Beyond the Pancakes: A Different Take on the “Club Team Mentality”
perhaps the most novel thing we witnessed was head coach Adam Depmore’s philosophy on how to run his team: Safe and Scalable Fun.
Practice + Pancakes: Tennessee Women Display “Savage Training” in Weight Room
Specifically, we got to go to the weight room with the Vols and see what their weight philosophy, titled “savage training”, is all about
Practice + Pancakes: Lone Star Aquatics Take Stability Training to a New Level
Lone Star’s dryland work really stood out to me, and to kick things off, they typically warm up using Indo boards. They do a variety of exercises on them
Practice + Pancakes: The 2020 Eddie Reese Invite
the Eddie Reese Invite is an infamous event for the Texas men’s swimming team where the men suit up during a practice and race odd distances off the blocks
Practice + Pancakes: New Mexico Women at That Holiday Workout We’ve All Been To
For the holidays I went to visit my brother in Albuquerque. Wyatt trains with the UNM women’s team 3 days a week, and so I paid the Lobos a visit.
Practice + Pancakes: Virginia Swims Broken 100/200’s Off the Blocks
Coaches Blaire Bachman and Tyler Fenwick were running a lactate set for the 3rd Friday in a row, geared toward getting the Hoos race ready
Beyond the Pancakes: How Queens University Won Mens/Women’s Titles in 5 Years
When SwimSwam went to visit Queens University, we sat down with head coach Jeff Dugdale to speak with him about Queens’ success since his arrival in 2011
Practice + Pancakes: Virginia Women Conquer Power + Speed
We stopped by University of Virginia, where a group of their women’s team were throwing down some serious speed. This is the entirety of that workout
Beyond the Pancakes: How to Build a Gold Medal Club Team
we sat down with head coach Bruce Marchionda to ask him how he had built TAC into a gold medal team after only 3 years with the program
Practice + Pancakes: Queens University Works Through “Recovery” Day
Queens has become known for producing talent that would challenge for DI national titles, so I was excited to see the kind of work they do for myself.
Practice + Pancakes: TAC Titans Tackle Threshold/Pace Combo
The TAC Titans house talents such as Jr National Teamer Claire Curzan, National Teamer Charlotte Hook, and 2020 Olympian Ashley Twichell
Beyond the Pancakes: Braden Holloway on NC State Recruiting
When SwimSwam was in Raleigh shooting Practice + Pancakes with NC State, we also sat down with Braden Holloway to speak about recruiting at the college level
Practice + Pancakes: NC State Sprinters Suit Up, Mid Group Goes for Power
You’ve seen what some of the NC State postgrads were doing on the Tuesday we were there: now see what the undergrads were up to.
Practice of a Postgrad: 3 NC State Post Grads Compete in Power Towers
The game is simple. They had to get the weight to the top of the rack in under 6 seconds. If they went over 6 seconds, they have to drop weight.
Beyond the Pancakes: Mark Gangloff on Establishing Culture as a New Head Coach
SwimSwam sat down with head coach Mark Gangloff to talk with him about his goals for his first season in North Carolina.
