To get faster at swimming you need to train harder. Sounds obvious doesn't it? Well it might not always be true...
For many swimmers, and indeed coaches, it seems important to be working as hard as possible all the time during training and to swim as many hours as possible. The result? very fit swimmers who … Continue Reading→
A generally successful and well fought trials came to a close last week, with a string of British records and a larger than expected number of swimmers qualifying for the Olympics. Here are our highs (and low) from Ponds Forge:
Following the failure of all of our 100m freestylers to make the qualification time for Sydney at the recent Olympic trials, a quick look at the state of sprint freestyle in this country with relation to the world stage makes for pretty uncomfortable reading. Amongst themselves, our top 100m freestyle swimmers are evenly matched and … Continue Reading→
