williamtrubridge2 minA plea to FreeJuicersFor those looking for gossip or scandal I’m sorry to disappoint: this post won’t out any athletes, or point a finger. I spend most of my...
williamtrubridge2 minOxygen - a memoir by William TrubridgeThe following is an excerpt from my autobiography, published in 2017. It's available for purchase as an ebook from Amazon, and in...
williamtrubridge7 minMental Techniques for 102 metersIt was the first CNF dive beyond halfway into Dean's Blue Hole. 55 of my body lengths, or 9 meters more than the height of the Statue of...
williamtrubridge3 minTeachersWe stand on the shoulders of our forbears (especially the shoulders of whoever first spoke those words). As a toddler learning to swim...
williamtrubridge7 minThe BreatheupOne of my pet worries as a freediver is that someone will call me out, and say “I heard you can hold your breath for eight minutes. Go on...
williamtrubridge2 minDread, and other stimuliDear weakest link, Today I discovered who you are and where you live. Rest assured that I'm going to be coming round very often from now...
williamtrubridge3 minThe bane of 'natural ability'10/10/2010 I once heard an anecdote about Russian trainers screening children to become gymnasts. They asked them all to jump off the...
williamtrubridge3 minConfidence 5/5/2008 Every athlete will have experienced the day where, from the moment you wake up, each smallest thing that happens seems designed...