Banning of Techsuits
In 2009 before the start of the World Championships, FINA voted and decided to ban technical suits. Meaning, that the Speedo LZR Racer, Jaked 01, and the Arena X-Glide would […]
In 2009 before the start of the World Championships, FINA voted and decided to ban technical suits. Meaning, that the Speedo LZR Racer, Jaked 01, and the Arena X-Glide would […]
World Championship Time Progression This is the link as mentioned in my last entry that I would post. I find it really interesting to see how the time’s have progressed […]
At the 2008 Olympics, Speedo basically monopolized the swimsuit industry. Swimmers were not willing to wear suits made from their sponsors and feared jeopardizing their meet. Most athletes chose to […]
So lately, everyone has been wanting me to talk about the tech suits. Besides, Michael Phelps, tech suits are what have gained swimming the most acknowledgment in the eyes of […]
In this race we can view the men utilizing underwaters for almost the whole length of the 50 meter pool.
While watching the Olympics this summer, It was obvious that the greatest swimmers are the fastest off the turns and on their underwaters. Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte, to name […]
This video demonstrates an example of the butterfly arms used with the breaststroke kick. In this video some of the swimmers prefer this technique while others swim breaststroke that is […]
Today I had a discussion with my coach/mentor about why breaststroke and butterfly became two separate strokes and how it came to be that the two had ever coexisted. So […]
Today I stumbled across an article on FINA’s website which had more information about the basic events in Olympic Swimming History. I found it most interesting to learn that in […]
The goal in today’s swimming is to reduce drag. That was the main thing I noticed while researching about the history of Olympic swimming pools. Additionally, it is also important […]