Here is a fun promo from Universal Sports! - Can't wait to see Phelps' new freestyle!

Charlotte will be streamed live and I am looking forward to seeing Phelps' new freestyle approach; and how about that 50 fly world record by Rafael Munoz Perez set at the Sapinish Championships? Will we have to wait for FINA World Championships to see Phelps' response?

'Go Swim' has redesigned their site and they have indexed their content nicely

Glenn Mills has redesigned his site and it's a joy to go through now that his content has been better indexed.

I have always appreciated everything Glenn Mills has to say about swimming. Before there was Flowswimming or even before there was YouTube, Glenn Mills was out there posting 'kajillions' of Macromedia Flash movies of swim technique drills at his site GoSwim.tv.

GoSwim.tv is literally an encyclopedia of swim technique. His passion and love for the sport is clearly evident since all of the above content is free of charge.

The picture of above is just one photo in a series of eight of Kara Lynn Joyce grabbing lots of water with that HUGE catch of hers. Here is a direct link to the page featuring her stroke on a page titled "Centering your freestyle": [Link]

Here is a direct link to just some of his content:

• Butterfly
• Backstroke
• Breaststroke
• Freestyle
• All Strokes (IM)
• Starts & Turns

A side-by-side comparison and critique of Ian Thorpe's and Grant Hackett's freestyle

This site has numerous frame-by-frame images of both Grant Hackett and Ian Thorpe swimming side-by-side. Captions next to each photo critique the freestyle stroke.

What I found interesting is that Thorpe; or Thorpie if you are Australian, rotates less than Hackett. Thorpe also seems to use his shoulders more. The site is in both Swiss/German and English [Link]

A swim technique page with photos and movies

Here is a site called swim.ee with lots of swim theory, photos and movies. They provide technique info on all the strokes, which includes, starts, turns, legal turns for backstroke in the IM and if you look deep enough you can also find an analysis on speedsuits.

Here is a link to the 'models' page which has all of the technique theory on all the strokes: [Link]