Marco Koch swims new european record
The young German talent Marco Koch brakes the frenchman Hughes Duboscq record (2.04,59) with a 2.04,32 at a small competition in Baunatal, Germany. Next year some of the best breaststrokers in the world, among them Koch and Olympic silver medal winner the Nowegian Alexander Dale Oen will gather in Berlin for three weeks and train together.
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Nils Bouws, former German Head Coach, Juergen Greve, Marketing Director German Swimming, Glen Christiansen and Dirk Lange, German Head Coach
The founder of Swimstars Juergen Greve turned 55 and invited 20 of his closest friends to his summerhouse in the Northeast German coasttown Barth for three days of sailing, sun and party. Among the guests were Nils Bouws, co-founder of SwimStars and former Head Coach for the German National team, Dirk Lange, former South Africas National Head Coach and presently the Head Coach of the German National team and myself. It was three great days and of course swimming and the future of swimming was one of the topics that was intensly discussed. Juergen Greve, who also is a former Olympic coach and Head of the Olympic performance Center in Hamburg now a days live in Potsdam and runs the marketing for German swimming and the organsition of World Cup and other major events. The SwimStar idea is one that has been developed over almost 20 years and its major goal is to teach people, young and old, to enjoy and improve their swimming through proper technique and having fun doing it. Congratulations Juergen and keep up the good work!!
October 24 2009 World Masters Camp in Hamburg, Germany
November 16 – 22 2009 World Masters Camp on Teneriffe, Spain
December 27- January 3, 2010 World Masters Camp on Teneriffe, Spain
January 24 – 31 World Masters Camp on Teneriffe, Spain
January 31 – February 7 World Masters Camp on Teneriffe, Spain
February 13 – 14 World Masters Camp in Göteborg, Sweden
February 27 – 28 2009 World Masters Camp in Malmö, Sweden
May 13 – 16 World Masters Camp in Göteborg, Sweden
June 21 – 31 World Masters Camp on Teneriffe, Spain
For more information write to: christiansen@swimstars.de
First position, "the monkey"
Second position, "macho"
Third position,"shoulder press"
Fourth position, "Mr. T"
Fifth position, "Press"
Sixth position, "Squat"
Sevent position, "Stand"
Eight position, "Down & Start again"
The preparations has started for the World Masters Championships 2010 in Göteborg and weight training is an important part of the training. I will not do more meters in the pool this year (not more than 7-8000m/week) but will focus on more weight training in order to swim faster. My goals for Göteborg is 30,79 and 1.09,28 (which I plan to swim like this: 32,6 – 36,6) Here you can see one of my favorite exercises in the gym. Be careful doing these exercises if you are not someone who has a lot of experioence with weight training! If you have questions please do not hesitate to write and ask me.
(photos Freddy Korden)
Eva Törngren, 90 with Hellas Masters president Eric Forslund
Eva Törngren, 90 recieves Swedish Swimming Federations Honour Medal in Silver for all her accomplishments in sports and swimming as a leader and swimmer.
Eva, who has been an elite gymnast in younger years started with masters swimming in 1985 after Masters legend Arne Jutner persuaded her to join Hellas . In 2001 she won the 50m freestyle at the European Championships on the island of Mallorca. But Eva has also been active and successful in other sports like: Downhill skiing, Horse riding, Watergymnastic and Diving. A true athlete! Congratulations!
T3 on the island of Tenerife
World Masters Swim Camp
T3 Tenerife 15-22/11-2009
Participate in the World Masters swim camp in Tenerife and train with one of the world most experienced Masters coaches Glen Christiansen for a week. Glen will give you technique advices, great training and ideas about how to get in shape for the World Masters, or other competitions. You will get an unique chance to swim in T3´s swim Flume and get your technique analyzed. We can coach in English, German, Japanese and the Scandinavian languages.
Time: 15th to 22nd of November 2009
Place: T3 50m.pool. Please look at: www.topswimming.com
Coach: Glen Christiansen:
Olympic coach in Atlanta 1996. Ranked # 1 in the world in 1981 in 100m breaststroke.
13 times World Masters Champion. Over 50 world masters records broken. Former head coach Olympic performance centre in Hamburg, Germany.
