The Secret to Building Buy-In: 4 Coaching Styles for Swimmers
Build motivation and skill within your team by matching these 4 coaching styles for swimmers to each athlete: assign, spark, educate, and aim.
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Channel Your Pressure, Cancel Your Stress
Knowing the difference between pressure and stress and becoming familiar with their role in your training can drastically impact how you perform at any level.
SwimSwam Drill of the Month – August 2023: “Golf Ball Drill”
The Drill of the Month for August of 2023 comes to us from Schroeder Y’s Chandler Lewis.
Competitor Coach of the Month: Joe Natina
Natina led the Crow Canyon Country Club Sharks to a standout showing at U.S. Junior Nationals, with the girls’ team finishing 2nd overall.
LEN U23 Champion Emma Sticklen on Breaking Through This Summer in the Long Course Pool
The Texas All-American walks us through what she gained from each competition as well as what has made the training environment so special in Austin this year
Dissecting Kate Douglass’s 6-Medal Performance at the 2023 World Championships
Douglass reflects on her huge event lineup in Japan, including swimming the 200 breast and 100 free back-to-back through prelims, semis, and finals.
BSN Sports Webinar: Becoming Your Best Self With Olympic Champion Kaitlin Sandeno Hogan
Kaitlin plans to inspire and encourage the audience to strive to be the best version of themself, “in and out of the pool”.
Swim Data Deep Dive With New Canaan YMCA Coach Brian Fazzino
Since December of 2022, Brian has been implementing the use of tech and data into his practices. He has 15 wearables, all TritonWear units.
Are Super-Suit Era Swims Still Ahead of Their Time?
After the onslaught of world records we saw in 2008 and 2009, swimming appears to have finally caught up to the times we saw with the super suits.
Bulletproof Your Season
The often-overlooked weapon of a successful swimmer’s arsenal lies in the power of how they direct and utilize their mind.
How Jack Alexy Became America’s Top Male Sprinter
Alexy discusses the changes he made this season that led to improvement in his racing, including staying late to workouts to spend more time in the water
How to Execute on Race Day When the Pressure is On
The hard work has been completed in practice. Now it’s time to put it all together on race day. Here are some proven strategies for executing under pressure.
Shayna Jack on World Records, Racing Katie Ledecky, & Partnership with Dean Boxall
Jack discusses what makes the training at St. Peters Western under Dean Boxall so electric and her strategy for racing Katie Ledecky in the 200 free.
How Swimmers Can Develop a “Victor” Mindset (and Ditch the Victim Mindset)
Struggling to take accountability and owning the process in the pool? Here’s how to do ditch the “victim” mindset with your swimming.