Tag: Roland Schoeman
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Swimisodes – Improve Butterfly Technique – Skate Drill
Learn how to improve butterfly technique with Olympic Gold Medalist and World Record Holder Roland Schoeman and Coach Gary Hall. Butterfly is a challenging swimming stroke because it requires tremendous upper body strength and a strong kick. In order to perform great butterfly technique a swimmer not only needs great conditioning but also perfect timing.…
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Swimisodes – Butterfly with Roland Schoeman – The Fifth Stroke Part 1
Olympic Gold Medalist Roland Schoeman has developed one of the fastest dolphin kicks in the world. The dolphin kick has become so important in the sport of swimming, now being used in all four strokes, that it is commonly referred to as the ‘fifth stroke’. In this video series on #thefifthstroke, Gary Hall Sr has…
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SWC 2014: Many stars at the kick-off of the series in Doha (QAT)
The 2014 edition of the FINA/Mastbank Swimming World Cup will kick-off in Doha (QAT) on August 27-28 with the presence of many stars aiming at shining in this prestigious 25m-pool circuit. Among them, the 2013 winners of the series, Chad Le Clos (RSA) in the men’s field and Katinka Hosszu (HUN) in the women’s category.…
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Magnitude 5.5 earthquake wakes up competitors for day 2 of Tokyo World Cup meet
Read SwimmingWorld Swimmers in attendance at the Tokyo stop of the FINA World Cup just had the experience of a lifetime as a 5.5 earthquake hit the city just a bit ago. Woah! That was a scary earth quake! I looked my window to see if the city was still there only to see a…
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Note: Roland Schoeman writes for SuperSport.com
See SuperSport.com As we head into the swimming segment of the Fina World Championships, we are excited to announce that Olympic champion Roland Schoeman has come on board to share behind-the-scenes insight from Barcelona 2013.
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South African National Championships interrupted by burst pipe
Read Swimming World Magazine and SwimNews, a pipe burst interrupted the South African National Championships in Port Elizabeth yesterday, making the water murky and green and forcing them to first cancel the second day of competition, before today changing the format to timed finals. One casualty of this is Cameron van der Burgh, who now…
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South African swimmers in Monaco
“An exceptional visit of olympic athletes behind the scenes, at work in the pool and with former olympic swimmer HSH Princess Charlene…” – And it worked for them, didn’t it SOUTH AFRICAN SWIMMERS in Monaco from Nathalie Leon-Morley on Vimeo.
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London 2012 day 6 prelims: Adlington and Friis ready for the 800 duel
On this 6th day of the Olympic swimming competition, ‘only’ 6 men went under 22 seconds in the men’s 50 freestyle: Bovell, Cielo, Fratus, Ervin, Schoeman and Jones. Rebecca Adlington (GBR) and Lotte Friis (DEN) seem to be heading for yet another tight duel in the women’s 800 freestyle, Katie Ledecky (USA) also in play.…
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South Africa selects 12 for London 2012
The South African nationals came to a close today in Durban with 12 swimmers on the plane to London 2012, spearheaded by Shanghai 2011 bronze medalist Cameron van der Burgh and 4-time individually qualifying Chad le Clos. Le Clos is by the way aiming for a magnificent seven entries including three relays. Via SwimNews.