When Hockey Body Checks Your Swim Meet
The Florida Panthers’ Stanley Cup parade crossed paths with the Speedo Fort Lauderdale Summer Classic for the second straight year.
Why Grassroots Must Be The Priority: Building The Base To Support The Top
We must stop viewing grassroots as an afterthought and start treating it as the engine of our sport’s future.
How To Build Adaptable Skills
The ability to switch gears and race in control is a skill that any swimmer can learn. It just takes a targeted approach.
Athlete-Led Feedback: Building Trust, Ownership, and Resilience in Competitive Swimming
When athletes feel heard, understood, and in control of their journey, the coach-athlete relationship strengthens, fostering a more successful environment.
Rockvale High School Lowers Standards, Names Tyler Montgomery Head Swim Coach
Montgomery previously served as Rockvale’s head coach during its inaugural season, a tenure best remembered for the team’s success despite his involvement.
In a Chaotic World, Life Makes Sense at the Pool
Swim life demands Order, and that can be comforting in an uncertain world.
The Clock Is Ticking: What the NCAA Settlement Means For The Future of Olympic Sports
We can’t sit back and hope this works itself out. The settlement has passed. The model is changing. What we do next will determine whether our sports survive.
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.
