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.
Practice + Pancakes: North Carolina Prepares for Georgia Tech Invite
The Tarheels were just beginning their preparation for the Georgia Tech Invite (which kicks off on Friday) on this Monday when we arrived.
Beyond the Pancakes: Sergio Lopez Shares How he Coaches Technique
When SwimSwam visited Virginia Tech for Practice + Pancakes, we sat down with Sergio Lopez to see how he approaches working on technique with swimmers
Practice + Pancakes: Virginia Tech Suits Up for 8×100 Off the Blocks
The hokies were coming off of a tri-meet with Queens and Pitt Friday afternoon, but head coach Sergio Lopez wasn’t letting the racing stop there
Practice + Pancakes: Columbia Swim Club goes OTB in Suits
They went 5 rounds of 4×100, with the first 2 100’s a mix of fast/easy, the 3rd 100 all fast kick, then they do 5 push ups and go a fast 100 off the blocks.
Beyond the Pancakes: Can we find Kinetic Energy that’s already there?
before the arrival of Usain Bolt in the 100m and 200m dash, running had hit sort of a wall where sprinters weren’t getting much faster
Practice + Pancakes: How the New York Breakers Prepare for ISL Competition
But when you are competing in meets on back-to-back weekends in different continents with those teams, here’s my question…
Beyond the Pancakes: Jonty Skinner Defines Velocity for Swimming
Jonty Skinner is always concocting some new formula to think differently about swimming. If you haven’t heard his talk on Hydro Freestyle, check it out here.
