Swimming Australia moved last week to ban the use of social media, notably Facebook and Twitter, by its swimmers during major meets, in a move motivated by its review into a under par performance at the London Games. The findings of that review indicated excessive social media use, as well as a lack of team unity, … Continue Reading→
It may come as a surprise but even at pullbuoy we have a life outside of swimming, and there are only so many hours in the day, which means that the time devoted to writing about swimming is sadly limited. To make sure that time is best spent on what people want to see, it … Continue Reading→
Sadly the annual awards celebration for British swimming, the Splash Awards were cancelled. But we thought that Britain's aquatic sports deserved some recognition anyway, so without further ado we present the alternative Splash awards, or "Splosh Awards" if you will. It seems inevitable that people will disagree with these picks; if … Continue Reading→
