7 Tips to Develop Mental Toughness for Swimmers
Elite swimmers don’t just swim faster, they swim tougher. Here are 7 tips for increasing mental toughness with your athletes.
Why Not Dream a Little Bigger?
Today a swimmer will make the decision to be better than they were yesterday in the pool. Will that swimmer be you?
This Is How Fast Katie Ledecky Swims in Practice
Think you have what it takes to race Katie Ledecky? Here is what the greatest active swimmer on the planet does in practice.
How to Make the Most of Your Swim Meet Warm-Up
Make the most of your training on race day with this proven way to supercharge your warm-up so that your hard work shows up at race time.
Power Up Your Kick with the Zona Kick Drill
Ready to ditch the kickboard? Develop a more balanced freestyle kick with the Zona kick drill, which will challenge you in a myriad of ways.
7 Quotes to Help Swimmers Get Focused
Having troubled concentrating on what matters with your swimming? Here are 7 quotes to help you get focused and back on track.
5 Quick Tips for a More Explosive Swim Start
The idea behind having a good start is simple: you want to carry a shocking amount of speed into the water, through your breakout, and explode up into the swimming portion of the race.
The Swimmer’s Guide to Punching Fear of Failure in the Face
If you knew that you couldn’t fail, what would you do with your swimming? Here are 8 strategies for defeating the fear of failure for swimmers.
The Short Term Benefits of Working Hard at Practice
The long term benefits of working hard in the pool are frequently discussed and well known. Here are 3 short term ways that hard work benefits us.
7 Ways to Swim Fearlessly in 2016 and 2017
Is fear holding you back from achieving your potential in the pool? Here are 7 tips to swim fearlessly in 2016-2017.
How to Have Better “Bad” Swim Practices
We all have ’em. Those workouts where nothing seems to go your way. Here is how to make the most of those sessions in the pool.
Are You Swimming Faster in Practice than Competition? Here’s Why.
It can be infuriating and mystifying for swimmers to swim faster in practice than competition. Here is the simple reason for why this happens.
5 Things My Swim Coach Told Me That Apply in Real Life
The sport of swimming will teach you a lot over the course of your life. From how to deck change to be able to MacGyver a set of Swedish goggles thirty seconds before you have to be up on the blocks. Here are some of the life-lasting lessons that your swim coach will remind you about over your career.
The Improvement You Want Isn’t in the Pool
Want to boost your performance in the pool? Here’s how to do it without swimming a single extra meter or yard.
How to Be More Consistent in Practice
You won’t always be the most talented or the fastest swimmer in the pool. But you can be the most…