This was an absolutely awesome swim for Michael Phelps and without a tech suit on as well! He gets the World Record once again, and proves that hard work and stroke technique are more important than technical advancements in competition suits!
Enjoy the video!
There is a relatively bold wave of rumors going around that Michael Phelps is currently trying to alter his freestyle technique into a more “tech savvy” and stroke efficient method.
So, with that in mind, keep your eyes open for his first meet in Mid-May in Charlotte!
As I was searching through the swimming forums today I came by a great video of Michael Phelps doing a vertical dolphin kick during practice. This, in my opinion, is one of the best ways to train for a dolphin kick, or any other type of kick because you are able to feel the entire movement of the water, your body, and your exact leg motions. It is the most natural position that you can get in (vertical) so you are able to feel slight corrections, differences, and improvements in your kick.
If you watch the video, you’ll notice that Phelps has a weight strapped on which is something that the Hamden North Haven Swim Team (the YMCA Typhoons) have not ventured into at this point. However, we might go into a modified version of this with our Senior and Junior groups. This is also a technique that I have used at other YMCA Swim Teams.
Enjoy the video!
On October 21, 2008 Michael Phelps will be in Toronto at The Power Within conference. With Barbara Walters hosting the event, there is a plethora of inspirational individuals slated to appear. The running list so far: Michael Phelps, Patrick Lencioni (author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team), Garry Kasparov (Chess grandmaster), Dr Muhammad Yunus (Nobel Peace Prize winner), Jeffrey Zaslow (author of The Last Lecture), Peter Sheahan (author of Generation X: Thriving with Generation Y at Work), and Phil Town (who will be speaking to successful investing).
I don’t know if there is or isn’t a T.V. channel that will broadcast this event to our Connecticut Swim Teams, but it will be something that I will keep an eye on and update our Hamden North Haven YMCA Swim Team and all of the Typhoon Swimming Blog readers.
The annual Golden Goggle Award ceremony is taking place this year on November 17, 2008, and it should be a great event for the swimming world! The Golden Goggle Awards celebrate top American swimmers for their accomplishment(s) that year. Here are the categories and nominees this for this year’s awards:
Breakout Performer of the Year:
Perseverance Award:
Coach of the Year:
Relay Performance of the Year (all from the 2008 Olympic Games):
Female Performance of the Year (all from the 2008 Olympic Games):
Male Performance of the Year (all from the 2008 Olympic Games):
Female Athlete of the Year:
Male Athlete of the Year:
As you can see, Michael Phelps has a significant number of nominations but it will most likely be very very close! Along with those awards, there are two Golden Goggle Awards given only in Olympic Years: the Impact Award, and the Humanitarian Award.
I hope everyone tunes in as the biggest American swimming stars turn out for this event!
Happy swimming!
The Associated Press released an article with regard to Michael Phelps’ marketabilityfollowing the Olympics. The article noted that Michael was a great champion, BUT he may or may not have the personality to be marketable.
In my professional opinion, Michael Phelps deserves every amount of respect that we can give! He surpassed what was thought to be an unbreakable record set by Mark Spitz, and did it in World Record style! The turn times between the events was incredible, and he demonstrated a rapid rate of recovery that no other swimmer was able to accomplish!
And can anyone think of a better person to have on your team? After his 8th Gold Medal the first thing that he did was thank his relay team. After-all, as Michael had mentioned, he wouldn’t have been there if it weren’t for them!
Marketable? I absolutely think so! He has the character traits and the work ethic that we love to teach our kids here in our world of Connecticut Swimming, and as long as Michael Phelps is swimming and holding those same morals the Hamden/North Haven Typhoons will watch!
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