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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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Another School Year, Another Opportunity for Greatness
August 26, 2018
Going back to school is tough. It means having to work extra hard in every aspect of your life as a student-athlete, but it also means that you are presented with another opportunity for greatness. Going back to school can be tough for swimmers. It means walking into your first day of school with dripping […]
Four Negative Thoughts to Avoid for the First Day of Practice
August 24, 2018
How you perform in the water on day one is going to be way different than on the last day of the championship season. Things will get better as time moves on. When going into the new season, what is the first thing you think of? What is your coach going to think of? It’s […]
‘Not Tired’: Motivation and Perseverance
August 23, 2018
Our coach may have been the catalyst, but we were the swimmers who kept the reaction going. Spectators at the 2018 Indiana High School State Boys’ Swimming Championship back in February may have seen some kids decked out in blue and gold, waving signs that said: “NOT TIRED.” Those same spectators might have wondered what […]
Where Did All the Parent Volunteers Go?
August 21, 2018
One of the reasons why people don’t volunteer is that they’re unsure of what’s required of them. And sometimes it takes too much effort on their part to get information. There’s been a downward trend in volunteerism the past decade. Each year we have fewer and fewer parents stepping up to help youth sports, schools […]
What Losing Swimming Taught Me
August 21, 2018
Swimming gave me so many of the amazing things I have today. I have been taught so many lessons that I wouldn’t have learned otherwise. In mid-November of 2017, I shared a piece about how my epilepsy diagnosis affected my swimming career. I had just suffered from my first grand mal seizure, but my doctors believed […]
Balancing Swimming and Academics
August 19, 2018
Instead of waiting for the fire to be out of control, spot the trouble patches early and reach out to your coach or teachers and let them know that you need some help. With another school year here – seriously, where did this year go? – comes another bout of the juggling that happens between […]
A College Dream Team
August 16, 2018
Every team my daughter has swam for made service a part of team experience. It was Kennedy who said, “To whom much is given, much is required.” Service builds character. This one is for all the amazing college swimmers headed back to the NCAA or NAIA for a new season. Some of you are starting […]
What Injuries Do Competitive Divers Face?
August 16, 2018
Many divers diet in order to be lean and muscular, but restricting calories also can lead to low energy, fatigue and an increased injury rate. Competitive divers face a high risk of injuring their shoulders, back, elbows, wrists and other body parts, according to a paper by a Loyola Medicine sports medicine physician. “Even when a dive […]
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Five Strength Training Exercises to Improve Swimming Performance
August 13, 2018
Weight training is often a highly debated topic in the world of swimming. While there is no clear-cut right or wrong answer to whether or not weights are beneficial for developing swimmers, many year-round programs don’t even use weight training. Therefore, swimmers typically are not exposed to the weight room until college. For college swimmers, weight training […]
Proper Body Alignment Leads to Faster Swimming
August 8, 2018
Here’s the kicker though — human muscle sinks and fat floats. So if you’re a more built swimmer, it’ll be harder for you to keep yourself up at the surface versus someone who spends less time at the gym. Proper Body Alignment leads to faster swimming — but how exactly do you do it? In […]
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