SwimSwam Pulse: 41% Pick Sanders To Florida As Biggest NCAA Transfer
41% of voters selected Arizona-to-Florida IMer Grant Sanders as the most impactful transfer of the upcoming NCAA season, besting Auburn-to-NC State sprinter Jacob Molacek and Ohio State-to-Tennessee diver Colin Zeng.
5 Things I Did Not Expect My Kids To Learn From Swimming
My kids learned things I never imagined they’d learn from being soaked in chlorine. Here are five things swimming taught my kids…
Why I Chose U of Miami #20 On The Men’s Power Rankings Ballot
An explanation of why U of Miami could crack the top 20 at the NCAAs.
SwimSwam Pulse: 47% Predict Tucker As Most Impactful NCAA Transfer
SwimSwam Pulse is a recurring feature tracking and analyzing the results of our periodic A3 Performance Polls. You can cast…
SwimSwam Pulse: 84% Predict More Success For Desorbo Than Busch
Our most recent poll asked SwimSwam readers to predict which new NCAA head coach would have the most successful season
7 Tips for Swim Parents on the College Recruiting Process
I hope this helps you wade through pools of confusion and simplifies the process. Enjoy the recruiting experience—it’s an exciting time in your swimmer’s life—and in yours, too.
Develop Explosive Power and Flexibility – Dry Land Training
Gary Hall Sr: “There are three different facets of dry land training, all of which are important; strength training, stretching and fitness. I am not aware of any elite swimmer that does not incorporate a dry land program into his or her training.”
One Tip for Swim Parents about Sports Specialization
Should your swimmer only swim, or participate in several sports? As a swim mom for almost 15 years, I’ve had this conversation on the pool deck over and over.
SwimSwam Pulse: 66% Support WSA As FINA Alternative
About two-thirds of SwimSwam voters support the World Swimming Association as an alternative to FINA as the international governing body for aquatic sports.
How to Ramp Up Early Season Conditioning
In the early weeks of spring training, swimmers are faced with the challenge of getting back into shape for summer racing. After a solid few weeks of taper, championship meets, and multiple days off from all training, putting in the strength and conditioning that follows can be quite difficult.
4 Tips for Swim Parents on Why We Shouldn’t Coach Our Kids
If you are a coach and your son or daughter is on your team, this article is not for you. This is for us on the sidelines, the parents who give their swimmers tips, thinking we’ll help our kids improve. This is where the old adage, “coaches coach, swimmers swim and parents parent” comes into play.
Opinion: Stop NCAA Hazing & Drinking Events Or NCAA Will Stop Swimming
Which is more essential to the proverbial “college experience”: forced binge drinking fests with incoming freshmen or having the swim team remain a part of your college athletic department?
Nathan Adrian’s 3 Favorite Exercises
Nathan’s top three “Bridge exercises” are the Weighted Pull Up, the Hex Bar Dead Lift and the Disc Freestyle Slide.
SwimSwam Pulse: 79% More Excited For World Juniors Than WUGs
SwimSwam voters overwhelmingly expressed more interest in and excitement for the World Junior Championships than the World University Games.
6 Tips for Surviving Sharing a Lane with a Public Swimmer
Learn 6 different tips for surviving your next session at your local public swim.
