Swimming May 2004 Archive

Any body or object moving through water experiences both friction and so-called form drag due to the pressure of water against it. The streamlined shape of the dolphin obviously helps ... Read More

School's out, the temperature is rising, and, at least for those in the more northern areas, outdoor pools are open for business. Summer often means a change to workout schedules, ... Read More

How could such a simple drill help you work on so many aspects of technique? Single-Arm Freestyle is one of the oldest drills in the book...and one of the most ... Read More

Double Arm Backstroke is a great drill to teach you how to really get hold of the water. Glenn Mills (GoSwim) shows you the right way to do this great ... Read More

As she embraced Pete Coulson after the finish, there were tears, but not tears of disappointment. This was not just another race. This was the 2000 Olympic Games. And Michellie ... Read More

Have you ever noticed how the people who lead their lane the most in practice are the fastest? Huh… I wonder why that is. I realize that leading the lane ... Read More

The styles of goggles are always changing, and there are hundreds of brands and models around the world. Sized for children or adults, designed for oval or round eye sockets, ... Read More

Take them to the pool! Take them to the pool! Now what? Well, there are many games that they can play that will teach them about swimming, help their skills ... Read More

Swimmer's itch or schistosome cercarial dermatitis is a skin reaction that certain people have to the entry of a larval stage of certain flatworms into the epidermal layer of the ... Read More

The pool that will be used for the 2004 US Olympic Swimming Trials is under construction in Long Beach. You can watch it being built via the 2004 Olympic Swimming ... Read More

A new Go Swim DVD, Go Swim Butterfly with Misty Hyman, features, of course, 2000 Olympic Champion Misty Hyman. It includes Misty's 6 most important aspects of butterfly. Done just ... Read More

There are many things that you can do to swim better. This to do list of 10 ways to swim better could help any swimmer improve in the water.

On June 11 2004, Martin Strel will start his swim on the Yangtze River in China. His aim is to set a new Guinness swimming world record and better the ... Read More

Looking for some ideas on refining your swim technique for an ocean swim? This article from Open Water Swimming - South Africa has some ideas that may be useful for ... Read More

There are so many reasons to look forward in freestyle, and really only a couple reasons to look down. Glenn Mills (GoSwim) explains why those reasons for looking down when ... Read More

This website gives practical ideas, resources and guidance to help children and young people learn how to swim safely and well. Whether you're a teacher, parent or pupil, you'll find ... Read More

The list of 2004 Inductees at the International Swimming Hall of Fame has been released, and includes coach Skip Kenney and swimmers Giorgio Lamberti, Denis Pankratov, and Martin Lopez Zubero.

Many people swim butterfly by focusing on how they pull, or on how they kick. This drill from Glenn Mills (GoSwim) can help swimmers discover how to generate power with ... Read More