Training

How Swimmers Can Learn to Be More Present in the Pool

When swimmers are present in the water they work harder, have more fun, and practice goes by faster. Here’s how to be more present.

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What Happened To Racing?

“Walking around the pool deck, speaking to my own athletes or listening to the conversations of others, times are often the only focus.”

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Kobe Bryant, the Coach on the Swim Coaches Base Podcast

RITTER Sports Performance thought it was appropriate to pay tribute to Kobe Bryant and highlight lessons he talked about when it came to being a coach.

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SwimTopia – Swim Software That’s Easy to Learn and Use

SwimTopia has designed its swim software platform to be easy-to-use and intuitive, which makes for happy swim parents, coaches, volunteers and swimmers.

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Competitor Coach of the Month: Dave Geyer, LSU

The LSU women upset Missouri and beat Florida State, while the LSU men came within four points of knocking off FSU over the month of January.

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Daily Swim Coach Workout #55

SwimSwam’s daily swimming workout series is a collection of workouts written by coaches from a variety of backgrounds. All daily…

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Tired of Choking on Race Day? This Book Can Help

You’ve worked hard in practice all season. Here’s how to maximize your hard work and commitment on race day when the pressure is on.

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Beyond the Pancakes: A Different Take on the “Club Team Mentality”

perhaps the most novel thing we witnessed was head coach Adam Depmore’s philosophy on how to run his team: Safe and Scalable Fun. 

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2021 Kentucky Swimming Camps – Dates Are TBA

At the University of Kentucky Swim Camps swimmers receive assessment of strokes, power, strength and flexibility by the UK Varsity swim staff.

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Funky Trunks and Funkita Release New Holo Gram Collection

Check out the Holo Gram Collection from Funky Trunks and Funkita and make sure you enter the Instagram contest on SwimSwamNEWS to win before Feb 3, 2020.

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Practice + Pancakes: Tennessee Women Display “Savage Training” in Weight Room

Specifically, we got to go to the weight room with the Vols and see what their weight philosophy, titled “savage training”, is all about

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Daily Swim Coach Workout #54

SwimSwam’s daily swimming workout series is a collection of workouts written by coaches from a variety of backgrounds. All daily…

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FINIS Set of the Week: Long Easy Swimming

This week’s workout, from former University of Utah swimmer Kat Wickham, was designed as a recovery day. Just some long easy swimming.

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Daily Swim Coach Workout #53

SwimSwam’s daily swimming workout series is a collection of workouts written by coaches from a variety of backgrounds. All daily…

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RITTER Sports Performance to Host SURGE Strength Dryland Clinic

RITTER Sports Performance is hosting the SURGE Strength Dryland Clinic for swim coaches to learn how to improve existing or create a new, dryland program.

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