Morning. At the pool before everyone else. With my little shark and little fish making a wish list for new adventures... Of course, a child’s imagination has no limits. We’re wondering what we could do again, what we could add, which «aquatic» adventure would be most exciting, the place where the waves were most breath-taking, which morning swimming was the most magical one… While searching for the words… The silence of the pool is deafening. We looked at each other and realised that all our «aquatic» adventures, splashing in the shallow end, pouring water over the head from a beach toy bucket, diving, all the mischiefs, «falls» into the water, since she isn’t here. We erased the entire wish

Jutro. Na bazenu pre svih. Sa ajkulicom, i ribicom pravimo listu želja za nove poduhvate... Naravno, dečija mašta radi svašta. Preispitujemo se šta bi ponovili, šta dopunili, koja «vodena» avantura je bila najuzbudljivija, gde je talas doneo najviše uzbuđenje, koje jutarnje plivanje je bilo najčarobnije... Dok tražimo reči...Tišina bazena zveči. Pogledali smo se i shvatili da nijedna naša «vodena» avantura, prskanje u plićaku, polivanje po glavi koficom, gnjuranje, svaki nestašluk, «pada» u vodu, jer ona nije tu. Obrisali smo ceo naš spisak želja, jer smo imali samo jednu. Da je naša mama uvek tu, sa nama! Bez obzira što nam često zada pravi tempo, ajmo ustajanje, plivanje, sad malo gnjuranj

Ivana Ninković, the best female swimmer of Republika Srpska and Bosnia and Herzegovina, reveals as a Swimming Dad #Blog guest, whether swimmers have “a home” or they are in the swimming pool all the time, even around holidays, and also tells us what she missed the most while swimming somewhere far away. Ivana graduated from Arizona State University with a BSE in Engineering Management, but still spends her free time training swimming. She would like to try and meet the qualification requirements for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. She has also swum the A level qualifying time for the World Championship in Barcelona and participated in the European Short Course Swimming Championship in Denmark. I

Ivana Ninković, najbolja plivačica Republike Srpske i BiH, za Swimming Dad kao #Blog gost, otkriva da li plivači imaju “dom” ili su stalno u bazenu, pa čak i za vreme praznika, kao i šta je to najviše nedostajalo dok je plivala tamo negde daleko. Ivana je svršeni inžinjer sa „Arizona State University“, ali u slobodno vreme i dalje trenira plivanje. Želja joj je da pokuša da ispliva olimpijsku normu za Tokio 2020. Takođe, Ivana je svojevremno isplivala A normu za Svetsko prvenstvo u Barseloni, a bila je i učesnik Evropskog prvenstva malih bazena u Danskoj. Učestovala na Balkanskom Juniorskom prvenstvu gde je osvojila srebro na 50m prsno. Da li plivači imaju “dom” ili su stalno u bazenu? Kolik

Almost everybody has most certainly had a hangover at some point… You wake up in the morning and for a moment you forget where you are and what you are doing there. Are these walls the walls of my room, my granny’s house, the weekend house, or is it a ceiling of a hotel room god knows where? There is no need to panic, you don’t suffer from the “confused wakefulness” disorder. It’s just that you’ve been “on wheels” for quite some time lately, in the air, from one side of the world to the other. While I was secretary general of the Serbian Swimming Federation, it happened to me that due to a very busy schedule of swimming competitions and numerous seminars, I was away from home for almost up t

Sigurno je svako od vas imao neki hangover nekad... Budite se ujutru i u sekundi ste zaboravili gde ste i šta tu radite. Da li su ovi zidovi oko mene moj dom, bakina kuća, vikendica ili je ipak to plafon hotela ko zna gde. Nema potrebe za panikom, nemate poremećaj ”konfuzne budnosti”. Samo ste u poslednje vreme više bili na “točkovim”, u vazduhu, sa jednog na drugi kraj sveta. Dok sam bio generalni sekretar Plivačkog saveza Srbije, dešavalo mi se da sam zbog gustog rasporeda plivačkih takmičenja, raznoraznih seminara bio odsutan skoro po tri meseca od kuće. Nekada je bilo momenata da sletim samo na dva, tri dana i ajmo dalje... I tako od Azije do Amerike... Većina vas bi rekla: ma daj, putuj

