• SwimSwam Pulse: 61.8% Think 57 Gets Broken In Women’s 100 Back This Year

    Kaylee McKeown went sub-58 in the 100 back for the 28th time this week, while Regan Smith has done it 31 times. When will someone break 57?

  • OPINION: Behind All The Narcissism And Histrionics, The Enhanced Games Never Truly Had A Soul

    Ostentatiously hollow and extravagantly transient, the Enhanced Games weren’t really about sport – in truth, they weren’t really about much at all

  • THE PLUNGE: Maverick Swimmers, an Unlikely Quest, and the Transformative Power of Cold Water

    THE PLUNGE drops today, June 9th, from Simon & Schuster. Dive into this wild world here on SwimSwam with Chris Ballard’s book excerpt.

  • So, You Want to Be a Coach…

    Coaching is one of the best jobs in swimming, but it’s also one of the hardest. Here’s what I wish someone had told me when I started.

  • SwimSwam Pulse: Steenbergen Edges Moesch As Favorite To Break 100 Free World Record First

    Marrit Steenbergen became the first woman in history to go sub-52 multiple times in the 100 free last week, clocking 51.86 and 51.97 on the Mare Nostrum Tour.

  • Doral Swim Club’s Inaugural Meet Leaves South Florida Wanting More

    More Than Just a Meet: Doral Swim Club Takes Its Mark and Makes Its Mark.

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    No Club Team? No Problem: How High School Swimmers Can Use The Summer To Prepare for Next Season

    In a sport where so much attention is given to year-round training, many high school-only swimmers wonder if they are behind before the season even starts.

  • EDITORIAL: The Enhanced Games, A Drug Company Throwing A Pool Party And Calling It Sport

    It takes a particular kind of audacity to build a pharmaceutical funnel, stick a scoreboard on it, and call it the future of human achievement.