Lifestyle

The Secret to being a Great Swimmer

The key to success is known by many, but applied by few.

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How to Improve your Stress Management In Swimming

As we near the end of the academic year, swimming is just beginning to pick up steam. Preparing for final exams and projects can be difficult when swimmers need to travel for competitions and focus on racing.

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Why High School and Masters Swimming Coaches are using USRPT (Video Series)

High School Swim Coach Amy Webb describes their implementation of USRPT with the Fairview HS Boys Swim Team in Boulder, CO.

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Contest: Tell us the Funkita print you love and you could win a Free Giveaway through SwimOutlet.com

Aussie swimwear label Funkita has released a whole new print range and we’ve got an exciting giveaway through US retail partner SwimOutlet.com to celebrate the launch.

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The Importance of a Strong Parent / Child Relationship in Swimming

The key to establishing and maintaining a strong parent / child relationship is to love your child regardless of their performance. By providing this unconditional love, you will build the foundation for a strong relationship for many years to come.

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SwimJams: Eugene Godsoe covers “Blank Space” by Taylor Swift

Swimming’s artist-in-residence, Eugene Godsoe, is back with another cover, Taylor Swift’s Blank Space.

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What is going on in our heads when we swim?

What’s going on in our heads when we swim? If you’re a typical swimmer, an ocean of noise — concerns, fears, urges, goals, hunger pangs — rushes in.

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Just Like Dad: Generations on the John Carroll University swim team

Courtesy of Lindsey Fano, a SwimSwam Intern. Follow: @lindseyfano If you had asked Megan Hawk where she was going to college,…

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Delta State Swimming and Diving – Hype Video – Get Some!

Many thanks to Edgar Sokolovich for provide this College Swimming Video.

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5 Reasons We Swim

Reasons why we swim? Work ethic? Friends? Vanity? Here are my reasons. Tell me why you swim…

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The toxic truth about pools and the air quality problems they can create – Video

All information in this video was sourced from the CDC and World Health Organization websites. The chemical byproducts listed are real, and we encourage everyone who watches this video to do the research for themselves.

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5 Things to Do After a Bad Race

You touch the wall, look up at the clock, and you’re met with disappointment. That wasn’t the time you trained for. That wasn’t the time that you put all of your effort into. So now what? Here are five things to do after a bad race…

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Throwback Thursday Video: The Barefoot Boys of Tennessee, Clad In Coonskin Caps Rule SEC Swimming

Back in the 1970s, the University of Tennessee Swimming and Diving team was a force to be reckoned with in the SEC. The force behind the VOLS swimming program was Coach Ray Bussard.

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The 5 Stages of Recovery from a Swimming Injury

#2 COMMIT – “Commit not only to your rehab program, but commit to coming back to the sport. Without looking at the end goal the days of rehab to follow will be ten fold harder.”

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10 things swimmers do during practice

So what type of things do we do, and think, during practice? Here is a list of the top 10 things a swimmer does or thinks during practice.

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