Scared of Swimming in the Ocean: Don’t Let Your Fears Hold You Back
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My Favorite Swim Team Prep Drill for Butterfly
It’s no secret butterfly can be a challenging stroke for any swimmer, regardless of the level. It’s imperative to break the butterfly stroke down piece by piece and simply think about one aspect of the stroke at a time.
5 Ways Parents Can Help Handle Conflicts
Here are five tips to use at the pool and in other areas of your life with coaches, teachers and other parents.
Shout From The Stands: My Second Home
The pool is what my team bonds over, the love for swimming holding us together as a swim family, which I affectionately refer to as my “second family.” It might be a pool to anyone else, but to me, it is my second home.
FINA to extend Convention partnership with TritonWear
FINA is delighted to announce TritonWear will continue as an Event Partner for the 5th FINA World Aquatics Convention, to be held at Intercontinental Hangzhou, China, 8–10 December 2018.
From Swim Mom to Scilly Swimmer
How did one of my fellow Southern California swim moms find herself 35 miles off the coast of Cornwall, UK, swimming 15K and walking 10K through the Isles of Scilly?
Teaching America’s WWII Navy Fighter Pilots to Swim
When Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941, most Americans did not know how to swim. That fateful December morning, the future of swimming changed when the war moved from the sea to the skies.
I Am A Swam Mom
As of this morning, I am no longer a swim mom. I know it seems trivial to say. How can something my children do identify me so much? But here I sit, with alligator tears in my eyes, knowing I will never watch my children swim another competitive race again. It’s killing me.
What We Can Learn from Sam Darnold’s Parents
Although most of us do not have children with Sam’s natural talent, we can learn a lot from how his parents let him be a kid.
3 Ways For Swim Parents To Make The Last Year Count
“I tell my swimmers to try for best times and leave on a high note their senior year,” said Tim Hill, a coach with more than 30 years experience at the club and collegiate level.
The Myth of Triathlon Swimming: Swimming is Swimming
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SwimMom Musings: Crazy Love
To become a leader in this sport and to inspire others to pursue the dream, swimming needs athletes with a “Crazy Love.”
6 Things Parents Like to Do at Meets
Some parents love meets, while others not so much. Here’s are six ways to get more enjoyment out of swim meets.
Are You Strong Enough?
Goals are important, but we already know that strength alone is not the answer. Yes, strength plays an important role in the big picture, but what are the building blocks of the bigger picture itself, and what does it actually take to be a strong swimmer?
FINIS Set of the Week: Longhorn Strength
This week’s set mixes in a little dry land work for an added strength element. All dryland elements can be modified to meet the specifics of your pool – the real work lies in getting out of the pool after each 25 and completing some form of body weight exercise.
