The Values of a Good Swimmer
Here are 16 values that children gain from swimming, and how they gain them.
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Wayne Goldsmith
Wayne was appointed to drive the highly innovative and successful sports science/sports medicine program of Australian Swimming in the lead in to the Sydney Olympics.
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Bill Sweetenham
Bill Sweetenham was born in 1950 in the country part of Australia and grew up in a small mining township. He swam competitively himself before turning to coaching at an early age. He progressed from country to city to elite level coaching, and was Australia's national coach for many years.
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John Leonard
John Leonard has been the Executive Director of the American Swimming Coaches Association in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, since assuming that position in January of 1985.
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