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New Videos

Sports Nation Video has just added over 100 new training videos in 8
different sports, including over 15 new swimming
instruction videos.

Swimming Thoughts

This is the season for swimming videos. Whatever your skill level or event this is the time to hone your skills.

Swimming Tips

Tips to Improve Your Form and Speed


Swim frequentlyTry to swim at least three swims a week. Swimmers seem to improve faster and easier when they swim more frequently as opposed to only doing a few longer workouts each week.

Swim with good techniqueMaintain the best possible technique at all speeds during a workout.

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The Physics of Swimming

Sport Science and medicine plays a very important part in the performance of a swimmer. Science can help fine tune the athlete, as in the end even a few hundredths of a second often decide the result of races. Sports Biomechanics is the application of physics and mechanics to the human body during sport. In such a technical sport such as swimming, it plays a very important part. Humans aren't the best swimmers; we can swim at 5 mph compared to a sailfish which can move through the water at 65 mph.

http://www.topendsports.com/sport/swimming/science.htm

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Apparel and Uniforms

Go to Dynamic Basketball for basketball uniforms and basketball apparel.

Original Music

Visit Cody Smith for great original acoustic rock music from a new artist.

Baseball Shopping

Found a great site with baseball equipment and baseball uniforms.
It is called Dynamic Baseball and it is part of the Dynamic Network. These sites (one for every sport) are sort of like a shopping portal. This one also is good for baseball coaching as well as baseball training. Check it out.

Gifts For Kids

Here is a new blog with information about gifts for kids.

Electrolyte Replacement

Enlyten™ Electrolyte SportStrips™ is an innovative new product that replaces the electrolytes our bodies lose while exercising. Fluids consumed during exercise typically contain both carbohydrates and electrolytes. The amount of each varies by product. Typically these drinks have between 2 and 8 percent carbohydrate with a large range of electrolyte concentrations within them. A major limitation associated with re-hydration and electrolyte repletion is absorption. During exercise our bodies divert blood from our stomach and intestines to our exercising muscles. This leads to an increased gastric emptying time and altered intestinal absorption. Additionally, the addition of carbohydrate to these drinks can alter an athlete’s digestive ability. Slowed gastric emptying combined with altered absorption will limit the availability of the fluid and electrolytes we orally consume to be used by our bodies. Many athletes performing at high intensities will have a difficult time ingesting an adequate amount of fluid to maintain this homeostasis due to these changes. How exactly performance is adversely affected needs further research, but it is clear that current electrolyte delivery methods have major limitations.Enlyten Sport Strips are absorbed very differently. They are designed to bypass the inherent inadequacies of gastric and intestinal absorption during exercise. SportStrips are absorbed directly into the blood stream through the buccal mucosa (in the mouth) and thus is affected by neither gastric emptying nor colonic irritability. Click here to learn more about Electrolyte Strip.

Basketball Instruction and Training

Discuss basketball videos on this blog. News, reviews and information about instruction, training and coaching.

Track and Field Videos

Discuss track and field videos on this blog. News, reviews and information about instruction, training and coaching.

Softball Videos News, Reviews and Information

Discuss softball videos on this blog. News, reviews and information about instruction, training and coaching.

O'Neill Honoured With Pool Naming

Australia's Madam Butterfly Susie O'Neill will take centre stage at the 12th FINA World Championships, as Victorian Premier Steve Bracks ended weeks of speculation about who the championship pool at Rod Laver Arena would be named after.

Six days from the start of competition, Mr Bracks announced Ms O?Neill had beaten a top-line field of contenders for the honour, including swimming superstars Ian Thorpe, Kieren Perkins, Samantha Riley, Tracey Wickham and Petria Thomas.

"This is the first time in the history of the FINA World Championships that the main competition pool has been named after a sporting great," Mr Bracks said.

Kids Sports Gift

If you are looking for a kids sports gift, try this website. It has lots of unique gifts for kids. 

Nick Driebergen sets Dutch Record during Amsterdam Swim Cup

AMSTERDAM - The fifth edition of the Amsterdam Swim Cup on 14 ? 16 April 2006 was highlighted by the National Record of Nick Driebergen at the 50m backstroke. His 25.95 was one of six pool records set during the meet in the Sloterparkbad in Amsterdam, that served as one of the two Dutch qualifying meets for the European Championships.
Driebergen also bettered the pool record in the 100m backstroke with 56.33, making him the premier backstroker for the Dutch squad for the Europeans in Budapest this summer. Spanish swimmers Marco Rivera (8.04.61) and Arantxa Ramos (8.47.46) set records in the 800m freestyle, while Panagiotis Glykos from Greece broke the 1500m (15.37.18). Hinkelien Schreuder qualified for Budapest setting a record in the 200m IM (2.17.11).

Infection Confines David Davies To Dry Land

David Davies, Olympic bronze medal winner over 1,500m freestyle and Commonwealth champion in Melbourne in March this year, will be out of the water for the next month after a foot infection required surgery. Doctors treating the 21-year-old, who is coached by Dave Haller in Cardiff, believe that the infection has been dormant for some weeks. Heavy training left Davies vulnerable to illness. The Welshman is in the midst of preparations for the European Championships in Budapest from July 16 but is optimistic that his time out of water will not affect his long-term prospects.

