Laurie Wideman

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How Come Many Swimmers Don’t Do This? The Untapped Business Hiding in Our Sport

We spend years mastering the water, pushing through pain, and there is a great future in swimming after you finish the race.

Repetition Is Our Nemesis: Inconvenient Considerations For A Healthier Sport

If we want to build athletes who are not just fast, but resilient, healthy, and passionate for the long haul, we must rethink how we prescribe repetition.

2025 Penn State Swim Camps – Sign Up Today

The main priority of our sport camp programs is the health, safety and well-being of our participants, student-athletes, coaches, and staff.

2025 Michigan Swim Camps – Sign Up Today

At Michigan, our mantra is: It’s not every 4 years, its every day! This mentality helps our athletes train at an elite level each and every day

See 45 Swim Camps You Might Love

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New in Commit: Universal Add Button

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Best Drag Suits for Competitive Swimmers And Resistance Training

Looking to build swim power and speed? Discover the best drag suits for swimmers. These resistance training picks help you maximize every lap.

2025 Total Performance Swim Camps at Kenyon College – Sign Up Today

Our mission at TPSC is to encourage swimmers to exceed their expectations! Our staff is committed to campers learning and growing as a swimmer and a person.

The Imperative – Improved Technique Development: Volume 2

Volume 2 dives into skill automation, re-automation and skill layering.

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US News

SwimSwam Surge

2023 World Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Taylor Ruck Will Not Continue Swimming NCAA, Is “Unsure” If She Will Stay At Stanford

2023 World Championships: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

2023 World Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

SWIM DATA

Raito Numata’s 4:12.10 400 IM Marks The Fastest-Ever For 16 & Under Boys

A Closer Look At Katie Ledecky’s Longevity

Ledecky Ties Debbie Meyer & Donna De Varona For Most Individual LC World Records By U.S. Woman

Texas Men Return the Most NCAA Points, While Cal’s Streak Goes Into Serious Rebuild Mode

In College

USA Diving Files Brief Arguing Grandfathering In Roster Limits Falls Short In House Case

CIF Meet Record-holder Yury Kuzmenko Makes Verbal Commitment to Princeton for 2026-27

Sammi Thiele Joining Emory For 5th Year After Undergraduate Career With Austin College

Olympian Luke Whitlock Announces Commitment To Indiana As He Returns To The NCAA

In Training

Repetition Is Our Nemesis: Inconvenient Considerations For A Healthier Sport

New in Commit: Universal Add Button

Best Drag Suits for Competitive Swimmers And Resistance Training

The Imperative – Improved Technique Development: Volume 2

In Video

Gold Medal Minute

Olympic Swimmer Caeleb Dressel Would Like To Do Rowdy Gaines’ NBC Job

10x Olympic Medalist Caeleb Dressel Unpacks His Paris Olympic Games

Gretchen Walsh Unpacks Her Olympic Debut and Looks Ahead To New Goals, a 54 100m Butterfly

9-time Olympic Medalist Ryan Murphy Unpacks Team USA’s Paris Performance

In Lifestyle

Paralympic Medal Winning Swimmer Ali Truwit Appears in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition

The Hellespont Race Opens Entries To All

SwimSwam Pulse: 77.6% Most Surprised By Ledecky’s 800 Free WR In Fort Lauderdale

Beyond The Lane Lines: Russia Remains Optimistic

Laurie Wideman

The Imperative – Improved Technique Development: Volume 2

2023 World Championships: Day 1 Finals Live Recap

Taylor Ruck Will Not Continue Swimming NCAA, Is “Unsure” If She Will Stay At Stanford

2023 World Championships: Day 1 Prelims Live Recap

2023 World Championships: Day 4 Finals Live Recap

Raito Numata’s 4:12.10 400 IM Marks The Fastest-Ever For 16 & Under Boys

A Closer Look At Katie Ledecky’s Longevity

Ledecky Ties Debbie Meyer & Donna De Varona For Most Individual LC World Records By U.S. Woman

Texas Men Return the Most NCAA Points, While Cal’s Streak Goes Into Serious Rebuild Mode

USA Diving Files Brief Arguing Grandfathering In Roster Limits Falls Short In House Case

CIF Meet Record-holder Yury Kuzmenko Makes Verbal Commitment to Princeton for 2026-27

Sammi Thiele Joining Emory For 5th Year After Undergraduate Career With Austin College

Olympian Luke Whitlock Announces Commitment To Indiana As He Returns To The NCAA

Repetition Is Our Nemesis: Inconvenient Considerations For A Healthier Sport

New in Commit: Universal Add Button

Best Drag Suits for Competitive Swimmers And Resistance Training

The Imperative – Improved Technique Development: Volume 2

Olympic Swimmer Caeleb Dressel Would Like To Do Rowdy Gaines’ NBC Job

10x Olympic Medalist Caeleb Dressel Unpacks His Paris Olympic Games

Gretchen Walsh Unpacks Her Olympic Debut and Looks Ahead To New Goals, a 54 100m Butterfly

9-time Olympic Medalist Ryan Murphy Unpacks Team USA’s Paris Performance

Paralympic Medal Winning Swimmer Ali Truwit Appears in Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition

The Hellespont Race Opens Entries To All

SwimSwam Pulse: 77.6% Most Surprised By Ledecky’s 800 Free WR In Fort Lauderdale

Beyond The Lane Lines: Russia Remains Optimistic

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