Why Can’t We Live Without Swim Dads? They Help Keep Our Teams Afloat
Every day, dads are in the swim of things, making life better, especially at the pool.
Is Youth Swimming Becoming Too Expensive for the Average Family?
If we want to save swimming from becoming a sport only for the wealthy, we need to change the way we define success.
Summer Season: A Time for Transitions
The training schedule intensifies, but as the days grow longer and the sun beats stronger, other meaningful changes are on the horizon.
Olympic Sports, This Is Your Second Wake-Up Call. Don’t Hit Snooze Again.
If Olympic sports don’t act now, we may not be part of what comes next.
White Water Method: More Butterfly ‘Pop’
‘Pop’ is a combination of skill, power, and rhythm that needs to be trained both in and out of the pool to improve its effectiveness.
Opening The Teacher Toolbox Part II: Formative Assessment, Coach Feedback That Sticks
Embrace the idea that coaching is teaching, and practice as an opportunity for continuous assessment and improvement.
Save Swimming: Raise The Bar For Coaches
2025 swim coach compensation survey data and a message for USA Swimming.
Flowing Between Cultures, At Home In Water
At 95, Joy Tsuzuki recently became the first swimmer, male or female, to compete in the Masters 95-99 age group in New Jersey.
Opening the Teacher Toolbox: Scaffolding and Differentiation in Swim Coaching
As coaches, we need to meet our swimmers where they are, scaffold them to where they need to go, and never stop learning yourself.
Paradigms and Narratives: The Stories We Tell Ultimately Repel
If there exists a bright future for swimming in the modern United States, we can no longer accept, foster, or reinforce our current narrative.
The Imperative – Improved Technique Development: Volume 3
Swimmers. Coaches. Parents. Organizations. The time has come for a new narrative—and a new developmental model.
The Fastest Heats In History Part II: 100 Butterfly
Caeleb Dressel and Kristof Milak produced two of the fastest swims in history in the Olympic final in 2021, with Dressel breaking the world record.
Repetition Is Our Nemesis: Inconvenient Considerations For A Healthier Sport
If we want to build athletes who are not just fast, but resilient, healthy, and passionate for the long haul, we must rethink how we prescribe repetition.
The Imperative – Improved Technique Development: Volume 2
Volume 2 dives into skill automation, re-automation and skill layering.
USA Diving President Lee Michaud Issues Response To Open Letter
The USA Diving President publicly responds to criticisms of the organization made by former NCAA diver David Hoffer last month.
