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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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Three Mistakes Swim Parents Should Never Make
June 29, 2018
Don’t bother to find out why — or what happened. After you’ve expressed your frustration about the coach to your swimmer, tell your child you’re going to have a word with the coach. During 15 years as a swim mom, I’ve watched parents make mistakes with the best of intentions. Maybe there are perfect swim parents […]
The Secret to a Perfect Push and Glide
June 25, 2018
To execute an awesome push and glide, swimmers must understand how deep they should go. In order to give you a solid answer on that, we need to explain a little bit about Force Plates. What is Normal ‘Ready’ Position? Normal “ready” position is defined as: Swimmers’ feet and knees are shoulder width apart, one hand should […]
Twelve Parent Tips on How to Behave at Swim Practice
June 24, 2018
Don’t compare your swimmer to others on the team. There’s no positive outcome for anyone by doing this. I will confess. I haven’t been the perfect swim parent. I’ve learned from my mistakes, plus from watching other parents. If you’re an involved swim parent, you’ve seen interesting days on the pool deck, with new parents and more […]
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Nine Things Parents of Distance Swimmers Know
June 17, 2018
As the parent of distance swimmers, my days at meets are decidedly different from parents of sprinters. I’ll admit that I look at them with a touch of envy as they cheer for a 50 or 100. They may experience the same anxiety I do during races, but for them it’s over so quickly! They […]
Are You a Supportive or Overly-Involved Swim Parent?
June 12, 2018
Don’t wait at the blocks for your swimmer to finish the race so you can give your critique before he or she talks to the coach. There is a fine line we parents walk on the pool deck. We want to be supportive of our kids who love swimming and pursue the sport. But where […]
You Need Strength
June 11, 2018
In our youth, strength opportunity comes a little more naturally. As adults, we become really good at excuses and almost begin to fear being strong. I’m going to hit you with some tough love today. You need strength.  Now I’m not saying you need to be strong like 100 Spartans. I’m not saying you need […]
The Heart Behind the Swim Coach
June 6, 2018
For a swimmer to become brave, they must be faced with challenges and  to become resilient they must fail. And throughout their journey a strong level of respect for themselves and others is formed. Coaching- we do it out of love, out of passion and sacrifice many things for the belief that we are making […]
Five Ways to Improve Your Swimming Stamina
June 5, 2018
To start cross-training for swimming, add some upper body weight, core, and back exercises to your strength-training routine. One of the real assets of any professional swimmers is their swimming stamina. Your swimming stamina supplies the adequate energy and strength needed, so that you can easily perform intense training for long periods of time (while, […]
Ten Tips to Improve Parent-Coach Relationships
May 31, 2018
Be a role model for newer swim parents and don’t be that parent, the one who drives coaches crazy. Most of us are dedicated, hard-working parent volunteers who live, breathe and love swimming. “Parents today are out of control,” say a number of swim coaches. Don’t get me wrong; club coaches do appreciate us. They […]
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Swim Mom, 8-Year-Old Teach Marine Lessons on Toughness
May 31, 2018
Barrel-chested Frog Aquatics founder touched by club members' bouts with cancer
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