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Video Analysis of Underwater Kick
Video Analysis of Underwater Kick By Genadijus Sokolovas, Ph.D., Global Sport Technology Inc, FINA Expert Introduction Underwater kicking is the fastest swimming stroke. Elite level male sprinters can swim the first 15 m of the race in about 5 sec. That’s almost 3...
Artistic Swimming: Preventing Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) Syndrome
Artistic Swimming: Preventing Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (RED-S) Syndrome By Margo Mountjoy The Sport of Artistic Swimming is unique among the aquatic sports, requiring a mixture of endurance, power, agility, acrobatics, and flexibility which once...
Psychology of Judging Diving : Module3
Psychology of Judging DivingBy FINA TDCModule Three: Subconscious Considerations and Being Prepared Subconscious considerations to take into account when judging:Diving has maintained an envied position amongst aesthetic sports for the fairness of its judging. ...
Psychology of Judging Diving : Module 2
Psychology of Judging DivingBy FINA TDCModule Two: Pressures and Challenges of Judging DivingThe pressure of judging:The difficulties of evaluating diving outlined above become even more relevant in pressure situations. The reality is, nobody comes to a diving...
Psychology of Judging Diving : Module1
Psychology of Judging DivingBy FINA TDCModule One: Judging Sports like Diving:As diving judges or officials, we often speak in detail about our sport from a technical perspective. We frequently discuss the FINA Diving Rules and use statistics and videos to...
FINA AS Required Elements
FINA Required Elements By FINA TASC This video presents the technical required elements that have to be performed by competitors in Artistic Swimming as a compulsory part of Technical Routines (Solo, Duet, Mixed Duet and Team) of both senior and junior categories....
Preserving health and promoting performance
Activities of the FINA Sports Medicine Committee: Since the 15th FINA World Championships in Barcelona, the FINA Sports Medicine…
FINA and WADA Working for the benefit of our athletes
FINA holds top tier status in the eyes of the International Olympic Committee, justified by a universal interest in elite aquatic sport…
Important milestone in Windsor
FINA holds top tier status in the eyes of the International Olympic Committee, justified by a universal interest in elite aquatic sport…
Injury & Illness Prevention Study
15th FINA World Championships: BCN2013. The protection of the aquatic athletes’ health by preventing injuries is an important task for the FINA Sports Medicine Committee…
Bob Bowman opened the Swimming Coaches’ Golden Clinic
Bob Bowman, the coaching genius behind phenomenal USA swimmer Michael Phelps, opened the Swimming Coaches’ Golden Clinic in Windsor with his insights and specific training drills.
Eat to Win!
Maximizing health and performance in aquatic athletes through nutritional intervention. Does your aquatic athlete go to training with a full tank of fuel to enhance the adaptation to training?
A Blend of Medical Delivery, Drug Surveillance and Medical Science
168 Federations came to Doha, Qatar to compete, renew friendships, shatter World Records and share in the third FINA World Aquatics Convention…
The Mechanism of Shoulder Pain in Aquatics
Shoulder pain is the most common musculoskeletal complaint that affects competitive swimmers. In one study, over 34% of swimmers…