Category: Technique
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NBC, Google Plan Summer Olympic Cyberattack Battle
NBC and Google are conducting “war games” in at least three countries to prepare for the possibility of hacker attacks or hardware malfunction disrupting the online streaming of the Summer Olympics. Also, water on my mill, online broadcast turns out to be actually boosting TV viewership. For example, some feared that an online broadcast would…
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Tracking the wave of success for Team GB’s swimmers
Training sessions for Team GB’s swimmers have been getting a helping hand from a new system incorporating cutting-edge movement tracking and sensor technologies. Read more here on phys.org and watch the video below.
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Swimming tips for the Speedo centre snorkle
Swimming workout using a centre snorkle with GB coach Ben Titley and world champion Liam Tancock. Via the17thman.
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Paddle vs. Propeller: Which Olympic Swimming Stroke is Superior?
The age-old question (maybe) answered, Rajat Mittal, A Johns Hopkins fluid dynamics expert, has found that the deep catch stroke, resembling a paddle, has the edge over sculling, the bent-arm, propeller-inspired motion.
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CC photo #171: Impressive kick drill at Rijeka 2008
Someone doing kick drills during the Rijeka 2008 European Short Course Championships. And certainly not struggling either, moving by quite fast.
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Open water and triathlon swimming tips from Sean Kelly
Swimming tips for open water and triathlon swimming from Sean Kelly, long-time head coach of Stockport Metro swimmers like James Goddard and Keri-Anne Payne.
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Tyler Clary presents the Speedo Hydralign Goggles
Tyler Clary with the Speedo Hydralign Goggles & Center Snorkel, via the17thman
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Canadian Olympians get a feel for world record pace
‘The Need For Speed’, a few weeks after booking their ticket to London for the 2012 Games, the Canadian Olympic Swim team reunited as a group to train in Phoenix, Arizona. SwimCANweb.tv was onsite to capture video of the team training. Via Swimmming Canada on Facebook