Ross is the Chair of Sports Science at the University of Edinburgh (from January 2000) and is the Coaches' Infoservice Swimming Digest Editor.
To find out more about Ross then click on his photograph.
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Improving Performance in Swimming: Strength and Technique |
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Rod Havriluk discusses the relative roles of strength and technique. Incorporating both in the training programme and getting the balance right is important and not easy. Rod discusses factors to be considered, for example, the age and level of the swimmer.
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Proof: New kicks from the block improves starts |
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Honda and colleagues from Sydney University and Australian Institute of Sport have shown that the recently introduced blocks with the inclined 'kick plate' allow swimmers to to be significantly faster off the block and with a higher horizontal velocity at take off. As a consequence, swimmers are faster through the first 7.5 metres of a race. The authors believe that it is definitely worth the effort to adapt to using the kick plate.
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How Far Does a Swimmer Need to be Able to Swim to Say 'I Can Swim'? |
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In this thought provoking paper Junge, Blixt, and Stallman examine the idea that it is not 'how far' but 'how' one swims that matters when assessing swimming competence.
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Shallow or Deep Water for Young Children Learning to Swim? |
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A study by Scurati and colleagues indicated that in children 3 to 6 years old the depth of the swimming pool does not affect the learning of the first level of aquatic skills, that is, adjustment and independence in the water.
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