Articles by SwimSwam Contributors

Swimming Through Smoke

Michelle Rogalski recounts swimming around Alcatraz, the Golden Gate Bridge and Angel Island through the California smoke.

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D.C. Pools Reopen, But Swim Teams Still Unable To Hold Practice

While pools are open, individuals who want to use DPR pools can make an online reservation for a 45 minute time slot.

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Ask Swim Mom: My Parents Embarrass Me

“Although we want to be supportive and involved, there should be a limit to our involvement if we are negatively impacting our kids.”

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Shouts From The Stands: Numbers

In swimming, everything is measured by numbers. But ultimately they are far from what is most important.

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Making a Believer Out of Yourself

When you come to grips with the fact that we already bully ourselves, do athletes really need another voice that makes them feel marginalized and inadequate?

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How The ISL Would’ve Scored Last Season Under 2020 Rule Changes

Per the numbers, the new rule changes widen the gap between the strongest and the weakest teams.

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The New ISL Ratings System

One of the many changes coming to the second season of the International Swimming League will be a new swimmer rating system.

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Swim Mom: Coaches, Parents and Swimmers – Staying In Our Lanes

We’ve all heard that swimmers swim, parents parent and coaches coach, but what do these roles entail?

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Elements of a Training Set

To achieve its objective a set must contain four interconnected elements: technique, physiology, psychological skills and character development/life skills.

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SUNY Fredonia Swimming & Diving Team Works to Encourage Civic Engagement

The team has adopted a letter writing project that aims to motivate inactive voters across the country to get out and vote in the upcoming general election.

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Disruption, Sports and Pandemic: How Colleges Are Failing Student-Athletes

“The current educational/athletics model is broken and the overall well-being and mental health of students is the price that is being paid.”

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Swimming With Jerry

Mike Mulkey shares fond memories of his Mountain View Masters training mate, Jerry Rodder, who recently died.

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A Swim Coach’s Review of “Pretty Little Liars”

Rockvale High School coach Tyler Montgomery gives his humorous take on the swimming that goes on in “Pretty Little Liars”.

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She Swam For Greece

The Authentic Marathon Swim took place this past weekend to retrace history’s first recorded marathon from 480 B.C.

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Swim Mom Musings: Enough – Let Them Swim

“When will all we lose be too much to bear?”

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