This morning’s online Telegraph ran with comments from US Swimmer Ryan Lochte that Team GB’s swimmers were “too individually focused” and that they should have hidden their disappointment for the sake of the team (thanks to @pullbuoy for pointing it out). Apparently, Nick Gillingham, a former Olympic medallist for Great Britain said otherwise, that Team [...]
Challenges Faced by Masters Swimmers
March 29, 2012 by 2 Comments
Although we swim the same strokes and distances as ‘normal’ swimmers, masters swimming is very different in many ways to the Olympic sport. The differences are not technical (apart from one or two slight differences in the rules), but relate to the challenges that masters swimmers face in terms of lifestyle, ability to train and, [...]
3 Rules for Being a Positive Swimming Parent
March 16, 2012 by 2 Comments
Being the parent of a swimmer is a thankless combination of roles, from financier to taxi driver and many things in between. At the same time as making huge sacrifices yourself, there’s every chance that your teenage child will probably reward you by finding you intolerably embarrassing and tell you on a frequent basis that [...]
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