Andrea di Nino is the principal coach and the president of the ADN Swimming Project, that aims to establish a high quality and level of complete training service to the top swimmers and in that way help them achieve top results at the most prestigious international competitions. Andrea’s swimmers were Milorad Cavic and Yevgeny Korotyshkin. Both swimmers won Olympic medals under Andrea. Today, Andrea coaches South African swimmer and the Olympic champion Chad le Clos who caused controversy when he announced that he would leave his previous coach Graham Hill and that he wanted to use ADN to prepare for the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020. Andrea di Nino, as a Swimming Dad #Blog guest, explains

Andrea Di Nino je Glavni trener i Predsednik ADN Plivačkog Projekta, koji teži da omogući visok kvalitet i nivo kompletnog trenažnog servisa vrhunskim plivačima i na taj način omogući im da dosegnu mesto na pobedničkom postolju na najvažnijim internacionalnim takmičenjima. Andreini plivači bili su srpski plivač Milorad Čavić i ruski plivač Evgenij Korotiškin. Oba ova plivača osvojila su olimpijske medalje dok ih je Andrea trenirao. Danas trenira i brine o Južno Afričkom plivaču i Olimpijskom šampionu Čad Le Klosu koji je uzburkao javnost kada je najavio da napušta svog dugogodišnjeg trenera Grejam Hil i da deli da se priprema sa ADN projektom za OI u Tokiju 2020. Upravo za Swimming Dad, kao

In case you decide that your child, but also yourself, become a part of the professional sports from the very early age, you should be aware of all the benefits, but also sacrifices you would all need to make. This refers to the whole family. Your child won’t have a “regular” childhood like his/her friends, because in order to be able to achieve high swimming standards, he/she would need to have a very serious approach to it. Before making this decision, you need to ask your child and yourselves if you are both ready to “scarify” certain moments during his/her childhood, that most top athletes and their families need to give up on: 1. Summer holidays: While most of his/her friends will be pl

Ukoliko donesete odluku da vaše dete vrlo rano, ali i vi budete deo profesionalnog sporta, vrhunskog plivanja, budite svesni svih benefita, ali i odricanja! Odricanja cele porodice. Vaše dete neće imati «klasično» detinjstvo kao većina njegovih vršnjaka, jer da bi plivao na visokom nivou, vrlo rano mora ozbiljno da pristupi svemu. Pre svake odluke da zakoračite u svet vrhusnkog sporta, preispitajte sebe i svoje dete da li ste zajedno spremni da se «odreknete» nekih momenata u detinjstvu, kojih se većina vrhunskih sportista i njihovih porodica odriču: 1. Letnji raspust: Dok najbolji drugari leto provode zajedno igrajući se, putujući, vrhunski plivači i tokom raspusta treniraju. Često su pripr

The idea and a great wish written on a piece of paper. There is worry and cautiousness in the head. Uncertainty and expectations in the air. Love in the water. And then, one day it «rose to the surface», and came into light of day. Exactly 365 days ago, the Swimming Dad blog officially «set sail». I couldn’t even imagine what the water I «jumped into» then could bring along. It was a moment of magic, full of uncertainty about what to expect on the other side. It’s been a year already. When I was starting this story, I wanted to motivate you to start swimming, to relax, to overcome your fears, to start loving water in a different way and enjoy it on your own, but also with your children, fami

Ideja i želja na papiru. Briga i opreznost u glavi. Neizvesnost i iščekivanje u vazduhu. Ljubav u vodi. A onda, jednog dana samo «izroni», ugleda svetlost dana. Pre tačno 365 dana, blog Swimming Dad je zvanično «zaplivao». Nisam ni slutio, šta sve može doneti voda u koju sam tada «uskočio». Bio je to čaroban trenutak, ali pun neizvesnosti, šta je sa one strane. Prvih godinu dana je proletelo. Kada sam počinjao ovu priču, želeo sam da vas motivišem da zaplivate, opustite se, prevaziđete strahove, zavolite vodu na jedan drugačiji način i uživate u njoj solo, ali i sa decom, porodicom kao što ja uživam sa svojom! Danas, kad pogeldam preplivane zajedničke kilometre, usavršene podvodne okrete, uz