Fitter and Faster Swim Tip: Two Scoops Backstroke Drill
2012 Olympic medalist, Nick Thoman, explains how you can improve your catch in backstroke with the Two Scoops Backstroke Drill.
Several Meet Records Come Down At The Senior Metropolitan Championships
Ryan Feeley of the Badger Swim Club breaks several meet records at the Senior Metropolitan Championships.
New Award Honors The Top Age Group Swimming Coaches
The Fitter and Faster Swim Tour and ASCA partner to recognize and financially reward the top ten Age Group Coaches in the United States. (Featured Image: Fitter and Faster Founder/CEO David Arluck and Olympic Champion Peter Vanderkaay)
SwimSwam’s The Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 2/19/2014
College swimming has dominated the news recently, but age group swimmers are still doing some pretty amazing things out there….
Mark Bernardino Joins CYAC Club As “Coach – Consultant”
Former UVA head coach Mark Bernardino has landed on a pool deck not too far away from the pool that he called home for 35 years.
Fitter and Faster Swim Tip: 3 Things Every Swimmer Has to Have
Tyler McGill, 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist, shares three things every swimmer needs to have to be successful.
Tennesseee Aquatics Breaks 15-16 National Age Group Record in 800 Free Relay
The Tennessee Pilot Aquatic Club has broken the National Age Group Record in the 800 yard free relay.
Katie Hoff 1:44 in 200 free at Gulliver Last Chance Meet in Florida
The multi-time world champ and Olympic medalist swam just her second meet since Trials in 2012, winning three events and getting close to her lifetime-bests in all three.
Michael Andrew makes Orlando Grand Prix his latest NAG stop, breaks own 100 back mark
The 14-year-old bettered his own 100 backstroke mark at finals Friday night, going 57.13 to cut another two tenths off the 13-14 National Age Group record he set at the last Grand Prix stop in Austin, Texas.
SwimSwam’s The Weekly Wonders of Age Group Swimming – 2/12/2014
It’s high school championship season in several parts of the country. That means fast swimming, and often from names you…
Tualatin Hills Swim Club Breaks Two National Age Group Relay Records in Time Trial
The Tualatin HIlls Swim Club foursome of (L-R) Caspar Corbeau, Nate McFaul, Trent Martinez, and David Liu broke two National Age Group Records on Wednesday.
Fitter and Faster Swim Tip: Learning to Love Butterfly
In Swim Like a Champion – Butterfly, two of the world’s most successful butterflyers: Claire Donahue and Tyler McGill demonstrate and teach how to move through the water smoothly with perfect posture, balance, length, power and perfect timing.
Open Letter From a Reader to USA Swimming Coaches: Be Healthy, Be a Professional
Coach Gibson Swim Fort Lauderdale: “Take the pledge to be at your best. Take the pledge to be a good role model. Take the pledge to set the bar high for our profession. Let’s lead the charge. Do it for your athletes. Do it for your sport. Do it for yourself.”
Swimmer From the Woodlands Swim Team Receives “Golden Ticket” On American Idol
Gianni Calderara of the Woodlands Swim Team, who has times good enough to have qualified him for a swim on the USA Swimming Grand Prix circuit, impressed judges enough to earn a “Ticket to Hollywood.”
Pro Swim Teams and the Evolution of a Pro Swimming League
David Marsh, CEO and Head Swim Coach of SwimMAC Carolina, explains the need for pro swim teams and the evolution of a possible pro swim league.