New 2009 Swimsuit Rules from FINA - Taking Back the Swimming Pool
FINA (the guys that make the rules for the world of swimming) met in Dubai 12-14 March 2009. What did they decide at the meeting? A lot, including approval of video-replay for stroke judges and the Dubai Charter, which is amendments to the FINA Swimwear Approval Procedures.

A Guide to Choosing Swimwear for Competitive and Fitness Swimmers
Competitive or fitness swimmers often need advice on selecting, sizing, and fitting swimwear. While appearance may not be as compelling an issue in competitive swimwear as it is in fashion swimwear, its fit and functionality are still just as important, if not more important. Odds are you have had some unanswered questions and concerns when choosing swimwear. Here are some tips on shopping for and fitting competitive or fitness style swimwear.

Triathlon Swim Workouts for a Triathlete - Key Swimming Sets
Important swim workouts for a triathlete involve race simulation, swimming skill proficiency, sustainable swimming speed, and time to recover after a swim. These factors, along with athletic experience and the goal race distance, will help a triathlete balance the types of swimming workouts done in the swimming pool (or lake, river, or ocean) among emphases swim training for technique, endurance, strength, and speed.

Triathlon Swim Workouts - Triathlon Swim Training for Triathletes
Triathlon swimming key workouts for triathletes were explained in an earlier triathlon article. This triathlon swimming article adds a few more triathlon training details - how often to swim these workouts and how fast to swim them.

Swimming with Fins - How Swim Fins Help Your Swimming
Swimming with fins is a way for swimmers to improve kick strength, ankle flexibility, body position, and go faster during a swim practice. Fins (or flippers) come in hundreds of shapes, colors, fastenings, and sizes; different fins will do different things for (and to) you.

Swimming and Diving Clubs - C - USA or Canada
Links to swimming and diving club's websites, located in the USA or Canada.

A Swim Training Workout Plan for Novice Swimmers
You are a swimmer, and have the basics of a swimming workout figured out and want to be a better, but once you get in the pool to get the workout started, you feel a litte lost? No coach to write a workout for you? Maybe you are a swimmer stuck in a workout rut, always doing the same workout, week after week, and want to try something different? Here's a swimming workout plan to help you get fitter (and maybe faster) through a progressive swimming training plan.[p]

Choosing a Swimming Pool Filter - The Types of Filters for a Swim Pool
There is a lot of confusion about various swimming pool filters, and many different opinions. Here are a few facts to consider. The first is that a pool water can be properly maintained with any of the filter systems available: Sand, Cartridge, or Diatomaceous Earth. Which one is right for your swimming pool?

Ideas on Improving Your Swimming Technique
Teaching swimming technique is not an easy task. Nevertheless it seems to be precisely technique which separates a good swimmer from a poor one. So what exactly are these problems which it is so difficult for the coach to solve in training technique?

The Beginning of All Swimming Races
A great start to a swimming race can mean the difference between a GOLD and SILVER swim. So now how do swimmers go about improving their start so they can get ahead of the competition from the beginning?

Swimming Away From Back Injury
In many cases, swimming can be a very helpful exercise for back pain sufferers. Athletes commonly become injured, and swimming is a great way to keep active since it usually does not put excess strain on a swimmer's back. However, that’s not to say that swimming can’t cause back pain or injuries as well.

Ned Denison and Swimming the English Channel
I started as the first of six 2005 Irish Channel solo aspirants to swim in July and I failed to get to France, pulled after 8 hours. The seas were rough, the skies dark, my feeding technique a disaster and I was dehydrated and suffering from hypothermia. I booked a 2nd swim the same September period as the last two Irish swimmers and set about repairing my dead left arm and putting in some different training.

Starts, Turns, and Sighting in an Open Water or Triathlon Swim
Swimming in a triathlon can be an unpleasant experience. Your swim is going to be disrupted by dozens (or hundreds) of other triathletes churning the water. The mental focus, so simple during a pleasant lap swim at the local swimming pool, becomes almost impossible. Visibility sucks, there is no wall to push off, and the 10 degree drop in water has completely taken away your breath. So... what's the best way to deal with this difficult aspect of open water swimming? Train the way you race.

Open Water Swimming For Beginners
Open water swimming is a never ending adventure. Some of my favorite memories are from swims. There is a freedom and challenge swimming in open water which just can't be experienced in the pool. Besides that, it's FUN!!

My Escape from Alcatraz Swim
The Escape from Alcatraz Swim. We signed up nearly a year ago, hungry for a new challenge. After months of speculation and debate from colleagues, friends and families regarding sharks in San Francisco Bay, we arrived in San Francisco. That evening a group of us hopefuls walked down to one of the piers to suss out the lay of water and weigh up what we were about to take on. When we saw Alcatraz we had a double take, and comments from our weary jet lagged bunch could be heard.

An Update from Adaptive Swimmer John Mohler
Life is full of changes. I am training with the Triathlon club, as an outlet for dry land training, and I am in the gym hitting the weights. I have changed my training regimen from sprinting to long distance. I have much better form and speed swimming a 400, 800, and my favorite, the 1,500.

Life as an Adaptive Swimmer
John Mohler, adaptive swimmer with dreams of becoming a Paralympian, shares some of his thoughts on his quest to reach the 2008 Paralympic Summer Games in Beijing, China.

Top Ten Newbie Triathlon Mistakes
They say the best way to learn is to make mistakes. As a newbie and Clydesdale, in my first year of competing in triathlons, I've made my share of mistakes. Here is my Top ten list of newbie triathlete mistakes. (Roman Mica/Everyman Triathlon)

Six Great Reasons To Swim Today
How to best improve your swim? The answer is simple (and diabolic). Swim more. I have come up with a few simple motivational techniques to get me in the pool that I will be happy to share with you. (Roman Mica/Everyman Triathlon)

The Joy of Swimming
There is a special moment when I first get in the water and push off the wall that I use to get myself to the swimming pool. It feels just like flying. I’m completely submerged, weightless gliding through the silky water. The only sound is that of the bubbles as they rush past my ears. The outside world is completely gone. It is just me, my own thoughts, and the gentle warm water as it slips past my skin. This moment is complete and full of promise. It lacks nothing and wants nothing.

My First - and Only - Swimming Invention
A 10 kilometer open-water swim. All I remember is the mind-numbing tedium and the relentless boredom as I swam, staring at the same tree with every breath I took. Stroke, breath, tree. Stroke, breath, tree. Stroke, breath, damn bloody tree... It started, as these things usually do, in the hot tub after a late night masters swim practice. I invented what I called my LDSND.

Q and A with Amand Beard, Olympic Swimmer
Amanda Beard, Olympic Gold Medalist and World Record Holder, answers some questions about swimming - and life - that could help other swimmers.

Ten Ways for the Swim Parent to Sabotage Their Child's Swimming Career
After thirty-three full years of observation, it has occurred to me that some parents must internally delight in the idea of sabotaging their child's swim career. They must for some perverse reason WANT to do this, since they work so incredibly hard at it and are so remarkably successful. Hereafter, my top ten list of means and methods - and more seriously, some clear examples on positive alternatives. (John Leonard, ASCA)

2012 Olympic Aquatic Center Roof Being Installed
The 2800-ton wave-shaped roof of the Zaha Hadid designed London 2012 Olympic Aquatics Center is being put in place as of early April 2009. The lift is considered one of the most complex engineering and construction challenges of the 2012 Olympic Park big build. The Aquatics Center will mark the gateway to the Olympic Park during the 2012 Games and in legacy will provide elite and community facilities that London does not currently have, including two 50m swimming pools and a diving pool.