Training

In Pursuit of Coaching Excellence

Good coaches seek constant improvement in their search for personal excellence. They have an open mind and an insatiable thirst for knowledge.

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Practice + Pancakes: Battle for the Chipotle Gift Card

We’ve all been in the place after your spring taper meet. One day you could have the best practice ever, and the next day it feels like you were hit by a bus

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7 Reasons Laguna Fin Co. Will Improve Your Training

Laguna Fin Co. is guaranteed the most comfortable fin on the planet or your money back.

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Technique OR Fitness… Which Should Be a Higher Priority for Your Team?

With the “technique” or “work until you drop” coach, you’ll find a few token swimmers that prove their style works. With the merging of styles, your entire team starts to improve. The ones in the back AND the ones in the front get stronger and faster together.

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A Q&A witth Marshall Love on Love Swimming, Importance of Swim Safety

There’s been a societal and worldwide surge of awareness of head injuries in many sports, like football, hockey, soccer, you name it. Swimming has been slower to catch on, but it’s happening finally.

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Sweden Falls in Line with U.S., Enacts Tech Suit Guidelines for Young Swimmers

Sweden‘s national governing body for swimming, Svensk Simförbundet, has announced new tech suit guidelines for certain suits for swimmers 12…

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See 1498 New Swim Jobs You Might Love

If you don’t like the career you’re in, you might want to work in the swimming community and be a…

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Katie Drabot had Practice at the OTC the Day After NCAA’s (Video)

After winning the 200 fly in Bloomington, Katie Drabot earned 2nd in the 50 fly with 26.66. Drabot’s swim was a new best, her first time cracking 27 seconds.

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This Drill Turns Non-Swimmers Into Swimmers

This week we feature my favorite drill, the six kick, one stroke drill using fins and a low-octane or bent-arm recovery. I love the drill because it is one of the few drills that teaches swimmers three important fundamentals, rather than just one.

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See 1497 New Swim Jobs You Might Love

Want a job in swimming? We have over 2187 Swim Jobs listed.

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“I worry about disappointing my parents.”

Swimming your best means stress and pressure. Often, swimmers also worry about disappointing their swim parents. Here’s how to balance out the swimmer-swim parent relationship so that you can do what everyone wants–to swim fast.

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How Versatile Is The Strechcordz® Modular Set?

At NZ Manufacturing, our StretchCordz® Modular Set is one of our best sellers because of the versatility it allows for both dryland and in water swim training.

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Practice + Pancakes: Louisville Cardinals Crush Monster Kick Set

When I came to a cardinal practice, the team was right in the middle of their finals, but they were grinding as hard in the pool as they were outside of it

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FINIS Set of the Week: Sweep The Leg(s)

Fear does not exist in this dojo!

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Zack & Brittany Groesbeck Bring Big Blue Swim School to Salt Lake City

Leading swim instruction franchise Big Blue Swim School is coming to Salt Lake City this year as part of a three-unit deal signed by husband-and-wife franchisees Zack and Brittany Groesbeck.

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