Glen has coached swimmers world record holder and world champion in distance swimming and sprints. 1500 freestyle Jörg Hoffmann, world champion in backstroke Antje Buschschulte and European champion in 50m freestyle Linda Olofsson and World champion Therese Alshammar
Price: 651 Euro p.P in a triple apartment, 735 euro p.P in a double apartment (price includes Hotel Jardin Caleta with full board, all trainings, seminars, one Swim flume analyze and a World Masters Camp T-shirt & swimcap)
Information and entry: gc1769@gmail.com
Program:
Monday 16/11: 08.00 Breakfast 09.30 – 11.30 Swim training. “Get to know each other” + Stretching
12.00 Lunch
16.00 – 17.30 Swim training. Focus on speed
18.00 Welcome Dinner + Information
Tuesday 17/11: 08.00 Breakfast 09.30-11.30 Swim Training. Focus on technique. Swim flume analyze.
12.00 Lunch
16.00 – 18.00 Swim training. Focus on starts and turns.
18.00 Dinner + Theory: How to plan your training
Wednesday 18/11: 08.00 Breakfast 08.45 – 09.30 Weight training (volunteer/freiwilliges)
09.30 – 11.30 Swim training. Focus on Conditioning/Aerob
12.00 Lunch
Afternoon Free or/and sightseeing (Ausflug)
Thursday 19/11: 08.00 Breakfast 09.30-11.30 Swim training. Focus on pace work & Technique
12.00 Lunch
15.30-16.30 Theory: How to prepare for a competition by Glen Christiansen.
16.30-17.30 Swim training. Speed. Time trials.
18.00 Dinner + Analyzing of Swim Flume results.
Friday 20/11: 08.00 Breakfast 08.45 – 09.30 Weight training (volunteer/freiwilliges)
09.30 – 11.30 Swim training. Focus on Technique & Aerob/Recovery
12.00 Lunch
16.00 – 18.00 Swim training. Focus on Pace and Technique
18.00 Dinner
Saturday 21/11: 08.00 Breakfast 09.30 – 11.30 Swim training. Focus on Speed
12.00 Lunch
16.00 – 18.00 Swim training. Focus on Anaerob.
18.00 Goodbye Dinner.
Sunday 22/11: 08.00 Breakfast 08.45 – 09.30 Weight training (volunteer/freiwillig)
09.30 – 11.30 Swim training. Focus on Aerob.
12.00 Lunch
Today it is exactly 28 years ago that I swam 1.01,60 in the 100m breaststroke, the fastest time in the world that year. Without Jaked suit, without butterfly kicks, without dipping the head under the water surface, without that extra 1/2 stroke under water BUT with lots of guts and spirit!
Margit Ohlsson, Swedish Masters Committeé
) and uphill with the placings winning several titles at the European and World Championships. Margit, who works and represents the Stockholm Police, trains alone with programs that she gets online and then joins our Masters camps when she can. We are looking foward to what she will do next year in Göteborg then swimming in a new agegroup!
Elisabeth Ketelsen, Denmark
. But the highlight of the day was that my son Noe swam 25 meters the first time ever in his 5 year and one month short life. That was my highlight of the day!
Tomorrow Ronny, Olivier, Timour and the others will race for the European Championship title and record in the 50 meter breaststroke. It will be very exciting to see who wins and how fast they swim. They are my competitors, my opponents BUT also my friends. Some of them have I raced and known a lifetime. The former french breaststroke champion Olivier Boiros have I known since Olivier swam for the French national team and I for the Swedish. After the tough races in the pool we usually had even tougher races all night discovering the nightclubs in the different cities our competitions took us. Timour swam for the U.S.S.R. back when it still excisted and was, and still is, a fantastic 200 breaststroker. He is still topfit, my St. Petersburg friend and I have only beaten him once in 200 breast over the 30-35 years we have raced and that was in Stockholm at Europeans in 2005. But the 50 is a difficult race for him since he doesn´t start to get going until after 75m.
Ronny, a strongman Swede, has been trying to beat me all his life until he finally kicked my butt in 2007 at the age of 51, breaking the worldrecord. Ronny is the current world champion in the 50 breaststroke and should be the favorite. Will Ronny win and take the record back that I stole from him in Göteborg and again in Kyoto? If Oliviers knees have been ok this year he should give Ronny a run for the money. Anyway, I am looking foward to see the results and see what my challengers can do, especially in preparation for the World Championships in Göteborg next year. I do not know how well these three guys know each other but I know them well. And I love to race them. Ofcourse I want to win when I race them (which I can´t now not being in Cadiz) but in the end of the day – we are just a bunch of middle aged friends trying to stay in shape having fun doing it!