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10 Lies Swimmers Tell Their Coaches When They Cheat

Here are 10 lies swimmers tell coaches when they cheat. We all know these people; just don’t try to borrow our examples.

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Trent Grimsey’s Top Three Tips for Open Water Efficiency

Trent Grimsey: “The three biggest areas you need to master if you want to become as efficient as possible in the open water are body position, sighting and breathing.”

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SwimOutlet.com Gold Medal Delivery Starring Brent Hayden

Extending into Canada, SwimOutlet.com launches their latest Gold Medal Delivery Video featuring Canadian Swim Star Brent Hayden.

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5 Things to Discuss With Your Swimmer About College

5 things swim parents need to discuss with their swimmers about college recruiting.

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10 Things You Only See at a Para Swim Meet

Paralympic swimmers have the same objective as any other swimmer: to get to the wall first. But there are also some very exclusive things you won’t see at any other type of swim competition…

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Swimmer’s Chapel to Utilize LifeChurch’s Online Messages

Swimmer’s Chapel will utilize LifeChurch’s online messages to bring spiritually uplifting messages to the swimming community online starting now.

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Katie Hoff out of competition for summer after surgery

Olympic medalist Katie Hoff’s summer season has come to a close after surgery.

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26 Tips to Help Swim Coaches to Avoid Boring Routines

The current ease with which young people can choose to participate in other, more entertaining activities should encourage us to seek strategies capable of helping them to choose the sport of swimming. 26 strategies are listed here.

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8 Tips for Triathlon Parents

Monique McDonough is a 5-time Ironman finisher who juggles parenthood, training, and a full-time job as a consultant.

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Shouts from the Stands: Freedom, and how I became the fastest dad in America

In the spirit of our Founding Fathers who wanted the Independence and Freedom to experiment with better practices, I hope you can learn something from my last year’s journey of life, liberty and the pursuit of happy swimming.

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Shark Attack Drill

Shark Attack has many of the same benefits as standard Tarzan drill but to amplified effect due to the heightened threat of sinking when only pulling with one arm.

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10 Swimming Patches for Swim Parents

There are so many cool patches for the swimmers, my question is “Where’s the Love for the Swim Parents?” Here are my 10 suggestions for Swim Parent Patches.

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‘Why we love Virginia Swimming’ – a message from Virginia’s Class of 2019

In light of a few recent allegations and related negative press regarding the University of Virginia men’s swim team, we, the incoming men’s Class of 2019, want to share our perspective.

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College Recruiting: There is Nothing Magic About July 1

Don’t panic if you have not received a ton of calls on July 1. This is only the first day that D-I coaches are “allowed” to start making calls.

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Trojan Swimmers Pinzon and Dvariskyte Make A Very Funky Couple

“We met a year ago and it was love at first sight. Rami was quite upfront about it, she was actually the one that asked me out. We went for sushi after a swim,” Omar recalls.

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