Take a sneak peak at the Race Club’s swim camps 2012 with two promising young swimmers Erik Risolvato and Joshua Romany. Erik went a 22.7 in the 50 meter free to win Junior Nationals last year. Joshua is only 16 and breaking records in Trinidad and Tobago. Check out the first of two webisodes as Erik and Josh demonstrate their dry land training with Coach Gary Hall Sr

Check out this video by Amy Hall featuring our swim camps 2012 at the Race Club. This year we had quite a talented range of swimmers at our Christmas training camp. We work on starts, turns and swimming techniques that make a big difference. Song:

Gary Hall Sr sits down with George Bovell and they discuss a variety of topics such as this year’s Olympic Games in London, a funny story from the suit era, the 4th fastest freestyle in history at 21.2 seconds, Free Diving and how the Sport has helped his Swimming and recovering from a dump truck crashing into his car head on. George is set to compete in the 50 and 100 meter freestyle in what will be his 4th Olympic Games.

Olympic Swimmer George Bovell shares some tips on how to become a better freediver. Born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, George has also become a World Class freediver and spearfisherman. Freediving has been an integral part of the Race Club’s swim camps and swimming training program. Just as in Swimming, technique is sooo important along with safety measures one should always take when participating in this dangerous Sport.

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Gary Hall Sr caught up with former Race Club Head Coach and current University of Michigan Head Mens Swimming Coach Mike Bottom at the Orange Bowl Swim Classic in Key Largo. Coach Bottom discusses his busy swimming training program as he faces this Olympic year as well as this years winter training swim camp. He also makes an interesting prediction on who will make the London Games.

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One of the fastest men on the planet, George Bovell from Trinidad and Tobago shares some of his favorite drills for improving freestyle. The Race Club is proud to present this series Powered by Platinum with George who is training for his 4th Olympic games with Coach Mike Bottom at Michigan. George is set to compete the 50 and 100 meter freestyle in London.

Highlights from the 2012 Orange Bowl Swim Classic at Jacobs Aquatic Center in Key Largo, Florida. There are many teams that train in the Florida Keys over the holidays and they all come together to compete at this meet. Florida International University and University of Michigan were this year’s respective Women’s and Men’s winner.

Randy Bennett is the Canadian Head Coach for the 2012 Olympics. Ryan Cochrane looks to be the only challenger to current world record holder in the 1500 meter freestyle Sun Yang of China heading into the London Olympics. Check out this interview that includes footage of Ryan’s amazing technique.

The final phase of the pull is the release, when the hand moves from 9 o’clock back to 12 o’clock, precisely where it started this .85-second underwater, almost circular, journey. Since the hand/arm are now moving in the forward direction again, the objective of this phase is to slip the hand and arm out of the water with the least amount of frontal drag possible

The back quadrant propulsive phase occurs between the 6 o’clock and 9 o’clock (or 9:30sh) position on the clock. The hand takes a different course than following the perimeter of the clock as it does in the other 3 phases. In order to continue in a backward motion the hand and forearm must elevate, taking a short cut in the underwater pull cycle.