Lifestyle

When Hockey Body Checks Your Swim Meet

The Florida Panthers’ Stanley Cup parade crossed paths with the Speedo Fort Lauderdale Summer Classic for the second straight year.

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How To Get The 2025 World Championship Preview Magazine With The Leon Marchand Cover

In this issue SwimSwam breaks down every event at Worlds Championships. This mag is also loaded with data features and profiles on rising talent.

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Former Florida HS State Championship Qualifier Nicolas Vansteenberghe Appears on Love Island

Nicolas Vansteenberghe was a high-level swimmer as a kid who qualified for finals at the Florida High School State Championship meet.

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Why Grassroots Must Be The Priority: Building The Base To Support The Top

We must stop viewing grassroots as an afterthought and start treating it as the engine of our sport’s future.

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SwimSwam Pulse: McKean’s 100 Breast, Bricker’s 200 Fly Were Top Surprises of U.S. Nationals

Campbell McKean brought his best time down by over a second to win the men’s 100 breast at Nationals and give the U.S. hope in the medley relay.

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How To Build Adaptable Skills

The ability to switch gears and race in control is a skill that any swimmer can learn. It just takes a targeted approach.

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Katie Ledecky Urges Grads To Go The Distance, Recalls London 800 Free At Stanford Commencement

Nine-time Olympic champion Katie Ledecky delivered the commencement address to Stanford’s Class of 2025 on Sunday, June 15.

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In a Chaotic World, Life Makes Sense at the Pool

Swim life demands Order, and that can be comforting in an uncertain world.

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The Clock Is Ticking: What the NCAA Settlement Means For The Future of Olympic Sports

We can’t sit back and hope this works itself out. The settlement has passed. The model is changing. What we do next will determine whether our sports survive.

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Profile Of A Swim Dad: A Swim Dad Never Retires, He Just Finds A New Grind

With some passion paired with resourcefulness, there’s always an opportunity to reinvent yourself, not just in your next race, but in your next chapter.

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Why Can’t We Live Without Swim Dads? They Help Keep Our Teams Afloat

Every day, dads are in the swim of things, making life better, especially at the pool.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 44.7% Accurately Predict 800 Free As Summer McIntosh’s Fifth Event At Worlds

McIntosh selecting the 800 free puts her on a collision course with Katie Ledecky at the 2025 World Championships.

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Rating Pieces of Swimming Equipment

Some pieces of swimming equipment make our lives easier, and others make us question why we are swimmers.

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Is Youth Swimming Becoming Too Expensive for the Average Family?

If we want to save swimming from becoming a sport only for the wealthy, we need to change the way we define success.

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Summer Season: A Time for Transitions

The training schedule intensifies, but as the days grow longer and the sun beats stronger, other meaningful changes are on the horizon.

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