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Cornell’s Jack Brenneman Shares Tips For Recovery During Training Trip

It that time of the year again, winter training trip season, where teams travel to warmer locations to enjoy the sun and put in some quality training time to boot.

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BYU Serves In Puerto Rico During Winter Training Trip

Members of the BYU’s swim and dive team headed to Puerto Rico, Wednesday Dec. 27, for its winter training camp but is also spending time helping the community after Hurricane Maria destroyed most of the country earlier this fall.

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3 Tips to Help Swim Parents Deal with the Dreaded Plateau

The plateau for a swimmer can be a scary time. No matter what your swimmer does, he or she doesn’t drop time. Here are three tips to help your swimmer make it through a plateau…

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Blakeley Bunch Finds Balance In Year-Round Athletics

When Huntsville Swim Association Assistant Coach Blakeley Bunch talks about flourishing at the grueling sport of year-round swimming, the former Auburn University star athlete points to discovering balance.

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Kevin Ankrom Named USA Diving High Performance Director

USA Diving announced today that Kevin Ankrom has been named the national governing body’s High Performance Director.

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How Swimming Helps With Anxiety Management

10 words from a doctor completely suffocated me in the deep end: I want you to give up swimming for a while. No, I said. What do you mean, give up swimming?

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How One-Arm Backstroke Drill Increases Power and Reduces Frontal Drag

World Champion Junya Koga demonstrates the one arm backstroke drill. This swim drill enables the swimmer to isolate the movement and position of the arm during the entry and underwater pull.

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Give Your Kids a Gift to Last a Lifetime

Swimming saves lives. How many other sports can say that? According to the USA Swimming Foundation, “drowning is the 2nd leading cause of unintentional injury death, with the highest rates among children ages 1-4.”

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Teaching Age Group Swimmers Proper Pace Control & Race Strategy

Pace control is certainly one of the most important skills but also most overlooked areas in teaching nine year old or older age group swimmers.

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First Outcomes From Russia Implementation Group Announced

A number of issues related to athletes from Russia eligible to participate in the upcoming Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang were tabled when the IOC’s Olympic Athlete from Russia Implementation Group (OARIG) convened in Lausanne earlier this week. 

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2 Great Ways to Test your Breaststroke Kick

There are two simple tests to evaluate your swimmers’ mobility and potential to kick breaststroke fast. See them here…

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IOC Sanctions 11 Russians As Part of Oswald Commission Findings

Today, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has published 11 new decisions from the Oswald Commission hearings, which are being conducted in the context of the Sochi 2014 forensic and analytic doping investigations.

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Dayton Swimmers Present Coaches With Funny Christmas Tree Gift

Dayton Raider swimmers came up with a creative idea when it came to gifting their coaches this season. 

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Virginia Tech’s Caroline Buscaglia Receives 1A FAR Academic Honor

Virginia Tech had 10 student-athletes across eight sports who received 2017 1A FAR Academic Excellence Awards as handed out by the 1A FAR organization, comprised of faculty athletics representatives from NCAA Division I FBS institutions.

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Oakland Brings In 10 Recruits For 2018-19 Season

Oakland swimming and diving head coach Pete Hovland announced Thursday the addition of 10 student-athletes during the fall signing period.

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