Why Olympic Swimming Champion Rebecca Soni Does Yoga (Video Feature)
Rebecca used Yoga during her career as an elite athlete eventually replacing her weight lifting program entirely with yoga.
Mission Viejo Nadadores raise over $4500 in Relay For Life event
The Mission Viejo Nadadores have raised over $4,500 for the American Cancer Society through various fundraisers related to the Relay…
Training in the Mediterranean with SwimMAC Team Elite at Mare Nostrum
SwimSwam got the Marsh message via email. According to the Marsh-Man, it was Olympic star Ryan Lochte in the lead of the Team Elite pack crossing the cove.
Race Details: 3 Ways to Improve your Start
At the end of your season, all the training is in the bag, and you are shaved, tapered, and ready to race. Perfecting your race details, such as starts, turns, and breakouts, will give you the best shot at making finals, finishing first, or hitting a qualifying time.
The 7 Types of Slackers on every Swim Team
Every swim team has them…the loafers who are undeniably giving 50% max at practice day after day, the sneaky strategists who find a shortcut in every set, the save-ups who manage to leave a killer practice with a ton of energy…you know them as THE SLACKERS!
Jersey City Receives Anonymous $45,000 Donation for American Red Cross Swim Instruction
Just as the outdoor swimming season is getting underway across the country, disadvantaged children in New Jersey wanting to partake…
Racing for Brain Trauma Awareness: The 3rd Annual Ocean Games
When a motorcycle accident in 2007 left founder and race director Corey Davis with a traumatic brain injury, rendering him unable to walk, the Johns Hopkins Brain and Stroke Rehabilitation Program became his hope.
7 Ways to Cope With Retirement From Competitive Swimming
How to transition to the afterlife of your competitive swimming career. #6 Don’t compare your old swimmer self to your new swammer self.
How to Maintain a Strong Core
Swimmers use their core in every part of a race—from the propulsive undulation of dolphin kicking to the quick change of direction on a turn. Maintaining a strong core is an important part of the athlete’s strength training.
3 Reasons Why Drills Matter In Swimming
Courtesy of Gary Hall Sr., 10-time World Record Holder, 3-time Olympian, 1976 Olympic Games US Flagbearer and The Race Club co-founder.
Everything I Need to Know About Marriage, I Learned in the Pool
The recently engaged Michael Phelps will be in good stead in marriage says Joy Archer, as long as he remembers what he learned in the pool.
3 Ways to Stay Hydrated this Summer
With summer fast approaching, proper hydration will be extremely beneficial to your training. Many athletes remember to drink fluids during practice, but may forget to hydrate outside of the pool.
25 Strategies To Keep Swimmers From Quitting The Sport
Understanding the reasons why many swimmers leave the sport, spotting it early and preventing its consequencies, must be a priority and must be studied.
23 Common Mistakes Swimmers Make That Undermine Their Training
23 Common Mistakes Swimmers Make That Undermine Their Training
Secrets of College Recruiting: Why Race Video Matters
You don’t have to win or even go a best time or have perfect strokes, starts or turns, but you do have to RACE. Coaches want to see you race.
