pullbuoy male swimmer of 2000 - Mark Foster
A clear winner in this category with Mark Foster easily coming out on top, despite being pressed hard by James Hickman and a late surge form Darren Mew. Foster himself had an eventful 2000, … Continue Reading→ Advertisement
How well do you hold the water?
'Hold of the water' is something that coaches often talk about to swimmers. It's normally a good thing and you can sometimes feel when you are doing it well, but how do you define it? More importantly what can you do to improve it?
the catch
In all strokes there comes a point where your … Continue Reading→the wizard of oz?
Perhaps the approach of your new national coach, Bill Sweetenham, from Australia, will change all this. Australia's loss, Britain's gain!!
From the parent of an up-and-coming Aussie swimmer who has blossomed under the care and attention of Bill Sweetenham.
The arrival of the above message in response to our article about Sue Rolph's comments on British … Continue Reading→
Sydney 2000 Olympic Review
The Olympic swimming drew to a close on Saturday at the end of 8 days of quite astounding competition. The British challenge may have been disappointing, but for swimming as a whole, the meet was tremendous. Picking our highlights was extremely difficult, but here goes...
race of the week
With so many high quality … Continue Reading→ Was Rolph right?
Following her failure to make the 200m IM final at the Olympics Sue Rolph launched a blistering attack on the facilities available for Britain's elite swimmers. She seemed to imply that had she had the same facilities as, for example, Ian Thorpe for the last four years, that her performance would have been much … Continue Reading→