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3 Proven Ways to Use Visualization to Swim Faster

Visualization is a proven tool you can use to swim faster in both practice and competition. Here is how to use it.

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A Swimmer’s Guide for Surviving and Dominating the Big Meet

You’ve put in the time at practice. Now it is time to put that work to use and swim out of your mind and faster than you ever have. Here is a quick field guide for mastering the environment and your performances at your next big meet.

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5 Things to Remember When Training with Swim Fins

Swim fins are one of the funnest tools in our mesh bags. Here are some tips for making the most of this popular tool for swimmers.

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7 Tips to Help You Get Ready for the Big Meet

With championship season right around the corner, here are 7 tips to sharpen and hone your mental game and preparation ahead of the big meet.

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7 Race Strategies to Confuse, Deflate, and Defeat the Competition

The meters and yards have been stocked up, the taper has gone well, and you executed a fantastic shave down (hardly any cuts!). Now all that remains is to get up on the blocks and unleash that bottled fury of talent and hard work you have been stockpiling over the previous few months.

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6 Hard Truths of Swimming Success

Success in the pool isn’t always as smooth and painless as we’d like it to be. Here are 6 hard truths of swimming success to take into next season.

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7 Life Lessons Swimmers Can Learn from John Wooden

Here are 7 life lessons swimmers can learn from legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden.

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How to Be a Better Swimmer In and Out of the Water

Swimming teaches us a lot. Besides how to excel at Sharks & Minnows (still my favorite as a fullyish grown adult), the sport gifts us patience, discipline, and the ability to eat like dump truck.

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6 Things Swimmers Need to Stop Telling Themselves

Successful swimmers realize the impact that excuses and self-talk has on their success. Here are 6 things that swimmers need to stop telling themselves.

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10 Tips for Making Your Tech Suit Last

Tech suits are not cheap. (Obvious statement.) Here are some easy things you can do to extend the hefty investment into your swimming.

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3 Reasons You Should Be Doing More Kick

A faster kick is an overlooked way to improve your overall swimming speed. Here are 3 reasons your kick can be the difference maker this season.

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5 Things to Tell Yourself After You Have a Bad Workout

We all have those stinky workouts in the pool where nothing goes right. Here are 5 questions to ask yourself the next you swim below expectations.

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The Swimmer’s Manifesto for Dominating the Pool in 2017

Ready to dominate the pool in 2017? Here is your guide to swimming your absolute best this year.

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9 Signs You Have a Swimmer’s Body

There are a ton of benefits for choosing swimming as your sport of choice, but probably none that serves our vanity quite as much as having a swimmer’s body.

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Hey Swimmers: Here’s How to Actually Keep Your Resolutions This Year

It’s 2017. Crazy! Here is how to actually keep the resolutions that you set for yourself this year.

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