Useful Links

Rotherham Metro ASC

The home of competitive Swimming, Diving and Water Polo in Rotherham

Links

ASA National, District and County Sites
British Swimming
North East Counties ASA
Yorkshire ASA
English Schools Swimming

Club Sites
City of Leeds
City of Sheffield
Kingston Upon Hull
Borough of Kirklees
York City
Worksop Dolphins
City of Derby
New Earswick SC

Discussion and General Interest
Swimclub
Pullbuoy
World Swimming – If you’re thinking about taking up swimming this is the place to go, loads of info and tips.
Swim-Sites.com – A comprehensive directory of all things swimming.
BBC Swimming – topical news from the BBC.

Technique
Total Immersion Swimming – we have mixed views at the club about the Total Immersion techniques but this is an interesting site with some decent magazine articles. They even run workshops in the UK now.

Swimfit Articles – archive of decent articles about stroke and nutrition

Swim Info – Technique Articles

Medical, Physio and Nutrition
Virtual Physiotherapist – pretty clever this, you just click where it hurts and get some ideas about what might be wrong (no substitute for a real physio though, obviously!).

The Sports Physio and The Sports Medic – good articles about injuries and some physio equipment for sale too.

Total Immersion articles – the TI articles often cover medical and physio stuff. For example, Issue 1 has a decent article about shoulder injuries and how to avoid them.

Muscle Cramp Informative site about Muscle Cramp causes and what you can do about it Sportsci.org Sport Nutrician – some interesting nutrician reads here.

UK Vegetarian Society Excellent general nutrition information for vegetarians.

International Vegetarian Union Sports Page – links to many sites concerning Veggie sports nutrition (there are many Famous Vegetarian Athletes ! )

Article on Vegetarian Sports Nutrition – interesting article on Veggie sports nutrition