{"id":420860,"date":"2020-03-05T04:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T11:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=420860"},"modified":"2020-04-01T12:14:48","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T19:14:48","slug":"swimming-world-presents-lessons-with-the-legends-coach-cecil-colwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-lessons-with-the-legends-coach-cecil-colwin\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents &#8220;Lessons With The Legends: Coach Cecil Colwin&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Lessons With The Legends: Coach Cecil Colwin<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">By Michael J. Stott<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Swimming World continues a series in which top coaches share some of the secrets of their success.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cecil Colwin was a man for all seasons and many disciplines. Born in 1927 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, Colwin labored his entire swimming life as a coach, stroke technician, administrator, educator, lecturer, researcher, author, cartoonist and illustrator. As a coach, he worked on three continents: Africa, Australia and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>He became South Africa\u2019s first full-time swimming coach, serving his home country from 1945 to 1971. In 1952, he established South Africa\u2019s age group program and placed swimmers on every Olympic team until the nation was banned from the Quadrennial Games in 1964. Interestingly, Colwin coached all but one of the country\u2019s Olympic swimmers comprising the 1956 South African squad.<\/p>\n<p>One of his best athletes was three-time world record holder Ann Fairlie (100 meter backstroke). His swimmers won 45 Senior South African Championships, and in addition to claiming Olympic berths, they earned six spots on British Empire teams and 14 on other international squads.<\/p>\n<p>Colwin departed for Australia in 1971, where he directed athletes to 19 state and three national championships. From 1973-77, Colwin assumed the role as the National Technical Director of Canada. While there, he was instrumental in setting up the nation\u2019s TAG (Top Age Group) talent identification program. In addition, he developed a six-point plan for Canadian swimming for the 1976 Montreal Olympics, increasing the percentage of Canadian finalists over the previous three Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Ernie Maglischo<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<em>(sports scientist; author, including \u201cSwimming Fast,\u201d \u201cSwimming Faster\u201d and \u201cSwimming Fastest\u201d; 8x NCAA Coach of the Year)<\/em><br \/>\n\u201cCecil Colwin was one of the great thinkers in the sport of swimming. He was heavily influenced by Doc Counsilman\u2014as we all were\u2014during the decades of the \u201960s, \u201970s and \u201980s. Another great influence on Cecil was the late, great Canadian swim coach, Howard Firby. I have all of Cecil\u2019s books in my library, and have read them several times. His greatest influence on me was through his writings on the importance of vortices to swimming propulsion. He was far ahead of his time on this one, having advanced this concept in the early 1990s.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>To hear more about Cecil Colwin from Bill Sweetenham and Joel Stager,<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2020\/swimming-world-magazine-march-2020-issue-pdf-only\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Check out the March issue of Swimming World Magazine- Available Now!<\/strong><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2020\/swimming-world-magazine-march-2020-issue-pdf-only\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"419580\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-magazine-presents-louise-hansson-on-the-cover-of-march-2020-issue\/swimming-world-march-2020-cover-louise-hansson\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1070\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Swimming World March 2020 Cover &#8211; Louise Hansson\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Swimming World March 2020 Cover &#8211; Louise Hansson&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson-766x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-419580 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson.jpg\" alt=\"Swimming World March 2020 Cover - Louise Hansson\" width=\"800\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson-766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson-150x201.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson-300x401.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson-450x602.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson-673x900.jpg 673w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson-374x500.jpg 374w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson-245x327.jpg 245w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Swimming-World-March-2020-Cover-Louise-Hansson-533x713.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>[ PHOTO BY PETER H. 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But as she prepares for this month\u2019s women\u2019s NCAAs, the University of Southern California senior says that moving to the U.S. was the best thing she\u2019s ever done.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>026 TAKEOFF TO TOKYO: \u201cWE WILL SMASH THEM LIKE GUITARS\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by John Lohn<\/strong><br \/>\nBefore the men\u2019s 400 freestyle relay at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, American Gary Hall Jr. proclaimed the United States would \u201csmash (the Australians) like guitars.\u201d However, the Aussies won the race by 19-hundredths of a second, ending the U.S. streak of seven straight Olympic gold medals in the event\u2014and 15 straight victories, counting the World Championships! In the latest installment of our \u201cTakeoff to Tokyo\u201d series, we venture back 20 years to what has become known as the Air-Guitar Race.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">030 UPON FURTHER REVIEW&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\nby Andy Ross<\/strong><br \/>\nThe battle for supremacy for this year\u2019s NCAA Division II and Division III swimming and diving titles might not be such a foregone conclusion as in previous years when Queens dominated D-II, Emory controlled women\u2019s D-III and Denison was the talk of men\u2019s D-III.<\/p>\n<p>COACHING<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>010 LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDS: CECIL COLWIN<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>014 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: TECHNIQUE SIMILARITIES ACROSS THE FOUR COMPETITIVE STROKES<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Rod Havriluk<\/strong><br \/>\nAlthough there are obvious differences in technique elements across all four competitive strokes, there are many similarities. Knowing about the similarities can help swimmers better understand specific movements and, consequently, make technique improvements more quickly.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>040 Q&amp;A WITH COACH BILLY DOUGHTY<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">043 HOW THEY TRAIN LUCA URLANDO<\/span> <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TRAINING<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>013 DRYSIDE TRAINING: STROKE STRENGTH SERIES\u2014BACKSTROKE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by J.R. Rosania<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JUNIOR SWIMMER<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">045 UP &amp; COMERS: JACE LLOYD<\/span> <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>by Shoshanna Rutemiller<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>COLUMNS &amp; SPECIAL SECTIONS<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT 009 BEYOND THE YARDS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>019 THE OFFICIAL WORD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>032 2020 SWIM CAMP DIRECTORY 044 HASTY HIGH POINTERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>046 GUTTERTALK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lessons With The Legends: Coach Cecil Colwin By Michael J. Stott Swimming World continues a series in which top coaches share some of the secrets of their success. 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