Mental Toughness: The Mike Burton Story
Mental toughness is necessary to become a swimming champion, as it is in any sport. Some are born with it. Others must learn how to get it.
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Swim Mom: Is College Club Swimming the Right Choice for Your Child?
I believe that if our kids want to swim in college, they can find a school that fits—and it can be a wonderful experience. I also understand that swimming on a college team is not for everyone.
Shouts From the Stands: 5 Ways Swimming Prepares You For Life
No matter your skill level, swimming can always teach you something. You just have to be willing to learn. Here are my top 5 ways that swimming prepares you for life.
SwimSwam Pulse: 53% Pick Winter As Ideal High School Swimming Season
More than half of voters picked the winter as the best season for high school swimming, with fall and spring coming in at a near-tie for second.
Practice + Pancakes: Behind the Scenes of the TYR Derby Pro Swim
The TYR Derby Pro Swim isn’t just a swim meet – it’s a swimming experience. Now you get to relive the entire event, but with pancakes.
What’s the secret to winning a 50 Free Shoot-out? (Video)
Listen Margo Geer explain her strategy and successfully repeating as the TYR Derby Pro 50 Free Champ
When It Is Not Everything You Hope For, Still Give It Everything You Have
My beautiful swimmer girl, who was just four years old yesterday, will be transferring next fall. It is a scary and brave decision to alter your course if it is not taking you where you want to go.
SwimSwam Pulse: 59% Prefer London Roar To Other European ISL Franchises
59% of fans voted for the London Roar as the best team name among the four European International Swimming League franchises.
Shouts From the Stands: The Gift of Water
Is it possible for something to completely break you as an athlete, but than later provide physical healing, mental therapy, personal acceptance and extreme gratitude for the sport? It took almost 25 years, but yes, swimming has done just that.
Chadwick, Stewart on why San Diego is the Perfect Place to Swim (Video)
Michael Chadwick and Kendyl Stewart, explain what about swimming with David Marsh for Team elite in La Jolla, California makes the right mixture for elite athletes.
Olympians Giving Back to Summer Swimming
Cullen Jones and Missy Franklin join the First Splash Series Events in NC.
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UK’s GLL Sport Foundation Hands Out Largest Annual Athlete Award
The UK’s largest leisure and culture social enterprise, the GLL Sport Foundation (GSF), has announced it will be doling out £297,000 (~$387,000 USD) to over 577 aquatic athletes in 2019, representing the organization’s largest ever annual athlete award.
3 Tips for Getting Off the Emotional Rollercoaster of Swim Parenting
Watching our kids compete can feel like an emotional rollercoaster. One minute I’m on top of the world when they get a best time and win their event. Then, in the abyss when they don’t show up for their event and I wonder what happened.
Who Wore it Better: Hugo Gonzalez Transfer or Maxime Rooney Transfer?
Hugo Gonzalez (above) is a little harder to project, given that he didn’t swim the 2018-2019 NCAA season.
Roland Schoeman Started Swimming to Impress a Girl in High School (Video)
Now, at age 38 (he turns 39 on July 3rd of this year), he’s the oldest swimmer in the USA Swimming database (which is not exhaustive of every swim ever) to have broken the 23-second barrier.