Speedo UK - Dan Bullock: Freestyle technique in open water

Swim for Tri coach, Dan Bullock, gives his top tips on freestyle swimming technique in the pool and in open water.

Sunday's Swim Report - Get Up And Swim & Other Swim Bits #getupanddance

Lane 1 - Long Beach Press-Telegram posts "Long Beach’s famed Belmont Plaza Pool to be demolished in October. The company demolishing the famed Belmont Plaza Pool is expected to begin work in mid- to late October, according to Amy Bodek, director of development services."

Lane 2 - Courier Mail posts "Dancing With The Stars: Five dancefloor disasters on the show. This years new crop of celebs to hit the dance floor includes former Australian Idol judge Mark Holden, NRL legend Matt Cooper, Olympic swimmer Eamon Sullivan, pop star Ricki-Lee Coulter and model Kyly Clarke."

Lane 3 - Reuters posts "Japan swimmer charged with camera theft at Asiad. A Japanese swimmer has been kicked out of the Asian Games and will have to pay his own way back home after being charged by police for stealing a camera from a South Korean journalist. Tomita told to pay his own way back to Japan."

Lane 4 - The Bulletin posts "Golden girl’s tips for health. THE more colours on your plate, the better. That's the health advice Olympic swimmer Stephanie Rice gave when she spoke to The Bulletin on Friday."

Lane 5 - Get West London posts "Olympic swimming champion Rebecca Adlington launches swim school. British Olympic swimmer launches Becky Adlington's Swim Stars for adults at Hilton London Syon Park hotel."

Lane 6 - USA Today posts "Positive attitude keeps Van Dyken-Rouen going. Even before the accident, Amy Van Dyken-Rouen's message was the same. "Enjoy every single moment, because you don't know what's around the next turn," she said."

Lane 7 - NBC Sports posts "Kosuke Hagino not satisfied with 7 medals at Asian Games. “Four golds are the maximum I could get at these Games,” Hagino said Friday, according to Xinhua News Agency. “Having said that, there were many things that I wasn’t so satisfied with. If it’s a 100 scale, I would give myself 50 to 60 points.”

Lane 8 - Tampa Bay Times posts "Gigantic swimming pools called 'Crystal Lagoons' coming to Tampa Bay area."

Monday's Swim Report - A Rant & Other Swim Bits

Lane 1 - Swimming World posts "2014 ASCA Hall of Fame Inductee Teri McKeever."

Lane 2 - SwimOutlet.com posts "Katie Ledecky Breaks World Record! -- Arena Performance of the Month. After a sizzling time in qualifying at the 2014 Phillips 66 National Championships in Irvine, Katie Ledecky went all out on the attack of the 400m freestyle world record set by Federica Pellegrini five years ago. Her swim was one of the highlights of the 2014 summer season and earn her belated Arena POTM honors for September!"

Lane 3 - The Times of India posts "Kosuke Hagino swim treble sparks China rant. apan's Kosuke Hagino followed a shock 200 metres freestyle gold by adding his signature 200m individual medley and the 4x200m freestyle relay title at the Asian Games on Monday as signs of Chinese frustration began to show."

Lane 4 - DRG News posts "Olympic Silver Medalist to Conduct Swim Clinic in Pierre.  Olympic swimmer Nick Thoman will be conducting a Fitter and Faster Swim Clinic in Pierre at the Pierre Aquatic Center in less than two weeks."

Sunday's Swim Report - Can Hackett Hack A Comeback & Other Swim Bits

Lane 1 - NBC Sports posts "Australia swim star Grant Hackett returns to training, dismisses Rio. Seven-time Olympic medalist Grant Hackett is the latest retired Australian swim star to return to training, but said he is not thinking about the Rio Olympics despite registering for drug testing."

Lane 2 - NBC Sports posts "Katie Ledecky wins USA Swimming Athlete of the Year; who are World Swimmers of the Year? Katie Ledecky swept USA Swimming’s Athlete of the Year and Performance of the Year awards thanks to her record-breaking efforts for the second straight year."

Lane 3 - NBC Sports posts "Tyler Clary hopes to go from Olympic gold medal swimmer to NASCAR driver. Head-to-head, there’s very few Sprint Cup drivers that can beat Jimmie Johnson. But Tyler Clary can kick Johnson’s butt any time he wants to. In a swimming pool, that is."

Lane 4 - Fox Sports posts "Asian Games: Sun Yang, Park Tae-hwan upstaged in 200 free. apan's Kosuke Hagino stole the thunder from one of swimming's biggest rivalries Sunday, winning the 200-meter freestyle final ahead of China's Olympic champion Sun Yang and South Korean star Park Tae-hwan."

