Shouts From The Stands: Advice To Incoming Freshman
You’re excited. You’re nervous. You’re anxious. You’re happy. You’re sad. There’s very few times in your life that you’re going to feel all of the conflicting emotions all at the same time again.
12 Signs Your Child Is Passionate About Swimming
Thankfully, swimming is sport that can last a lifetime. If a child is truly passionate about swimming, they will swim through grade school, high school, college and beyond in masters and open water swimming.
SwimSwam Pulse: Direct Finals Access Most Unpopular World Cup Changes
SwimSwam voters overwhelmingly pointed to direct finals access for major medalists as the most disliked World Cup format change, with almost half of votes going for that rules update.
6 Tips on How to Be a Happy Swim Parent
We need to be encouraging when things aren’t going so swimmingly. I truly believe if we enjoy the process, our kids will, too.
World Swimming Association To Hold Constitutional Convention In D.C.
The World Swimming Association Will Hold Its Constitutional Convention on Friday, September 1, 2017 in Washington, DC, USA, at the Washington Hilton from 3:00-8:00 p.m., in conjunction with the 2017 ASCA World Clinic.
At Swimming Worlds, Hungary Deserves Biggest Gold Of All
The World Championships came to a close earlier this month and it always takes a week or two to reflect back and absorb some of the great performances that we witnessed, along with the event’s overall impact on the sport and the global sporting landscape.
Step Up Your Backstroke Rotation (Video)
Watch world champion Junya Koga performing the body rotation backstroke swimming drill, you will see how powerful the body rotation can be when coupled with the kick or the pull.
Importance of a Taper Phase in Dryland Training
During the crucial weeks and days leading up to swim meets, swimmers should properly implement a taper phase in their dryland training to optimize performance on race day.
SwimSwam Pulse: Voters Narrowly Pick Sjostrom’s WR Over Peaty’s
SwimSwam voters narrowly picked Sarah Sjostrom’s 100 free world record as more impressive than Adam Peaty’s 50 breast world record.
Freestyle Flip Turn: Why The Breakout Matters
A bad breakout can easily transform a good turn into a….not-so-good one. There are several important elements to performing a great freestyle breakout.
SwimSwam Pulse: 45% Predicted 50 Free World Record
Our last poll asked readers to weigh in on which 2009 world record was most likely to finally fall in Budapest. Always on the money, SwimSwam voters correctly predicted the two records that actually did fall, with 45% of votes going to the women’s 50 free and almost 39% to the women’s 100 back.
Should You Have A Late Breath In Butterfly
With the late breath the head is kept in the tucked down position as long as possible, rather than lifting it early and holding it up longer.
“We Have Always Done It That Way”
“We have always done it that way”, is a phrase I have heard uttered far too often by coaches in response to a challenge of their training methods.
SwimSwam Pulse: 63% Predict Quadruple Gold For Sjostrom
Almost two-thirds of voters predicted that Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom would win four gold medals at the 2017 World Championships.
