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Stupidity or Sportsmanship

Posted on 29/10/2021 by Coach Gary

Put yourself in Cecil Healy’s shoes (or his wool racing swim costume) at the 1912 Olympics. Healy, of Australasia Continue reading →

Posted in General Knowledge on swimming | Tagged 1912, 1912 Olympic Games Stockholm, 1912 Olympics, Australasia, Cecil Healy, Coaching, Duke Kahanamoku, Freestyle, freestyle timing, front crawl, frontcrawl, improving swimming, improving training, Olympic Gold Medal, open water, psychology, psychology of sport, smooth swimming, sports psychology, sportsmanship, swim, swim coach, swim technique, swim training, swimmer, swimming, swimming technique, teaching, tricks of swimming trade, winning | 1 Comment
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    I competed in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul representing Canada and coached in the 2000 and 2004 Olympics for Great Britain. I have a degree in History and a minor degree in Psychology from University of Calgary. I have travelled extensively and have been very lucky to see so much of the world while representing Canada and Great Britain at swimming competitions. I am very proud of the fact that I coached a swimmer to become number one in the world in the fastest swimming race in 2002. I pride myself in my ability to find new and interesting ways to teach swimming. I am an accomplished artist specialising in sculpture, I have another blog called 'swimmingart' where I publish some of my swimming drawings. I have three young children; all boys. I have recently taken up painting and yoga....but not at the same time. You can see my new paintings at: https://www.artgallery.co.uk/artist/gary_Vandermeulen

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