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Mastering Your Swimming Dive
To master a racing dive takes practice. The most common dive in competitive swimming is the grab start. This provides you with a quick and smooth s...
Simply Swim Interviews Claire Cashmore: How were your first Paralympic Games?
Yeah, my first Paralympics game was age 16 in Athens and it was actually my first international competition. So as you can imagine it's kind of be...
New Fitness Craze : Hydrospin!
Hydrospin is an innovative new way to exercise, which offers participants some real physical benefits. Whilst it may seem an odd concept at first, ...
Simply Swim Interviews Claire Cashmore: Do you have a good relationship with your Coach?
Yeah I've a great relationship with the coach. At the moment there's two athletes and two coaches at the high performance centre so you get a lot ...
Simply Swim Interviews Paralympic Medallist Claire Cashmore
We recently had the pleasure of meeting Paralympic Medallist Claire Cashmore during a training session up in Manchester and she kindly allowed us ...
Vital Swimwear For Beginners
Swimming is one of the most rewarding sports that you can partake in. Whilst you will have to overcome a number of challenges and master your strok...
10 Interesting Swimming World Records
Swimming is a wonderful and varied sport and over the years it has created some interesting world records, here are a few we found..
1. The f...
Five Top Outdoor UK Swimming Locations
There’s nothing quite like taking the plunge into an open air pool or doing a few laps in your local river. From lakes to lidos (those outdoor pool...
Sean Conway less than one hour away from completing his length of Britain swim.
32 year old Sean Conway is under a hour away from officially completing his epic swim from Land's End to John O'Groats. He set off on his journey w...
Master your Breathing
On average, we all breathe around 20,000 times per day. Most of the time, this daily breathing is a natural and subconscious activity needed to sus...
5 Great Swimming Holidays
Swimming is so much more than doing laps in a pool. Open water swimming offers an experience like no other, each adventure along an untamed river o...
Front Crawl Tumble Turn - Swimming Advice Video
Front crawl, also known as freestyle, is the most efficient swimming stroke to use and the fastest swimming stroke in competitive racing. The bas...