Some numbers and insights from the first month of the new year. As expected our overall pageviews went down in December with the holidays and year end festivities.
IMU 2017 | 100 Backstroke Final – Kylie Masse (CAN)
Canadian Olympian and Rio bronze medalist Kylie Masse competing in the 100 backstroke final at the International Swim Meet in Uster, Switzerland.
She won the race in a time of 59.60 (29.43/30.17) – watch for her extremely stable and high body position in the water throughout the race. And pay close attention to how the stroke rate seems to be lower on the first 50 but then holding it up (or maybe even slightly increasing it) blasting off the wall at the turn to keep that steady speed and seemingly not slowing down compared to the other athletes.
Sprint Recovery with Coach Mark Hill
This is a video with newly appointed Washington College Swimming Head Coach Mark Hill discussing sprint recovery with a workout from his time at the University of Michigan.
Please leave a comment if you have any questions for Coach Mark Hill.
The Gift of Swimming
The mission of The Gift of Swimming is to provide access to drowning prevention resources and education for the community’s underprivileged, mentally or physically challenged or otherwise disadvantaged.
Best Workouts and Resources of 2016
These sixteen workouts and resources by our growing list of Contributors have been most popular on ProSwimWorkouts during the year 2016 – which ones were your favorite?
Nica Nadadores
Nica Nadadores is a swim team, youth development and empowerment program, community service vehicle, and scholarship initiative. They do more than just teach kids how to swim.
Shallow Water Blackout Prevention
Shallow Water Blackout (SWB) can affect anyone breath-holding underwater. People who hold their breath while swimming or practicing breath-holding underwater in pools are at risk of “passing out” due to lack of oxygen.
“Free IM” Method by Coach Paul Yetter
“Free IM” is a method of training IM. This method substitutes Freestyle for Butterfly.
ISF 2016 | 100 Breaststroke Final – Rikke Pedersen (DEN)
Danish National Team member and 200 breaststroke World Record holder Rikke Møller Pedersen competing in the final of the 100 breaststroke at the ISF in Aachen
She won the race in a time of 1:06.90 – watch for her wide and strong arm stroke as well as her powerful kick propelling her forward. Even at a world class level, it seems that Rikke still has potential to swim faster by improving her pullouts.
