5 Tips for Swim Parents on How to Encourage Your Swimmer
I was asked recently by a new swim parent on how to motivate your swimmer. The short answer is that you cannot motivate your child. Motivation comes from within.
Developing Internal Confidence
There’s very much a connection between the mind, the body, and our physical actions where everything is interconnected and linked to one another.
5 Ways to Get Your Swimming Goals Back on Track
We all experience ruts and droughts with our swimming. Here are 5 ways to get things back on track.
Mental Health for Athletes – A Meditation of Non-Judgement
Athletes are conditioned at an early age to judge just about everything about themselves, which can become unhealthy. The goal for this meditation is to bring awareness to our senses in a non-judgmental way…
Dana Vollmer Announces Return to Competition After 2nd Child
5-time Olympic gold medalist and former 100 meter fly World Record holder Dana Vollmer has announced that next week’s Pro Swim Series stop in Austin, Texas will be her official return-to-competition meet.
31-year-old Amanda Wetzler: Mother, Student, and NCAA Athlete
Wetzler is balancing life as a mom, student, and Millersville Marauder.
The 8 Swim Parents You See at Your Local Swim Meets
Here are 8 swim parents that you have probably encountered at your local swim meet.
12 Things That Happen When You Date A Swimmer
#1 – Your significant other is probably more muscular than you… Sorry. We can’t help being jacked. It just happens. You probably can’t beat us in a sit-up contest, either. But that’s ok. You could outrun us any day.
Katie Ledecky Makes Annual Visit to Children’s National Hospital in DC
Ledecky’s celebrity is especially bright in her native Washington D.C.
2 Questions From New Swim Parents
1- “How do I motivate my child when she’s frustrated and doesn’t see progress—and her friends are getting ribbons?”
2 – “My eight-year-old is talented but she doesn’t love swimming as much as she used to—what should I do?”
Your 2018 Swimming New Years Resolutions for Today and Every Day
Fireworks light up the sky over Buda castle in Budapest, the city where the 2017 World Championships were held.
Peer Coaching And Partner Coaching
In June of 2016, I retired from Johns Hopkins after coaching there for 31 years.
Ashley Twichell: “Thank You,” Coach Rose
U.S. National Team member Ashley Twichell is a 2-time World Champion in open water swimming, including an individual win in the…
How to Use Self-Talk for Better Swim Practices
How we choose to talk to ourselves, that little voice in our head that whispers to us to keep going, or on the other hand tells us to give up, has a profound impact on how we perform in the pool.
3 Tips to Help Swim Parents Deal with the Dreaded Plateau
The plateau for a swimmer can be a scary time. No matter what your swimmer does, he or she doesn’t drop time. Here are three tips to help your swimmer make it through a plateau…