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UPDATE INBRIEF Security first in Qatar The 2nd International Sport Security Conference (ISSC), staged at the Qatar National Convention Centre in Doha, March 14-15, brought together over 400 key decision-makers, experts and practitioners in sport from around the globe. Highlights included a keynote address by Khoo Boon Hui, President of Interpol, on the prevention of terrorism at major sporting events and a panel session on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, examining the key security challenges with Lord John Stevens, Former Commissioner, Metropolitan Police and Peter Ryan, Security Advisor to the IOC. The ISSC also signed partnership agreements with the Pantheon- Sorbonne University on the theme of sporting integrity and Germany’s Institute for Fan Culture on extreme behaviour at sporting events. FINA’s date with Doha Doha has been awarded the right to host the 12th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) in December 2014. FINA, together with the Qatar Olympic Committee and the Qatar Swimming Federation, announced the decision which will see the biennial championships staged at the Aquatic Centre in Doha’s outstanding Aspire Sports Complex. “I am sure that all swimmers, coaches, officials, and representatives of the participating national federations will enjoy a great competition and be impressed by the Qatari hospitality,” said FINA President Dr. Julio C, Maglione. Good news Down Under The 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand exceeded financial expectations according to initial results. Tournament owners Rugby World Cup Limited said New Zealand 2011 will achieve a net surplus of more than £90 million making it the second highest revenue-earner in the history of the tournament. INSPIRED BY SPORT SPORTS-THEMED DOCUMENTARIES HAVE UNIVERSAL APPEAL The success of a sport documentary at this year’s Academy Awards proves that sport doesn’t necessarily have to be watched as it happens to be meaningful. The 2012 Academy Award Winner for “Best Feature Documentary” went to “Undefeated” a coming-of-age story about a high-school American football team from the wrong side of the track in Memphis, Tennessee. “Undefeated” is the first sports-themed film to take Hollywood’s top documentary award since “When We Were Kings” in 1996 – and is only the fifth sports documentary to pick up an Oscar since 1942. Filmed on a shoestring budget, the movie follows a volunteer American football coach as he struggles to provide the discipline, resources and inspiration his young players need to overcome their bleak surroundings – and win the first play-off game in the high-school’s 110-year history. The message is that American football “doesn’t build character, it reveals character” and the wider theme is one common to all sports: the power to change peoples lives for the better, even in the most unpromising of environments. The film has struck a chord with audiences in America, who have warmed to its tough but uplifting story. As the films codirecter Dan Lindsay explains: “People are clamouring for something genuine. I think we’re sick of manufactured.” “Undefeated” is just the latest in a string of sports documentaries to win international acclaim. In the last 18 months, films such as “Senna”, “Fire in Babylon” and “Out of the Ashes” have won awards all over the world. “Senna” charts the life and death of three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna, and has become the biggest British documentary in terms of box office, grossing just under $5 million in its first four months on release. Interestingly the film also took $1.6 million across the United States, a market where alternative forms of motor racing have long overshadowed Formula One. British film-maker, Asif Kapadia, says the film has universal appeal. “It was Senna’s genuine charisma that generated a fan-base drawn from both sports and non-sports fans,” he explains. “Out of the Ashes” tracks the extraordinary journey of the Afghan cricket team to the ICC World Twenty20 tournament and “Fire in Babylon” is the breathtaking story of the West Indian cricket team’s period of unequalled ascendancy in the 1970s and 1980s. 10 | Issue 17 | Qatar Sport
FIT FOR LIFE SINK OR SWIM Top tips for swimmers who just want to get fit. SWIMMING IS a sport that helps you get fit without wearing you down; an aerobic activity with minimal risk of injury and one that suits today’s 24/7 lifestyles. It’s relatively inexpensive and can be done any time. Simple? Well, the science of swimming is actually extremely complicated, involving the interaction of propulsive forces from the swimmer’s arms and legs and the drag caused by water. The ‘sports ground’ for swimming (H2O!) is often quoted as being one thousand times denser than air. Trying to move efficiently through this very dense medium is not nearly as easy as other sports that take place through air. For example, top cyclists hit over 60kph in short events on the track or in an end-of-stage sprint. Elite runners average over 30kph for a quarter mile and over 40kph at the end of sprints. By contrast, even the world’s best swimmers top just 8kph (5mph) over the 100m sprint. Yet that is still superhuman. Most fitness swimmers would fail to approach even half that speed. In fact, swimming for fun and fitness is not about speed but about technique and regular training. Here, Qatar Sport introduces Top Tips from the leading blog “theswimmerscircle.com” to help you keep it simple. WARM UP Warming up is essential to starting any physical activity to prevent injuries and to ensure the most effective workout. Start your swimming workout with a few slow laps just to make your blood run through your muscles. Start slowly and gradually pick up the pace. SWIM THREE TIMES A WEEK Regardless of what your goal is in the pool (weight loss, building muscles, general fitness) you should strive to swim at least three times a week. One pool session is better than none, but because of the way our body gets accustomed to training, anything less than three times a week is not optimal. SWIMMING INTERVAL TRAINING Swimming interval training is the most effective in training your cardiovascular system. Interval training is built on a cycle of high and low intensity efforts. The low intensity activity needs to be tailored so that your body needs to work hard to recover before the next high intensity activity starts. FOCUS ON SWIMMING TECHNIQUE Regardless of why you’re looking to improve your swimming, the key is never lose your technique. The right technique will help you prevent long-term injuries. Make sure you are keeping your focus on your technique – every lap, every stroke, every swim. USE THE FLIP-TURN Although not necessary for beginners, flip turns for backstroke and freestyle keep the swimming rhythm and fitness training continuous. DO DRILLS Swimming drills are a set of swimming exercises aiming at improving the technique and speed of swimmers. To improve your coordination, drills such as kicking fast with slow arms will help you learn to feel the water. Feeling the water is essential to becoming a better swimmer. FILM YOURSELF SWIMMING Increase your awareness by filming yourself training and reviewing it afterwards. If filming is out of the question, ask someone with good swimming knowledge to watch you swim and ask for feedback. AVOID PADDLES Paddles can be dangerous in the hands of a new swimmer and can lead to shoulder damage if you don’t have the proper stroke technique. Swimming involves a lot of smaller, secondary muscles in addition to the major muscle groups, and it takes some time to build these up prior to safe paddle use. COOL DOWN Just as warming up is key to perform a successful training, cooling down is just as important. After a hard training, your muscles build up lactic acid. To flush that lactic acid out of your body to prevent soreness, swim at a slow and relaxed pace, focusing on stretching and regaining the right feeling in the water. This will help your muscles recover. Qatar Sport | Issue 17 | 11
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