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World Cup Gets Some Changes

DURBAN, South Africa, January 23. THE FINA World Cup will have a tweaked look when it returns to the schedule in October. Not only will the top point-scorers of the series receive $100,000 after the seven-meet slate concludes, the point formula has been adjusted to reward world-record swims with an additional 20 points and for the top 10 swims to be rated in order for the awarding of points. Any world records that are tied will be rewarded with 10 points and the second-place finishers in the standings among the men and women will receive $50,000. Third-place finishers will get $30,000 and individuals breaking world records will share in a $50,000 prize pool. With a major gap between the World Champs in March and the Beijing Olympics in 2008, the World Cup could attract big-time fields. Here are the dates of the seven meets: Durban, South Africa (Oct. 20-21); Singapore (Oct. 27-28); Sydney (Nov. 2-3); Moscow (Nov. 9-10); Stockholm (Nov. 13-14); Berlin (Nov. 17-18); Belo Horizonte, Brazil (Nov. 23-25).

Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Championships

Texas A&M To Host 2009 NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Championships -- January 23, 2007
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, January 23. IN 2009, Texas A&M University will become just the second school in NCAA history to host both the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Championships in successive weeks. The NCAA Women's Swimming and Diving Championships will take place on March 19-21, 2009, and the NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving Championships will follow on March 26-28. Both meets will be held at the Student Rec Center Natatorium. "We are excited to bring both swimming national championships to College Station," Texas A&M Director of Athletics Bill Byrne said. "Our swimming program is on the rise and we have one of the finest facilities in the country with which to host this event. We are serious about 'Building Champions' at Texas A&M and we believe that hosting this event is one of the steps we can take to get that job done."

http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/13449.asp

Clarion University Creates Women's Swimming Scholarship

CLARION, Pennsylvania, January 12. THE Dr. Rebecca Rutt Leas Women's Swimming Scholarship has been created at Clarion University by former swimming coach Dr. Rebecca Leas and Milissa (Steiner) Bauer a former Clarion University swimmer and a 1984 Clarion University graduate. Leas was the head women's swimming coach from 1979-1987, leading Clarion to six Division II national team titles and a second and a third place finish. Her teams were undefeated in PSAC dual meets and won every PSAC championship for eight straight years. Clarion defeated many Division 1 schools and also competed at the Division 1 national championships 1982-86 and the 1984 United States Olympic Trials. During Dr. Leas' tenure, the women also excelled in the classroom. This newly-created swimming scholarship will be awarded to a woman who demonstrates this continued spirit of excellence both in the water and in the classroom. "For years, I have wanted to partner with Becky to start a scholarship in her honor," said Bauer. "With her upcoming retirement from Clarion University in June of 2007, I believe the time is right to set up the fund." Bauer is also spearheading an appeal to Clarion University alumni and friends to ensure the fund will be a significant scholarship for a Clarion University swimmer. "I firmly believe Coach Leas was the key to the team's successes in the pool and many of our achievements once we graduated from Clarion University," she said. The goal for the scholarship is to reach $50,000 in the first year, with commitments to reach over $100,000 in the following three years.

High School Sports Online and Sports News Articles

This is a new site with sports news articles, ea sports, high school sports online and other news and information.

Sports News Articles

School Sports Online

Swim News Year in Review

As the festive season and New Year celebrations bring to a close another fine year of action in the pool, here is an aquatic countdown for the 12 Days of Christmas looking back at what was good and bad about 2006 and what we might take from it all. Before anyone gets too excited, the rules are very simple: no prizes will be given, there will be no weighty thoughts from worldwide panels of experts, the views expressed are entirely my own and the exercise is entirely open to as much scutiny, cursing and disagreement as you wish. Oh, and any deemed ommissions are neither intentional nor designed to be taken personally.


http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?action=get&id=4976

Swimming Faster Video

with David Marsh, Auburn University. Fast
freestyle has truly been the cornerstone of the emergence and continued dominance of Auburn Swimming. In this 4-part video, Marsh shares the drills, skills, and echniques that have guided his Auburn swimmers to unparalleled success! Part 1: Begins with a narrative review of the full stroke technique of former Auburn All-American Rada Owen followed by an on deck demonstration/discussion of the components of the freestyle. Part 2: 12-drill progression to build the ideal freestyle beginning with establishing core body position and rotation. Marsh adds the arm movement through single arm drills with rotation. Marsh includes a segment of drills using a front snorkel to allow swimmers to focus on arm movement and rotation without having to add the skill of breathing. Part 2 also includes unique drills that help teach a "_ catch-up" stroke designed to achieve the goal of achieving a "high catch position." Part 3: Marsh uses a telestrator to give a detailed breakdown of both an elite swimmer and a "mid-level" swimmer's freestyle stroke cycle. Part 4: Recap section. The components necessary for
swimming faster freestyle are reviewed. Incredible underwater and slow motion footage enhance this exceptional video! 38 minutes. DVD. 2004.

Swimming Instructional Video