Watch: What Was Swimming Like 100 Years Ago?

A few weeks ago I talked about how the Ojibwe Tribe helped to directly influence the development of the sport of swimming in the Western World, and that got me thinking. Do you know what swimming looked like close to 100 years ago? I did a little digging and I was able to find a video from 1933 from W.J. Howcroft (1875-1951). He is one of the first ever coaches who documented swimming through video, as well as wrote books about swimming technique, like Swimming for Speed- The Crawl Stroke. It’s fair to think of him as a precursor to people like Gary Hall Sr and The Race Club! If you’re interested in the changes and progression (or even just in seeing what a video from 1933 is like) check out the video below!