The Powerlist

What Is The One Thing You Can Do to Swim Faster This Year?

Being great in the pool isn’t about being excellent at 10 or 20 things. Usually, it boils down to figuring out what that one thing is for each swimmer.

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The Top 9 Swimming Pool Games: #3 Sharks and Minnows

Disclaimer: SwimSwam does not endorse all of these swimming pool games. Some are dangerous. Some, which are not so dangerous, will, however, enrage lifeguards and probably get you booted from your community pool.

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Lehnertz, Morales Set Puerto Rican Records At Mayaguez International

Tereysa Lehnertz (pictured) and Yeziel Morales each set new Puerto Rican National records Saturday as their home nation hosted the Mayaguez International Swimming Open.

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Carter Crosby Named Chatham University Head Coach

The Chatham University Women’s/Men’s Swimming and Diving teams will begin a new chapter, as Carter Crosby officially takes over the program.

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Freestyle Video: How to Pull Underwater

Watch 4 time Olympian Roland Schoeman, World Champion Junya Koga and Elite Marathon swimmer, Lexie Kelly led by Coach Gary Hall take it back to the basics allowing the swimmer to feel ‘drag forces’ that may often go unoticed.

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Virginia Tech Lands Verbal Commitment from NCAP’s Allison Goldblatt

The Viriginia Tech H2okies have received a verbal commitment from one of Virginia’s top in-state swimmers in the class of 2017, Woodson High School junior Allison Goldblatt.

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5 Things You Will Take Away From Swimming

Olivier Poirier-Leroy is a former national level swimmer based out of Victoria, BC. In feeding his passion for swimming, he…

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Race Videos, Interviews From Day 1 Of British Para International Meet

World records fell in the men’s and women’s 100 breaststrokes on the first day of Great Britain’s Para-Swimming International meet, including double-world record days from Aaron Moores and Michelle Alonso Morales.

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100 Breaststroke World Records Fall On Day 1 of British Para International

World records fell in the men’s and women’s 100 breaststrokes on the first day of Great Britain’s Para-Swimming International meet, including double-world record days from Aaron Moores and Michelle Alonso Morales.

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SwimSwam Magazine 2016 Swimsuit Issue On a Newsstand Near You

Ever turned to your local magazine stand, seeking validation that your crazy obsession with swimming is maybe not so crazy, and been disappointed to see a handful of cycling magazines, a dozen running magazines, and enough football magazines to wallpaper the Whitehouse?

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Europe Moves Junior Open Water Champs to Avoid Worlds Conflict

The Ligue Européene de Nataion (LEN), the governing body for aquatic sports in Europe, has announced a new date and…

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Martina Carraro Books Rio Trip On Final Day of Italian Champs

Martina Carraro broke a national record and qualified for the Italian Olympic team on day 5 of the Italian Championships, bringing the team to an even 10 swimmers with more to be added next month.

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8 Things to Help You Get Psyched Up

Michael Phelps (pictured above) is one, but the rest are all personal…all about you.

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Commonwealth Games Medalist Erraid Davies Ineligible for Paralympics

For the second time since the 2012 London Paralympics, a potential Rio medalist has been ruled ineligible to compete by…

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Rio Olympic Pool Hosts Successful Maria Lenk Meet With Some Complaints

The Olympic Park Aquatic Stadium test event, the Maria Lenk Trophy, was largely successful, although it shed light on a few fixable problems with the facility.

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