Year: 2020

  • Why A High Elbow Catch Is Difficult On Your Breathing Side

    Why A High Elbow Catch Is Difficult On Your Breathing Side

    Do you feel like you have no catch when you breathe? It could be because you’re doing THIS in your stroke…

  • Conquer the Kent Coast – Swimming

    Conquer the Kent Coast – Swimming

    This film is one ‘episode’ from a fundraising challenge in which Liu and Georgina attempted to cycle the entire coastline of Kent, while trying as many different sports as they could along the way – all in just one weekend!

  • Wild Swim

    Wild Swim

    Wild Swim is a collaboration born out of a shared love of wild swimming between Kate Drucquer, Whitney Blank and Amy Walker. Amy was living in the Yorkshire Dales whilst the film was shot so there were many beautiful swimming spots to choose from but Janet’s Foss proved the perfect location. The film brings together…

  • 7 Powerful Open Water Swimming Tips for Midmar Mile 2020

    7 Powerful Open Water Swimming Tips for Midmar Mile 2020

    Sarah Ferguson gives her 7 Powerful Open Water Swimming Tips for Midmar Mile 2020. If you are swimming Midmar Mile in 2020 then this video is for you. Open Water Swimmer Sarah Ferguson gives her 7 powerful tips to help you with your Midmar Mile Swim.

  • Cold Water Swimming – How to Swim Open Water in Winter

    Cold Water Swimming – How to Swim Open Water in Winter

    Cold water swimming – how to swim open water in winter // Jane (ultra triathlete and general crazy person) thinks it’s a great idea to take Kajsa (left Sweden for a reason…) cold water swimming. The lake water temperature was 4.8 degrees Celsius (that’s pretty close to freezing!) and Jane shared all her tips and…

  • Swim more efficiently with these sculling drills

    Swim more efficiently with these sculling drills

    Sculling is a classic drill that pro swimmers perform almost on a daily basis to increase the feel for the water and therefor stroke efficiency. SwimGym founder and Olympic medalist Johan Kenkhuis breaks down this great drill and how you can use this in your daily training routine. Go to swimgym.com to watch the different…

  • The Water Is Rising, and the Girl Must Swim

    The Water Is Rising, and the Girl Must Swim

    Eight-year-old Dulce is afraid of the water. But she has to get over it, her mother insists—it’s time to learn how to swim. In their coastal Colombian village, this is an essential rite of passage; Iscuandé is dependent on harvesting piangua shellfish, a type of edible mussel that’s a delicacy in nearby Ecuador. The village’s…

  • LEN Swimming Cup, Leg 1, Luxembourg, 24-26 January – Preview

    LEN Swimming Cup, Leg 1, Luxembourg, 24-26 January – Preview

    100.000 Euros are up for grabs LEN is delighted to announce the start of the second season of the LEN Swimming Cup with a new format and 100.000 Euros in overall prize money. The first leg is due this weekend in Luxembourg, followed by other long-established meets, the Swim Cup in Eindhoven, the Open de…

  • Pupils swim across River Lusumu in Mumias to get to school

    Pupils swim across River Lusumu in Mumias to get to school

    Imagine starting your academic year by taking a swim to school? Well, it’s become a norm for some school children in Mumias East, Kakamega County. This, after the makeshift bridge they were using was washed away in December by floods, forcing them to swim across river Lusumu to get to school. The school children, parents…