Shouts from the Stands: The Story Behind the Coach
Working full time with these kids makes me realize how much they feel like family to me. Their struggles have also become mine.
SwimMom Musings: The Great Wide Somewhere
Sometimes life takes us on a detour so we can follow the path we were destined to travel all along. Maybe it has happened to you …
Embracing Defeat: You Either Win or You Learn
if you lose…it’s just an opportunity to go about it differently next time around. Always be prepared to learn… no matter what.
7 Tips for Parents on Preparing for Target Meets
We can’t control how fast our kids swim or who is in the lane next to them. But there are a few things we can do to help make meets a success.
Reframe the Learning Process: Level Up Your Athletes’ Training
Educators are reframing learning processes to be “challenge based; learning focused” instead of “result based; work focused.”
A Day in the Life of Swimmer Turned Coach
I lay in my bed and contemplate whether to actually get up or not, I eventually do because I have to swim as well as coach.
Your One Year Countdown to the Swimming Olympics in Tokyo
We’ve hit the one-year countdown mark. The first swimming event at the Tokyo Summer Olympics will splash down in one year.
Statistical Analysis: How Fast is Adam Peaty’s World Record?
On Sunday, Adam Peaty became the first man to break 57 seconds in the 100 breaststroke. Could a swimmer be capable of a similar performance in another event?
Ask Swim Mom: My Son Hasn’t Been Recruited Yet
I’m concerned because my son who is a good swimmer, hasn’t gotten any offers from colleges, but his friends have already committed.
Which Super-Suited Records Can Be Broken? Tier 1
Our series counts down the supersuited world records most and least likely to be broken. We wrap up with Tier 1: the records that are probably going to fall.
Which Super-Suited Records Can Be Broken? Tier 2
We’re counting down the remaining super-suited world records from least to most breakable. Today: Tier 2 – the records that could fall soon.
Swim Mom Musings: What the Soccer Championship Does for Girls & Women in Sports
The USA Women’s Soccer team won another championship. The media coverage and aftermath propels girls and women who compete foreword in so many ways.
The Silver Lining of Missing Goals
Out of all the life lessons our children learn from swimming, one of the greatest is picking themselves up and trying again after not making a goal.
Shouts from the Stands: What is Developing the WHOLE PERSON?
Coaches talk about developing not only the athlete, but the WHOLE PERSON. Have you ever sat back and thought about what that meant?
Glory Days – Four Amigos Reunite by Jim Dickson (Record Holder)
Well, here we are–The 4 Amigos – still holding an Northern Virginia Swim League record 11-12 Boys 100YD medley relay set in the summer of 1963.
