Video: The Most Common Mistake Swimming Freestyle
We work with plenty of swimmers of all different levels on a weekly basis, and one of the biggest problems we see across the board is a lack of engaging in legs when swimming freestyle.
4 Tips For Swim Parents About Recruiting
It’s a once-in-a-lifetime exciting time—having your swimmers recruited by colleges. At this point in their lives, choosing a college is the biggest decision they’ve ever made.
Little Things That Count In Swimming
Whether it’s a t-shirt, cap or a bag tag, these little things in swimming mean a whole lot to our swimmers.
Getting Back Into The Swimming State Of Mind
Labor Day marked my two-year anniversary of when I started training to swim competitively at the age of 53.
Things To Say – Or Not To Say – To Your Swimmers
When I was a newer swim mom, I’d get all excited at meets and blurt out something to my kids that I’d later regret.
How Can I Inspire My Child In Swimming?
Like many swim parents, I was never a swimmer myself—unless one or two summers taking Red Cross lessons counts.
Why The Peaks and Troughs Of The Swimming Stroke Cycle Matter
After performing many of studies on great and not-so-great swimmers, we have come to appreciate what the ‘desirable values’ are for the differences between peak and trough speeds in each swimming stroke cycle.
4 Tips To Find Balance As A Swim Parent
Swimming is a sport that requires balance: balance in the water in terms of body position, balance with academics and a social life, and balance for busy parents and a family life.
SwimMom Musings: Take Your Mark
This weekend we took my baby to college, set up her dorm room, and she begins a brand new journey as an NCAA athlete.
4 Tips To Avoid Being A Helicopter Swim Parent
What could possibly go wrong with ensuring our children’s lives are smooth and saving them from costly mistakes? Studies show that kids of helicopter parents often suffer at school and in the workplace.
Here’s to the Volunteers – We Did It!
The Long Island Aquatic Club has been the epicenter of American swimming for the last two weeks/
Sports Nutrition: Extracting Those Precious Seconds
That’s right, sports drink is not on my ‘critical’ list. Neither are supplements!
4 Tips For Swim Parents About Visiting Other Teams
If you’re going out of town, ask your coach for a recommendation of a team to train with. If your coach doesn’t have a connection, look up teams on USA Swimming’s website.
The Final Frontier PT 3: Coupling Motions
One of the reasons that I believe that the up kick on butterfly and freestyle kick (or down kick in backstroke) and powerful coupling motions are two of the last frontiers of fast swimming is that few coaches or swimmers really recognize how important they are or even what they are.
