The 8 Most Common Swimmer Stereotypes – DEBUNKED!
Like any other sport, swimmers are one of a kind. We fade into the background, pursuing a sport no one knows much about, leaving much about our lives to speculation. Here are 8 common assumptions people make about swimmers…
6 Reasons Setback is Exactly What You Needed
It doesn’t get much worse than feeling like you trained the entire season for no reason. Before you beat yourself up about it for three weeks….that bad championship meet is going to turn into something much bigger and better than what it seems to be.
A Letter To My Coach as a Graduating Senior
I don’t think I’ve said enough. Not that I didn’t complain, because I’ve done plenty of that. Rather that I’ve never told you how much it all means to me. How much you mean to me.
7 Struggles of the Off Season Swimmer
#4 – Training Guilt, one of the seven struggles of the off season swimmer.
A Letter To My Younger Teammates
I know it feels like it’s never going to end. Taking the same drive, to that same pool, to practice with the same people every single day. But please listen to me when I tell you to make the most of it, because it’s going to fly by.
6 Ways to Keep Warm this Swim Season
There have been countless moments in which I have wondered who decided to make swimming a winter sport. Most of these thoughts have taken place while speed-walking to my car on a cold January/February night as my hair freezes to ice.
A Letter to my Closest Teammate
Swim Friends Definition: 2 aquatic athletes bound by the mutual experience of pain, and the mutual respect for the others perseverance through long swim practices, often in highly chlorinated pools, on nights when their other friends were out at parties.
You Finished Swim Practice and You Are Starving
Courtesy of Swimtern Bryana Cielo, a high school swimmer with an opinion shared 15,000+ times on Facebook.
Dear Swimming, The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me
“I held onto you because no matter how much you broke me down, you’ve made me so much stronger emotionally, intellectually, and academically. And I wouldn’t trade that strength for anything.”
12 Athletes Candidly Respond to “Do you think swimming is hard?”
Do you ever feel like swimming is underrated?
7 Must-Haves for Your College Recruiting Trip
Having just returned from my first recruiting trip, I figured I’d use my experience to help out a few fellow swimmers. If you’re having trouble packing, here’s your checklist:
9 Steps to Teaching Swim Lessons
Teaching a young child to swim can be challenging. Here are my nine steps to teaching swim lessons.
