9 Recruiting Tips From SwimSwam Readers
I was talking with a mom on our club team whose swimmer is beginning to look at colleges.
Retta Claus Is Back With Ideas For Swimmers On The ‘Nice’ List
Retta Claus has kept her eye out on gifts for that special swimmer in your life. Check them out while you still have shopping time!
The Final Year Of Swimming
It is 6:30 a.m. I am standing at the edge of the pool, looking down at my toes as they are lapped by the clear, cool water. Thirty minutes ago, I rolled out of bed to the sound of my alarm clock shrilling above my head.
Leadership Lessons From A Swim Referee
This past weekend I had the privilege of being “on deck” as a Referee as I spent a day at the Olympic Pool in London, an architectural marvel and a centerpiece of London 2012.
Michael Chadwick on Partnership with Enviro-Sports Services (Video)
“Enviro-Master is built on many strong principles and values that line up well with my own and together, I hope we can continue to foster growth and character in our communities”
Shouts From The Stands: Fire In Water
Doing anything where your lungs can taste the freshness of air is effortless. Try doing what I do, but this time don’t breathe. I was 12-years-old when I joined the competitive swim club, Chattahoochee Gold.
Mental Health for Athletes: A Meditation for Self-Compassion
Athletes know how to be hard on themselves, but often don’t consider how self-compassion factors into their mental health…meditation helps athletes ease into the idea of self-compassion…
The Swim Parents We Don’t Want To Be
Most swim parents are amazing. They’re encouraging, helpful, and ready to volunteer wherever they’re needed. They are fun to be around and we all like having them in our circle of friends.
Practice + Pancakes: Longhorn Masters with Coach Whitney Hedgepeth (Video)
Before I visited Coach Whitney Hedgepeth, I would hear rumblings that Whitney ran the toughest practice in town if you’re a masters swimmer
Shouts From The Stands: I Don’t Care What Time You Go
One of the things I like to remind parents of age groupers is that swimming is a really tough sport. Pretend that you have to don a speedo, stand up on a platform in front of hundreds and hundreds of people you don’t know, dive into a cold pool and willfully hurt yourself.
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SwimSwam Pulse: 400 IM Narrowly Edges 200 FR As Fan Choice For Ledecky
The people have spoken, and Katie Ledecky will be swimming the 400 IM at this year’s NCAA Championships.
SwimSwam Pulse: 70% Say Dressel’s 200 IM Most Impressive Off-Event
7 out of every 10 voters picked Caeleb Dressel’s 1:40.61 200 IM as the most impressive off-event swim of the opening weekend of college invite season.
Chad le Clos: Exclusive SwimSwam Interview
“It was my redemption after losing in Rio. I said I would make no excuses and I wanted to win the gold one year later”
Beyond The Lane Lines: GOAT, Pellegrini, Sjostrom & The ‘Swim Reaper’
News on Michael Phelps, Federica Pellegrini, Sarah Sjostrom and more are found in this week’s Beyond the Lane Lines.
