Finswimming is one of the most exciting water sport ever. Finswimming is a sport belonging to the aquatic specialties which, using specific equipment (monofin, fins, snorkel or cylinders) allows the athlete to reach much higher speeds than swimming. There are indoor (swimming pools) and open water (sea, lake, rivers) championships.

To which federation belongs Finswimming?

The international federation to which fin swimming belongs is CMAS, the Confédération Mondial des Activités Subaquatiques, which is part of the ARISF, and is a discipline recognized by the IOC.

Is there an age limit to join Finswimming?

Finswimming is suitable for any age . In fact, there are competitions for very young people, for children and adults and for veterans, over 25 years old.

How can I find a Finswimming club?

You can find Finswimming clubs easily, just looking on the internet.

How can i stay updated with Finswimming News?

Finswimmer Magazine is the most comprehensive web site about Finswimming in which you can find events, updates and everything about Finswimming.

Gergely Juhos and his Croatian Memories - Finswimmer Magazine

This is a nice letter written by Juhos Gergely, former Finswimming World Champion, about the trip to Zagreb for the Finswimming Stage taken in the last week end of September. Le’t have a cool read and enjoy it!

🇭🇺 Gergely Juhos and his Croatian Memories, Finswimmer Magazine - Finswimming News *Visiting Diving Club Geronimo, in Zagreb*.

I got an unrefusable invitation from my close friend, Rubes Levada. This Italian guy, who lives in Zagreb, trains and manage a young Finswimming Club called “Geronimo”. He offered me a deal: visit them, show some technical excercises to improve the swimmers’ technic, and in exchange he shared with me his psichological and mental training theory.
I picked the last weekend of September. When I arrived on Saturday morning we immediately went to the pool. The swimmers were in groups and my task was to show them a swimming technique more efficient than what they used before. The swimmers were enthusiastic and I realized they soon learnt the new technique.
I wondered how they can make quality job when they often use only one lane. I’m used to train at the same time swimmers on different levels, and here it’s almost impossible. In my club we have the same problem, where I have to manage parallel swimmers on three different levels, but our advantage is that we have three lanes for it. Hard work, believe me! After the 2-hours training session we had lunch and Rubes shared with me his trainig theories. It’s so impressive the way he determinated points about what is necessary to improve in a swimmer, like physical and psichological fields. He’s got a well structured lesson which clearly explains this subject. After the “brainstorming” 🙂 We visited the old town of Zagreb and had an excellent dinner.

Next day in the early afternoon I said goodbye to Croatia with many ideas in my mind. My opinion is that this kind of meetings may be very useful for both trainers and help the swimmers to reach their objectives. I hope it was useful for Rubes like for Me…

Written by Gergely Juhos

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