Lane 5 - The Score posts "Caffeine, chaos and effortless power: The science behind Chris Bryan’s swimming success. CHRIS BRYAN IS Ireland’s representative in a growing world class field of endurance swimmers. Though he missed out on Olympic qualification by the narrowest of margins, Bryan has bounced back to be a regular contender in the biggest meets around Europe and, over the Marathon 10km distance at last year’s World Championships, Bryan touched for home just 21.6 seconds after Spyridon Gianniotis claimed gold."

Lane 6 - BBC News posts (w/video) "David Walliams joins SwimBritain relay. A series of swimming relays is taking place across Britain this summer, in an initiative to get more people enjoying the fun and fitness benefits of the sport."

Will The Next Michael Phelps Step Up & Other Swim Bits

Lane 1 - Ozy posts "US Swimming's Next Michael Phelps? Justin Lynch not only is a terrific rising star in swimming, but also brings diversity to the sport."

Lane 2 - OK! posts "Rebecca Adlington shows off svelte figure in honeymoon bikini snaps. The swimmer and her new husband Harry Needs jetted to Rome before moving on to Disneyland in Orlando."

Lane 3 - LA Register posts "Swimmer sues her former lawyer. Through much of 2011 and 2012, American record-setting swimmer Dagny Knutson was, by her own admission, in “kind of a fog.” n April 2011, Knutson, encouraged by her attorney, accepted a financial agreement with USA Swimming that was worth less than her original deal with the sport’s national governing body, she said."

Lane 4 - Daily Record posts "Michael Jamieson says he can make a splash at Rio Olympics despite heartache at Commonwealth Games."

Lane 5 - Today posts (w/video) "Amy Van Dyken-Rouen surprised with home remodel. As Amy Van Dyken-Rouen adjusts to her new life in Arizona, she’s received a big helping hand from George Oliphant, host of the home remodeling show “George to the Rescue,” and his team."

Lane 6 - Lake Lanier posts "Swim For Your Life with Eric Shanteau at Lake Lanier Islands 9-20-14. Eric Shanteau is competition swimmer from Snellville, GA, who won two Olympic gold medals on American relay teams.  Hardcore swimmers from the Southeast and beyond will participate and compete with Eric on Saturday, September 20, 2014, at Sunset Cove at Lake Lanier at his ‘Swim For Your Life’ fundraiser."

Lane 7 - WLUK-TV FOX 11 posts "Swimmer Nyad speaks at Green Bay women’s event. A world-record swimmer has a message of perseverance for women – and men – here in Green Bay."

Lane 8 - Long Beach Press-Telegram posts "Belmont Plaza pool meeting draws crowd of swim, diving advocates.  More than 100 people turned out Wednesday night to discuss the evolving and controversial plans for the Belmont Plaza Pool."

Friday's Swim Report - Our Kinda Pool Fun & Other Swim Bits

Lane 1 - Sarasota Herald Tribune posts "Tropical Splash swim planned for October.  Registration is now open for the 12th Annual Daiquiri Deck Tropical Splash Open Water Swim, hosted on Siesta Key Beach each year by the Sarasota YMCA Sharks Masters swim team."

Lane 2 - Tom Daley posts "My kinda pool fun!"

Lane 3 - Express posts "Ian Thorpe denies he's dating Ricky Martin following rumours of 'tell-all magazine deal'. OLYMPIC Swimmer has been forced to deny that he is in a relationship with Ricky Martin, after Twitter was set alight with the rumour this morning."

Lane 4 - Reach For The Wall posts "Dates set for 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials.  USA Swimming announced Wednesday the dates for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Neb. The eight-day competition that is used to decide the U.S. national team representatives to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will be held June 26 through July 3 at the CenturyLink Center Omaha."

Lane 5 - The Bath Chronicle posts "Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies, who lives in Bradford on Avon, looks forward to reopening of Cleveland Pools."

Lane 6 - Reuters posts "Park and Sun set to square off at Incheon pool. With a deep talent pool overflowing with Olympic and world champions, the swimming competition at the Asian Games is shaping up as the most intriguing event in Incheon."

Lane 7 - Speedo France posts "11 septembre 2014 - Livetchat Florent Manaudou. Vous n’avez pas pu être présent lors du livetchat de Florent Manaudou ? Pas de panique, la vidéo intégrale de ce moment privilégié est disponible ci-dessous. Profitez bien !"

Lane 8 - Gay News Network posts "GLAMOURHEADS SEE A SWEETER SIDE OF SWIMMING. The Glamourhead Sharks, Melbourne’s own GLBTI aquatic club, are hosting the next Victorian Masters swimming competition, but this one comes with a special sweetener. Entrants in the upcoming swimming competition are encouraged to bring their best trifle, which will finish off a day full of swimming."

