Big Blue Swim School Celebrates Successful Start to 2019
In late 2018, Big Blue Swim School, a Chicago-based children’s swim school announced its plans to reach 150 units by 2021 by partnering with growth-minded franchise partners across the U.S.
Training for Long Course
As many of you already know, training for long course is fundamentally different from training for short course races. When we breakdown the differences, we can tailor our training more specifically towards our goals.
FINIS Set of the Week: Drag Race
Give your stroke an extra power boost by swimming with a parachute!
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Want Goggle Comfort? Try Smack Swim Strap
Goggles are an essential part of all competitive swimmers equipment but often if the straps are too tight or after an extended period of wearing them they can cause “swim goggle headache”.
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.
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
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…
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.
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.
