Create a thing of Beauty With Your Backstroke Start
A great backstroke start is a thing of beauty. I liken it to a dolphin leaping out of the water or David Boudia scoring a perfect 10 off of the 10-meter tower. You see no splash and hear no splash.
Penn State Competitive Swim Camps – Sign Up Today
Penn State Competitive Swimming Camps are open to students entering grades 4-12 next fall. It is preferred, but not required, that swimmers have…
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Step Up Your Butterfly Drills (Video)
Watch Olympic champion Roland Schoeman demonstrate butterfly swim drills.
5 Reasons That Swimmers Fail
All too often swimmers can’t get out of their own way while chasing success. Here are 5 reasons that swimmers fail when trying to achieve excellence in the pool.
Competitor Coach of the Month: Arthur Albiero, Louisville
In an April packed with major national championship meets, Great Britain ended the month with a bang. And no British squad was more successful at the British Championships than the crew training out of Loughboro University.
Yoga for Swimmers: Mobility and Strength for an Efficient Butterfly
Yoga is one of the most efficient ways that you can develop both the mobility and strength needed to developing a stronger and faster butterfly…
How to Hyper-Streamline in Swimming instead of a Simple Streamline (VIDEO)
“The best streamline swimming position has become a center for controversy in swimming…”
5 Things Swimmers Do to Derail Their Workouts
This season make your workouts more consistent and 16.4 times as awesome by steering clear of these common hang-ups that often derails a swimmer’s workout.
What grade is your freestyle recovery?
“In swimming, I like to describe the freestyle recovery as having three octane grades; low, medium and high.”
What To Do When You Are Ready to Achieve Your Swimming Goals
With a fresh season comes a new opportunity to excel at the sport we all love. Here are some strategies for developing goals that will keep the fire burning long into the season.
Building the Bulletproof Swimmer
Every swimmer wants to crush the hardest training sessions — then show up the next day to do it again… all without breaking down.
175,000 Workouts Later: A New Tech Leader
Commit Swimming is a new kind of workout manager for swim teams that was launched 20 months ago. We have been informed that this Spring, Commit surpassed a major milestone.
3 Simple Tips for Having an Awesome Attitude at the Pool
When you have a good attitude at the pool training hard and fast becomes a whole lot easier. Here are 3 simple tips for an awesome attitude.
Coleman’s Carpool: 10 Minutes in the hot seat with Dave Durden (Video)
In Coleman’s Carpool we get the insider’s perspective on your favorite swimmers. SwimSwam Head of Production, Coleman Hodges, invites swimmers…
How to Be a More Coachable Swimmer
Elite swimmers have the shared trait of being highly coachable. Here are 5 tips for being a more coachable swimmer so that you can make the most of your time in the water.
