USA Swimming Rewards its Coaches
from Colorado Springs Gazette
 Bob Bowman didn't receive any hardware when Michael Phelps swam into the Olympic record books with eight gold medals last summer in Beijing. Neither did Michael Lohberg when Dara Torres showed age hardly matters by winning three silvers. Swimming's national governing body is making sure the coaches who helped propel their stars into the spotlight are being compensated properly, aided by the largest charitable contribution in the five-year history of its foundation.
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France's Bousquet Sets New 50m Freestyle World Record
from Channel News Asia
France's Frederick Bousquet set a new world 50-meter freestyle record on Sunday, setting a time of 20.94 seconds and becoming the first man to break the 21-second barrier. More
Even Modest Exercise Can Reduce Negative Effects of Belly Fat
from Science Daily
A new University of Illinois study suggests that moderate amounts of exercise alone can reduce the inflammation in visceral fat—belly fat, if you will—that has been linked with metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors that predict heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. More
Phelps Trying Out New Freestyle Technique
from AP
Michael Phelps is following up his record performance at the Beijing Olympics by changing some of the swimming technique that carried him to eight gold medals. Hasn’t he ever heard of, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it?" But Phelps isn't chasing the same old goals. As he shifts to focusing on shorter races, he hopes the new freestyle technique will increase his sprinting speed. More
May is an Active Month for Coaching Clinics
from ASCA
Opportunities to listen to Olympic coaches, world class athletes, and take in an ASCA School abound. Listen to Richard Shoulberg and swimming sensation Dagny Knutson at the Dakota Coaches Clinic on May 1-3. Attend USA Swimming / ASCA regional clinics in Wytheville Va., May 1-3, Boise, Idaho, May 8-10, and Charleston, W. Va., on May 15-17. Take the ASCA Level 2 School in Boise, on May 1 or the ASCA Level 3 Physiology School at the Central States Clinic on May 15. Speaking of central states…the May 14-17 clinic in Oakbrook, Ill., features Bob Bowman, Frank Busch, Dave Salo, Sean Hutchison and Olympians Matt Grevers and Brendan Hansen.
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UNCW: Men's Swimming Captures Eighth Straight Title
from The Seahawk
The University of North Carolina Wilmington is blessed with several outstanding sports programs that have demonstrated a great deal of success on the field. But the men's swimming and diving team is without a doubt the strongest program on campus. Head coach Dave Allen's legacy at UNCW grew even more this year as he and the Seahawks captured their eighth straight conference championship. The women finished third in their tournament. More
U.S. Nutritionists Urge New, Not-as-Sweet Drinks
from ABC News
Soft drink makers should invent and market a new category of semi-sweet beverages that will help wean Americans off their reliance on sugary drinks, nutrition experts. They proposed a new class of reduced-calorie beverages with no more than 1 gram of sugar per ounce, which with about 50 calories is about 70 percent less sugar than a typical soft drink contains. They said such drinks should also be free of artificial sweeteners such as aspartame and saccharine. More
Want to Go Faster? You Need a Trainer
from The New York Times
If anyone ever wondered whether it was talent or sustained systematic training that makes athletes so good, they need only look at Joshua Gordon, a professional mediator in Boston. More
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