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While commonly enjoyed recreationally, swimming is a highly-competitive sport that tests the speed, strength, and skill of athletes through a variety of individual and team events. Race finishes often come down to just a fingertip as competitors use a variety of swimming strokes (dictated by the event category), including freestyle (front crawl), backstroke, butterfly, and breaststroke.

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Breaking Down the Three Coaching Styles: Which Works Best for You?
February 13, 2019
Although this may be exactly what is needed for beginners and swimmers without much insight into the sport, this could hinder the success for experienced athletes. Throughout any swimmer’s career, they will encounter many different types of coaches with differing coaching styles. A healthy coach-athlete relationship is crucial for success, but this is only possible […]
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10 Minutes a Day for Happier Parents and Swimmers
February 3, 2019
Writing about why the positive events in your life happened may seem awkward at first, but please stick with it for one week. It will get easier. I discovered a simple exercise that can help us—and our kids—with our mental well-being and happiness. Our kids work hard every day to improve technique, speed and endurance. […]
What’s the Point of Rotating in Freestyle?
January 31, 2019
Another way to think of rotation is like a washing machine. At the end of a washing cycle, the washer spins the clothes super fast to help whick away water from the clothes. All swimmers have heard the words: “rotate more” during their Freestyle. As coaches, we can definitely see when a swimmer is swimming […]
The Swim Start: How to Create Explosiveness off the Blocks
January 25, 2019
There are several variables in the block phase, the most important being a good stable setup on the block to allow for the most powerful take-off. In any timed event the start is a critical component to the perfect race. This is especially true if we consider the start in any sprint event. A slow, or […]
Swimming … What I Know Now
January 18, 2019
Coaches, athletes and officials should never underestimate the power and influence kindness can be for others, especially when we truly never know what an individual may be going through. I never knew that when I jumped into the pool for the first time at age 5 that swimming would have such a profound and lifelong […]
Three Pros and Cons of Small and Large Teams
January 17, 2019
There may not be the bond of a small team where all the swimmers know each other, their siblings and parents. When parents are researching teams for their kids, there are many factors to consider. One is location, the coaches, if the team’s goals and objectives match their swimmer’s — and also the size of […]
How Your Dryland Training Can Take Your Performance to the Next Level
January 15, 2019
Our bodies are designed to move in all different directions, yet over time we start to sit more and move less. As swimmers look ahead to the new year of training and racing, they look for ways to take those experiences to the next level. The obvious place to start, and most commonly seen around […]
What Makes a Race Good?
January 11, 2019
Close races, comebacks, back and forth relays. These types of things make the race itself compelling. Uncertainty about the outcome throughout makes a race exciting. Last Friday, SwimSwam published our Swammy Awards Top 10 Swims of the Year. The number one race was the men’s medley relay at the Asian Games. In a year when so […]
Inspiring Swimmers … and Testing Limits
January 10, 2019
“To inspire swimmers and test limits successfully, you have to create a group culture looking for certain goals.” Inspiration and motivation to complete a task in swimming, indeed life, can come from many different sources. It can come from within, a family member, coach, teammates or some other external source. Once swimmers are inspired to […]
Yoga for Swimmers: How to Increase Shoulder Mobility
January 6, 2019
This sequence can be done before practice to increase range of motion. It can also be used after a practice to stretch out the shoulders allowing for more effective recovery. The development of shoulder mobility is an important element of a swimming-specific yoga practice. Many swimmers have extremely tight shoulders, which limits their range of […]
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