Articles by SwimSwam Contributors

Shouts From The Stands: Why Feminists Should Be Excited About Stanford

Stanford Women’s Swimming just accomplished their most successful season to date. They claimed this year’s D1 National Championship Title along with an undefeated season, coach of the year award, academic all American status, and a handful of American Records.

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How To Start The New Season Strong

When starting out a new season, it is important that the past is not forgotten.

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TritonWear Analysis: 2017 Men’s NCAA Championships 200 IM

Ryan Murphy, Mark Szaranek and Will Licon battle neck and neck for the NCAA 200 IM title!

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FINIS Set Of The Week: Hitting Your Taper Perfectly

The key during taper is to remember everyone is DIFFERENT! No two swimmers are the same, therefore need rest a specific way and manner.

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Are the NCAA’s Overhyped?

Courtesy of Barry Revzin A now infamous comment in an early live recap post suggested that the NCAAs are overhyped….

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Use Your Food For Recovery

One of the most important factors in sustained athletic success is understanding recovery. There are many components to improving your recovery time from training that can really up you’re A game.

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Video: Swim Breaststroke Like Roger Federer

Breastroke is one of those drills that requires finesse. Here at Phlex, we sleep in a bed of finesse.

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My Biggest Competitor Is Myself

As a collegiate swimmer, your conference meet—besides NCAAs—is the most important meet of the season. It is exciting, nerve-racking, stressful, and fun.

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Video: Michael Phelps Secret Weapon

We decided to make a video about a company that has gone above and beyond the basic design for the strength paddle. Just so happens to be Michael Phelps’ MP paddle.

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What Are Your Top 5 Go To Exercises For Race Day Success?

Have you ever started a practice and your shoulder felt a little off? Chances are this has happened in your swimming career.

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Mothering A Champion – Christina Cooper Dressel

Author Eney Jones takes us up-close and personal with Christina Cooper Dressel, mother of Olympic Champion Caeleb Dressel.

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Benin, The Swimming Capital Of West Africa

As a competitive swimmer in my youth and now a swim instructor, I dream of one day living in a…

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Are You A Path A Or Path B Swimmer?

At all of our Race Club camps, we discuss with swimmers and their parents the importance of knowing what path the swimmer is on. Surprisingly, many don’t really know.

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5 Ways Parents Can Help Their Swimmers’ Performance

If we—or our children—have self-defeating words bouncing through our brains, those negative and destructive thoughts need to be changed.

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Exploring India – Swimming’s Next Emerging Market – With Nisha Millet

By Matt Rees It’s a question that swim geeks occasionally like to debate: “Will there be a time when swimmers simply…

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