Elite Team
Cate and Bronte Campbell became the first Australian sisters to compete in the same swimming event at the Olympic Games when they both raced in the 50 metres freestyle in …
Training & Technique
This programme set up by Erwan Jacob, coach of Guingamp-natation swimming club, will help you to develop your cardio-vascular and respiratory endurance, resistance, strength, flexibility, power, speed, agility, balance, coordination …
Infographics
The year 2000 marked the start of full body competition swimsuits and the birth of the arena Powerskin Family. From the very first Powerskin, to today’s cutting edge Carbon Pro …
Fitness & Wellness
I have to confess that I was quite skeptical when Arena approached me to trial the ‘Freestyle Breather’. Don’t get me wrong – I love swimming as an exercise, and …
Training & Technique
Having a strong and steady kick is essential to backstroke. Out of all of the strokes, backstroke requires the most vigorous and continuous of kicks. A few important aspects to …
Training & Technique
Coaches are often confronted with the problem of finding time in a swimmer’s busy schedule to arrange extra physical preparation sessions, which are useful for developing the athlete’s all-round attributes. …
A Swimmer's life
Over my years as a competitive swimmer, I have come to notice that people react to the stress of competitions in very distinctive ways. A swimmer’s pre-race preparation says a …
Fitness & Wellness
Aquagym is undoubtedly the forerunner of all aquafitness courses, the first and still most practiced around the world. This said, since the 1990’s, the list has grown extensively, now including …
A Swimmer's life
When Pat Gallant-Charette lost her brother Robbie at only 34 years old to a heart attack, her 16 year old son Tom told her that he would like to …
Training & Technique
Always move forward… The butterfly stroke is the perfect combination of three main elements: The catch phase The press phase The kick in the upward and downward phase For …
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