Practice + Pancakes: SMU Men Get Innovative with Parachute Power
There were 3 workouts going on today at Southern Methodist, and by scrambling around the pool deck, I was able to get snippets of all 3.
Practice + Pancakes: SMU Women on Starting the Comedown of Taper
As both a coach and swimming fan I think it’s always interesting to see how the practices change between fall training, winter training, and taper
Practice + Pancakes: Springfield Aquatics Rocks Tempo Trainers and Touchpads
SwimSwam took a visit down to Springfield Aquatics and stayed for a practice with their senior group with lead coach, Thomas Baumann.
Practice + Pancakes: Columbia Swim Club Takes on “Holiday 50’s” OTB
Gary is a man who is notorious for challenging sets, and when you step onto his pool deck you know you’re going to do work.
Practice + Pancakes: Mizzou Tigers Tackle 25-50-75 Lactate Set (Video)
The main set was 10 rounds of 25 fast, 25 EZ, 50 fast, 25 EZ, 75 fast, 100 EZ, with a goal of maintaining 25 speed through the 50 and 75
Practice + Pancakes: Western Hills Athletic Club with Ian Crocker & Jimmy Bynum
If you need inspiration for new drills or activities to do in a practice, look no further. Ian and Jimmy have you covered.
Practice + Pancakes: IU Breaststroke Group Does Work
PART 2!!! We are back with Practice + Pancakes at IU, this time covering the PM workout of the Monday double that SwimSwam attended in Bloomington
Practice + Pancakes: Rice University (Video Feature)
We sent our head of production, Coleman Hodges, to be a fly on the wall at practice, then relay what he discovered back to you over pancakes
Practice + Pancakes: Nitro Swim Club (Video Feature)
On the Thursday I arrived, Nitro’s National group had a classic test set: 9 x 100 @ 7:00. Although that’s not quite what ended up being the case
Practice + Pancakes: IU Takes Pullies to New Levels
SwimSwam took a trip down to Bloomington, Indiana to see what IU had in store for their post-thanksgiving training. It was quite a treat.
Practice + Pancakes: Longhorn Masters with Coach Whitney Hedgepeth (Video)
Before I visited Coach Whitney Hedgepeth, I would hear rumblings that Whitney ran the toughest practice in town if you’re a masters swimmer
Practice + Pancakes: Brendan Hansen Throws Serious Speed Set at ASC
Brendan expressed his hesitance with doing a set where the kids get so much rest, but also recognized the importance of giving his athletes speed work
Practice + Pancakes: Texas A&M Men Go Scary Fast on Halloween
We went to go visit the Texas A&M men’s team to give you a little sneak preview of the speed you can expect tonight at the UT-TA&M Dual
Practice + Pancakes: TCU Tackles Friday Fright Night Stations (Video)
See how Texas Christian gets creative and does stations with 6 rotations, an 8-lane, 25-yard pool, and a whopping 63 athletes!
Practice + Pancakes: Texas Women Tackle ‘Fast Friday’ (Video)
I went to visit the UT women, and was lucky enough to sit in on one of their practices. Not just any practice, though. On Fridays, UT Women go fast.
