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From the Swimming World website... By Jamie Ross As an athlete, you are always on display. Every time you go out to compete, you are under a microscope. Rivals assessing your results. Friends and coaches hoping for the best. Neutrals looking for an exciting race. It is a pressure cooker of an environment. Everyone, from people you have never met to your closest confidants, are expectant. Read More >>
From the USA Swimming website... By TrueSport Expert, Deborah Gilboa, MD Change is inevitable, but for a young athlete, even a positive change can bring up feelings of stress and anxiety. For caregivers, it can be tempting to try to step in and solve every perceived problem or issue your athlete has, but if an athlete is going to grow and develop in their sport and life, you need to allow them the space to process change and figure out how to move through challenges. However, there are ways that...
From the Swimming World website... By JORI RZEPECKI The coach-parent relationship is critical as athletes work toward improving and achieving their goals. In many cases, this relationship is smooth and proves beneficial. Unfortunately, there are times when parents do not give room to coaches to allow them to perform their roles. Conversely, parents sometimes see elements of a coaching style that they do not appreciate. Here are six ways coaches and parents can successfully work together. Read more >>
From the Swimming World website... By Katie Wingert, Swimming World College Intern Swimming alone can be a struggle between staring at the black line and wanting to smash your incessantly beeping tempo trainer with your fins. Ideally, we swimmers would always have a team to practice with. Sometimes, though, life gets complicated. School commitments conflict with practice times. Vacations pull us away from our teams. Pools need to be drained and renovated. Read more >>
From the Swimming World website... By KATIE WINGERT As swimmers, we can be quick to jump for quick fixes. We know that we can adjust a flip-turn here, tweak a breath there, and throw in a few extra dolphin kicks off of our start - and that could shave off a full second off of even the shortest of races. However, we are not always eager to reach for the more long-term aids to our performance. One of those aids is related to mindset: how coachable are you? Read more...
From the Swimming World website... By Delaney Lanker My whole swimming career people have been telling me to swim tall. Standing at 5’0″, I wouldn’t really consider myself “tall.” I don’t fit the typical swimmer mold, but I’m okay with that. Read more >>
From the USA Swimming website... By TrueSport Expert Stephanie Miezin, MS, RD, CSSD The headlines of wellness, fitness, and nutrition coverage have been shouting about the difference in fueling for males versus females in recent years, and as a caregiver for a young athlete, it can feel confusing. There are already so many other aspects of fueling to consider, but if your athlete has big goals, it's tempting to look for any nutritional edge. Read more >>
From the Swimming World website... By G. JOHN MULLEN Everyone wants to be an Olympic swimmer. But luckily, you don’t have to be an Olympic swimmer to benefit from the sport. People of all ages, from all backgrounds, and with various levels of experience can benefit from swimming. Swimming is one of the few sports you can do from a young age and all the way up into your 90s and beyond. Read more >>
From the Swimming World website... By Brittany Oxley, Swimming World Intern "This is the difference between being good and being great." That quote has been engrained in my head since I started swimming at 6 years old. I believe every coach I have ever swum for has said those words. But what really is the difference between good and great? Is there a simple black and white answer? I think the answer varies, but I do believe much of greatness is defined by the mental toughness of the individual and...
