The Swimnerd Newsletter
The most interesting stuff going on in swimming.
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"Technique is so, so important, not just to swim fast, but also to make sure that you are pulling, pushing, you know, pressing these, all these different movement patterns properly."
"Can you get a faster time with less strokes?" - Ash Delaney
"Our women had entered that meet with a thirty-five year losing streak... and we walked away with two wins for the first time since 1988." - Head Coach Brandt Nigro
"Being #1 at 12 is not the goal." - Steve Magness
Eneli is the first Estonian woman to ever final at the Olympics!
"I don't think there is a black and white technique it's on a spectrum...utilize that spectrum based on the distance and the effort..." - Dan Daly
PLS is creating a connection between grassroots and elite swimming, fostering a community-driven culture that’s fun, inclusive, and innovative.
"My strength is my parasympathetic nervous system...I'm the calm in the storm." - Marius Kusch
"Swimmers don't need strength & conditioning...they need strength and mobility." - Sean Kao
"Sometimes we would have like legitimately four or five different workouts for those four or five people.” - Joao Mescolote
"A skill is whatever they need to do to accomplish a goal. A drill is an activity to help them learn that skill." - Coach Andrew Sheaff
"I started swimming distance when I was 27... people usually get older and swim less, but for me it was different"- Marwan El Kamash
