5 Ways to Make the Most of a Bad Practice
Let’s face it: having a bad meet is no fun, but the daily grind of practices is what can really bring us down. What’s the best way to deal when the going gets rough?
Reference Guide to Improve Training Results
The new Reference Guide from FINIS includes training sets and information from world-renowned coaches and athletes.
Coach’s Intel: Grant Holicky Shares a Distance Set
Grant Holicky shares a distance set he uses with his open water athletes, including national champion Christine Jennings.
Don Henshaw Distance Swimming Workout
Don Henshaw conducts a top-notch–encouraging yet humbling–distance program, helping his athletes gain awareness of semantic points, including consistent pace work, tempo, and stroke count.
3000 Meters of Butterfly – Video
Courtesy of Nicolas Vannier, a prolific producer of swimming videos.
How to Activate Nerves for Faster Morning Swims
Many coaches have problems getting their swimmers to perform well in the mornings. The truth is if a swimmer does not perform well in preliminaries, they may not have an opportunity to compete at night.
Coach’s Intel: Brent Bergstedt of Rocky Mountain Thunder Swimming Shares a Set
Brent Bergstedt of Rocky Mountain Thunder Swimming submits a base-developing set to give swimmers conditioning to build off of.
Coach’s Intel: Blue Marlins of Greater New Haven’s Michael Solati Shares a Sprint/Anaerobic Set
In today’s Coach’s Intel, Michael Solati of the Blue Marlins of Greater New Haven shares a sprint/anaerobic set he uses with his athletes.
Coach’s Log: Dressel’s Coach Jason Calanog
Jason Calanog (center) talks about a set he did last week with his star swimmer Caeleb Dressel (left). Photo Courtesy of Jason Calanog.
Have You Seen Ruta’s Newest Twitter Profile Picture? Wow.
Ruta Meilutyte has a weapon that perhaps no woman in the world can match, and perhaps never before has it been more obvious just how good she is off of the blocks.
Why Sun Yang Dominates Distance Swimming
When it comes to distance pool swimming, no male athletes will be referenced more often than Sun Yang or Grant Hackett. Sun and Hackett have displayed domination for several uncontested years on an international stage.
Volunteers Are The Pioneers: The Top Arm Breakout
Tennessee’s 2013 Women’s NCAA Champions in the 200 Freestyle Relay stand out amongst the field in speed but also in technique.
Coach’s Intel: Paul Silver of the Marlins of Raleigh Drops Two Workouts
Paul Silver of the Marlins of Raleigh shares two sets his athletes perform during aerobic and lactate weekly cycles.
Portsmouth Researcher Gives a New Twist on “Breath Control”: Inspiratory Muscle Fatigue
A researcher at POrtsmouth University in the UK has found a new set of muscles for elite swimmers to focus on. (Above: Nora McCullagh)