Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The American Swimming Coaches Association and the World Open Water Swimming Association jointly presented with sponsor FINIS its first virtual open water swimming clinic with 68 participants logging in from Southeast Asia. Olympic 10K Marathon Swim visionary and 2008 and 2016 head referee Sid Cassidy
The Life And Legacy Of Mike Troy Courtesy of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Video show the 220 yard butterfly at the 1961 AAU Men's National Championships held at Yale University won by International Swimming Hall of Famer and two-time 1960 Olympic gold medalist, Mike Troy. Some people swim in the open
Commentary curtesy of John Leonard, American Swimming Coaches Association and World Swimming Coaches Association. “With the latest series of rulings by the Court for Arbitration in Sport, it has become clear that the world’s clean swimmers, must fend for themselves. The entire 'Olympic Circus' exists for the dollars to flow, and all verbiage of 'Zero
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. George Block is the World Swimming Coaches Association (WSCA) and one of the founders of the World Swimming Association (WSA). He and his colleagues aim to replace FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation Amateur) as the governing body of swimming (see here). Block asks an important question in his most
Craig Lord of Vortex writes, "The founding principles of the World Swimming Association, officially adopted in Cleveland this week as the organisation that intends to take over the global governance of the sport, were backed by a unanimous vote of approval from more than 650 coaches this weekend. The Board of the World Swimming Coaches Association, backed
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Lisa Batey is an American athlete, coach and licensed sports massage therapist living in Kanagawa, Japan. She coaches in Hayama that sits at the northern end of Miura Peninsula, facing Sagami Bay on the Pacific Ocean. With her idyllic training venue with a temperate climate, short cool winters, and humid
Years ago, we predicted that the NCAA would eventually recognize triathlon as an official sport. Frankly, we are surprised that it took this long, but the NCAA recognized triathlon as an emerging sport in an official announcement in January. This designation allows the NCAA member institutions to award athletic opportunities to female student-athletes.
This coming September at the 2010 American Swimming Coaches Association World Clinic in Indianapolis, Indiana, Canadian coach and renowned lecturer Dr. Monika Schloder will give an in-depth guest presentation on Body Language in Coaching: A Tool for Effective Communication.Dr. Schloder teaches the sociology of sport and foundations of coaching at the
