9 Basics to Great Swim Parenting
Looking at the big picture of swim parenting—or being involved in any sport—is to allow our kids to experience and learn life lessons with supervision in a structured environment.
Shouts From the Stands: Tidy Up for Championship Season
Tidy up where you can. Make a little mental space for good thoughts and great swims.
Shouts From the Stands: Will Swimming Change …
These are my own attempts at innovation. I would like to hear others too!
Further Questioning the Kick in Swimming
I hope (this) causes you, comrades and friends, to reconsider the erroneous view that kicking is the ‘engine’ of the strokes mentioned above; instead, it evidently serves as an equipoise to the true motor – the arms.
Where Are the Swim Spectators?
Do other conferences lack swim fans from the general public, too?
Shouts from the Stands: One More Meet
For the next few days, I will cheer from the stands, offer no coaching advice, and watch as this chapter of our family journey closes and look forward to the journeys ahead.
Shouts from the Stands: I’ll Know When They’re 30
My job as a youth coach is to build outstanding character atop the platform of competitive sports. I will know how well they have absorbed the lessons learned in competitive sports when they reach 30 years of age, and I’ll know how well I’ve done as their coach, too.
Alvaranga Dominates at Jamaica’s National Age Group Championships
Kaizen Swim Club’s Zaneta Alvaranga (13-14 girls) was responsible for breaking nine (9) records at the four day event, while Nathaniel Thomas (13 -14 boy) of Tornados Swim Club was the leading record breaker on the boys’ side with five (5) records.
Northview Vikings Swim Team Needs Parkas
The students fundraised for parkas themselves, but they’ve fallen short of their fundraising goal. Most likely, their families and friends don’t have the ability to support them in this effort.
More Than a Title: 200 IM Celebrates Family at Virginia State Meet
The boy’s 200 IM at the Virginia 6A state championships on Friday night wasn’t the fastest event at the meet. I knew that 200 IM race was something that I would never forget for the rest of my life.
Williams Claims 17th NESCAC Title with Close Win over Tufts
Contributed by Robert Reiser 2019 NESCAC CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS February 21st-24th, 2019 Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont Teams: Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Colby,…
Williams Men Lead NESCAC Championships After Day 3
Saturday night would yield clarity — the team scoring would become clearer, a number of candidates would drop out of the Swimmer of the Meet race, and NCAA qualifying times would be achieved at the 2019 NESCAC Championships.
Williams College Opens Up 57-Point Lead on Day 2 of Men’s NESCACs
A 1-2-3 finish in the 500 free helped spur the Williams men to a 57-point day 2 lead at NESCACs.
NESCAC Day 1: Williams Claims Early Lead with 800 Free Relay Victory
Williams was through the halfway point in 3:18 with a body length lead, followed by Amherst and Connecticut and Tufts in a virtual tie.
2019 NESCAC Conference Championships – Men’s Preview
On paper, the 2019 NESCAC men’s championship appears to be a battle between Tufts and Williams.