Tuesday's Swim Report - 90 Year Old Swims It & Other Swim Bits

Lane 1 - USA Today posts "Swimmers brave lightning, shark threats in ocean swim. Hundreds of swimmers braved threat of lightning strikes Sunday to compete in a two-mile ocean swim that ended at the same pier where another swimmer was bit by a seven-foot shark last month."

Lane 2 - Go Swim posts "Breaststroke - Sneaky Extension Practice.  One of the most important aspects of a great breaststroke will be the extended position underwater. Here's a little bit of a sneaky way to get your swimmers to practice this."

Lane 3 - Clearwater Gazette posts "Masters swimmers compete at Long Center. The 3rd annual “Dog Days of Summer” LCM Masters Swim Meet took place Saturday and Sunday at the Long Center, 1501 N Belcher Rd. More than 60 swimmers competed in the U.S. Masters Swimming-sanctioned event hosted by the city of Clearwater and St. Petersburg/Clearwater Sports Commission."

Lane 4 - The Northern Echo posts "Superfit Mary is still high-kicking at 90. A SUPERFIT grandmother has been recognised for her dedication to keep fit classes as she celebrated her 90th birthday. She also swam competitively with the Darlington Masters Swimming Club until recently when she gave up driving and could not attend the evening classes by bus."

Lane 5 - The Lakeland Times posts "From pool rat to national competitor. Minocqua woman has participated in national swim meets since 2003. Kranpitz, who has been participating in masters swimming competitions for 35 years and has attended nationals since 2003, didn’t have the clearest road. For Kranpitz growing up, there weren’t many opportunities to follow her swimming passion outside of the Neenah community swimming pool."

Lane 6 - USMS posts "How the Greatest NFL Game Has Helped My Swimming. Inspiration from an unlikely source."

Lane 7 - Go Swim posts "Freestyle - Disappear Behind Your Hand. Keeping your body narrow on freestyle makes hydrodynamic sense, but how narrow IS narrow?"

Lane 8 - Outsports posts "Gay high school swimmer, 16, is in the comfort zone. Bree Bailey struggled with her sexuality until she realized she was a lesbian. "Nothing any of you can say will be able to change the fact I like girls."

Monday's Swim Report - Lacourt Out, Le Clos In & Other Swim Bits

Lane 1 - LA Times posts "The swimming pool, symbol of Southern California, takes a dip. For every family a house, with every house a garden, and in every garden a swimming pool: This was the postwar L.A. Dream reduced to its essence."

Lane 2 - Olympics posts "Training With Chad Le Clos | Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. YOG ambassador and Olympic gold medal winner Chad Le Clos talks about his training and his goals and targets."

Lane 3 - SBS posts "World champion Lacourt out of Euros. France's double world champion Camille Lacourt has been forced to pull out of the upcoming European swimming championships in Berlin due to injury."

Lane 4 - Weather.com posts "USA Swimming Ranks the 10 Best Swim Cities in U.S..  With summer kicking into high gear, many Americans are craving a serious session in the nearest pool. And if you happen to live in one of the cities listed above, you have plenty of great options. USA Swimming, the national governing body for competitive swimming, recently ranked the most swim-friendly cities in the United States."

Lane 5 - All Africa posts "South Africa: Heroes' Welcome for Swimming Champs. The OR Tambo International Airport came to a standstill on Thursday as the South African swimming team touched down from the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The swimming squad arrived just before noon after walking through customs, where they declared 12 medals."

Lane 6 - CBS News posts (w/video) "3 American siblings hoping to make history with English Channel swim."

Lane 7 - Olympics posts "Chad Le Clos' Masterclass - The Turn | Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games. YOG ambassador Chad Le Clos gives some expert tips on how turn in the pool."

Lane 8 - MTV posts "These Russian Teens Won Summer By Turning Their Living Room Into A Swimming Pool."

Speedo UK - Technique tips for open water swimming by Team Dillon

Technique tips for open water swimming and triathlon including sighting and bilateral breathing by Team Dillon

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Wednesday's Swim Report - Swimming Is Never Boring & Other Swim Bits

Lane 1 - Orlando Sentinel posts "Dive training facility to replace Swimming Hall of Fame in new aquatic center.  Because the International Swimming Hall of Fame decided it wasn't given enough respect in the design of the planned Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Center, the city has found itself with space to fill. It now plans to add an indoor dive training facility and offices where the Hall of Fame was supposed to have been, and expand a top-floor banquet facility that has ceiling-to-floor windows looking out to the ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway."

Lane 2 - The Guardian posts "Bored by swimming? How to get the most from your strokes. Summer is ideal for the lido or seaside, but how can you avoid stopping during solitary swims? Try our expert's top tips."

Lane 3- US Masters Swimming posts "Fran Crippen Memorial Swim Meet of Champions, Mission Viejo, CA - Thu-Sun, Jun 26-29."

Lane 4 - Newsworks posts "Swimming isn't just a sport for white people."