Training

How to Stay Hyper-Focused All Season

The swim season is a long haul. Here’s a way to keep your focus (and motivation) tight all year long.

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Swimtastic’s Curriculum Enhancement

Streamline Brands is excited to announce the rollout of our enhanced learn to swim curriculum across our family of swim schools: Swimtastic, SafeSplash, and SwimLabs.

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1160 New Swim Jobs You Might Love

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TritonWear Extends FINA Convention Partnership

TritonWear will continue as an Event Partner for the 5th FINA World Aquatics Convention, to be held at Intercontinental Hangzhou,…

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Defining Your Own Success

A definition of success based on fast times and victories can be seductive but also dangerous to a swimmer’s well-being, as Isabelle Robuck explains in “Defining Success Beyond Fast Times and Medals Just Might Save Your Swimming Career (and Life)”.

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Top 5 things I learned from the 2018 U.S. Swimming Nationals

On the return to “desk -life” from the “deck-life” after a week in Irvine, CA, watching US Swimming Nationals, I reflected on five life-long and valued lessons that swimming has imparted to me.

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SwimmersBest Drill of the Month: Karla Breaststroke

The purpose of combining the single-arm butterfly with the no-breath breaststroke is to ensure energy continues going forward during the recovery.

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Competitor Coach of the Month: Bill Dorenkott, Ohio State

September was a very light month in terms of major NCAA dual meets – until its final days.

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7 Reasons Why Caeleb Dressel’s Start is So Deadly

Caeleb Dressel’s start has become a thing of legend. Here are some things you can learn from the fastest swimmer on the planet.

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5 Reasons You Should Be Doing Lots of Vertical Kicking This Season

Vertical kicking is a great way to level up your kick. Here are five reasons to spend more time in the deep end kicking vertically.

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1159 New Swim Jobs You Might Love

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Assessment of Swimmers Movement Capabilities

What are the specific elements in training that makes the swim metrics improve resulting in a better performance?

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FINIS Set of the Week: I’M Not Free

This week’s IM set is a staple for stroke work. For best results, mix in some swims off the blocks – this would be a great way to build in some speed during the middle of the set.

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FINA to extend Convention partnership with TritonWear

FINA is delighted to announce TritonWear will continue as an Event Partner for the 5th FINA World Aquatics Convention, to be held at Intercontinental Hangzhou, China, 8–10 December 2018.

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Practice + Pancakes: USC Beach Practice

At the beginning of the season on Saturday’s, USC drives down to Manhattan Beach to have a workout on the waves. How could I say no to filming that?

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