Tis The Season…For Tough Stuff
“Winter break training can be used as a time to build confidence and courage, for those willing to tackle difficult challenges.” (Swim Photo Credit: CW)
The Most Enduring USA National Age Group Records and Why
Swim News: “During the USA Nationals in Austin, and other meets over the last two weeks numerous USA National Age-Group Records (NAG) have been ripped from the books.” (Swim Photo Credit: CW)
Is Ian Thorpe Relevant Today?
Swim News: “A thorough biography of Ian Thorpe’s life and career was completed in 2004 by Greg Hunter, so what’s left to learn?” (Swim Photo Credit: CW)
Hurricane Sandy and Swimming Life Lessons
Hurricane Sandy caused over 100 deaths and damage that will require over 50 billion dollars to rebuild. (Swim Photo Credit: CW)
The American Swimming Team – Dominant or In Decline?
“By any account the American Swimming Team’s performance in London…was one of the most dominant in Olympic history.” (Swim Photo Credit: CW)
The American Swimming Team, Natalie Coughlin and You
Swim News: How would you rate Natalie Coughlin’s Olympic year? (Swim Photo Credit: Tim Binning, theswimpictures)
Where Did All The Great Women Coaches Go?
Swim News: Chuck Warner highlights Karen Moe Thornton’s induction into the ASCA Coaching Hall of Fame.
Certainty Of Outcome, Lessons from Legends
“Swimmers and their coaches long for reaching a level of precise preparation that reduces chance and, as much as humanly possible, guarantees success.” (Photo credit: Anne R. Warner)
Olympic Trials to the Olympic Games Part II
“There are many swimmers that struggle to repeat their performance from the Olympic Trials at the Olympic Games and even fewer that exceed it.”
How to Train between Trials & The Olympics
“Three primary factors can be cited for success and failure between the Olympic Trials & the Olympic Games…” (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
US Olympic Trials Lore
“In 2012 earning a spot on the greatest Olympic Swim Team on earth – Team USA – is as an objective a process as there is in sports.”
LESSONS FROM LEGENDS, Berkoff Blast-off
Leading up to the 1988 Olympics, a 5’10” tall, 155 pound backstroker invented the Blast-off, dolphin-kicking nearly 50 meters underwater…forever changing the sport of swimming. (Photo Courtesy: ©Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com)
LESSONS FROM LEGENDS
Chuck Warner, a 40-year coaching veteran & author, looks back with wisdom to ask the question: “What makes swimmers great?”
