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Yesterday was another busy day on twitter for Team GB’s selected swimmers. Why? It was the day that they got their official Olympic team kit. As a bystander, it really feels like ‘kit day’ was an enormous success. Whether by accident or design, the opportunity was taken to build a real sense of pride and [...]
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, [...]
I recently asked the members of the US Masters Swimming forum, what’s different about being a masters swimmer, and what specific challenges they have to manage compared to younger swimmers. Although it was not really a scientific study, some really interesting themes emerged, from some pretty detailed and thoughtful responses. Broadly speaking, these fell into [...]
Hi, and if you’re reading this, “Welcome to SwimPsych!”. I committed to doing something less than two weeks ago, and it’s amazing what a leg up you can get from some of the technology that’s available, and the advice that’s out there on the web. I’ve started off with a few articles, and hope to [...]
Reviewing your performance is one of the key skills that a young swimmer can learn. After all, how else do you know what to work on to improve? That’s what matters – continual improvement – whether you’re an agre grouper or an Olympian. I used to envy the guys that could throw away a bad [...]
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