Swimmers: A Letter from Your Strength Coach
With a totally new environment, new training partners, and the addition of weight training (for many swimmers for the first time), it can be a confusing and frustrating experience.
5 Reasons You Should Be Doing Lots of Vertical Kicking This Season
Vertical kicking is one of the best ways to develop a crazy-fast kick, improve your core strength, and become a more proficient dolphin kicker. Here are five reasons to sub in vertical kicking into your training this season.
5 Things You Can’t Control in the Pool (and What to Focus on Instead)
Are you spending your energy and focus on the right things in the water? Give your performance in training and competition a boost by investing your effort in the right areas.
7 Things Swimmers Can Learn from Nick Saban’s “How Good Do You Want to Be”
What can an elite college football coach teach swimmers about perseverance, mental toughness, and swimming faster than ever? Lots.
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When You Don’t Feel Motivated to Go to Practice
No matter how committed you are to your goals there will be days where the last thing you want to do is go to the pool. Here’s how to battle through those lulls so that the work gets done at practice.
5 Ways This Mental Training Book Will Rock Your Chlorinated Socks Off
Wanna take your swimming and your mindset to the next level this season? This book will help you do just that.
Swimmers and Supplements: It’s at Your Own Risk
Swimmers work hard in the water and are always on the lookout for an edge over the competition. Here’s why you should be careful when looking to supplements for that boost in performance.
21 Things You Can Learn from the Best Swimmers on the Planet
Want to take things to the next level this season? Learn from the best swimmers in the sport past and present.
The Neat-o Thing That Happens When Swimmers Work Their Mental Training
There are a lot of benefits to spending a few minutes a day on your mental training. Besides that whole swimming faster aspect, here is the next sweetest thing that happens.
Want to Be Mentally Tougher This Season? Sleep More
Mental toughness isn’t just about being more gritty than the next swimmer; it’s about taking care of yourself between practices. Here’s how sleep will help you be more resilient this season.
This Year Try Being Grateful for the Setbacks in the Pool
Struggling to improve? Here’s why those setbacks, trials and tribulations are to your benefit.
5 Ways Swimmers Can Supercharge Their Mindset (That You Can Do Today)
Here are some simple strategies any swimmer can use today in practice to unlock a high-performance mindset in training and competition.
5 Fun Facts About Swimmers and Sleep
Getting more sleep is the easiest way to swim faster this season. Here are some fun factoids about sleep and swimmers.
“Let’s Do One More”: The Power of Psychological Safety and Trust
Does the atmosphere and environment on the pool deck encourage swimmers to go all-out and take risks? Here’s an awesome example of what happens when swimmers feel trust and psychological safety with one another.
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