Training

Rio Reflections with Olympic Open Water Head Coach Catherine Vogt

Open water head Olympic coach and associate head swim coach of University of Southern California, Catherine Vogt, knows how to get results.

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Coach and Former Olympian Martin Zubero’s Set for a Nasty Kick

Former Olympian Martin Zubero stops by with a focused high intensity kick set that you can use to help condition your legs to dominate your 100 events.

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Donna de Varona Paves the Way for Women in Sports

Courtesy of Kim Vandenberg / Excelle Sports and Mutual of Omaha BREAKOUT Swim Clinic, a SwimSwam partner.  In mid-September in…

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6 Ways to Take Your Swimming to the Limit

Achieving success with our swimming takes work. Here are 6 ways to help you push the envelope with your swimming goals.

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How to do the High Octane Freestyle

I call this sprint technique High Octane Freestyle because it demands more energy, yet produces more power.

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2017 Duke Swim Camps – Sign Up Today

Duke Swim Camp is specifically designed for the swimmer wanting to learn elite level techniques and training skills.

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6 Bad Swim Practice Habits You Should Break Now

Elite swimmers like Matt Grevers understand the importance of having good habits in training. Here are 6 bad practice habits swimmers should break.

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Rio Reflections with Olympic swimmer Elizabeth Beisel

Three time Olympian and the 2016 swim team captain, Elizabeth Beisel, went into Rio with high expectations for herself.

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Do You Have the Patience to Achieve Success in the Pool?

Elite swimmers understand the need to be patient when working towards their goals. Will you be patient enough to see through your goals in the pool?

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16 Things You Didn’t Know About Ryan Lochte

Here are 16 things you probably didn’t know about one of the top swim stars on the planet, Ryan Lochte.

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2017 Maverick Swim Camp – Sign Up Today

This 5-day camp is a perfect format for swimmers to learn new drills, refine stroke technique, and focus on racing skills that can positively impact swimming performance.

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10 Things You Didn’t Know About Mark Spitz

The fastest moustache to ever graze the pool, here are ten things you didn’t know about one of the greatest swimmers in history, Mark Spitz.

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The 7 Curses of Being a Talented Swimmer

If you’ve spent longer than 5 minutes on a pool deck you’ve heard a coach or parent talk about how talented a swimmer is. Here are the downsides to being labeled as such.

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How to do the Back-to-Breast Turn with Gold Medalist Darian Townsend

This transition is essentially half of a backstroke turn and half of a freestyle turn.

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The Swimmer’s Guide to Staying Focused During Practice

By being more focused during your swim workouts, you will improve faster, reduce swim training boredom, and yes, swim faster on race day.

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