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While commonly enjoyed recreationally, swimming is a highly-competitive sport that tests the speed, strength, and skill of athletes through a variety of individual and team events. Race finishes often come down to just a fingertip as competitors use a variety of swimming strokes (dictated by the event category), including freestyle (front crawl), backstroke, butterfly, and breaststroke.

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Swimming Is Our ‘Crazy Love’
June 2, 2023
As my swimmer says, when you reach that point, swimming is a part of you in a deeper way than when you are simply a part of swimming. They make the sport fun, exhilarating and an amazing adventure. About five to six years ago, my daughter started to practice more and more at 4:45 in […]
Eight Reasons Why Women Coaches Matter
June 2, 2023
When girls and young women see females in coaching roles they will more likely think about coaching as a legitimate and viable career and may aspire to become a coach.  Recently, a piece sharing the data on lack of women head swimming and diving coaches at the collegiate level was posted on swimswam.com. That data is part of […]
How Do You Swim Freestyle or Front Crawl?
June 2, 2023
A common mistake is to lift your head upwards instead of turning it sideways to avoid the water for breath. This is actually counter-productive as it disrupts your body positioning and causes you to dip further into the water. MASTER YOUR SWIMMING TECHNIQUE: FRONT CRAWL The freestyle is not actually a stroke but a category […]
How to Bounce Back When You Fail
June 2, 2023
You choose to swim. It’s a voluntary activity whether you’re an age-group swimmer or a seasoned pro. The last 10 yards of her race, it was obvious she wasn’t going to win. For her, it’s kind of startling, considering how dominant she’s been in this event and how little she tends to lose. As she […]
The Beginner’s Guide to Swimming
June 2, 2023
Many people find there is something soothing and relaxing about being in the water — even when they are working out. Are you ready to make a big splash and take your workout into a pool or lake? Step, jump, or dive into our Beginner’s Guide to Swimming. Swimming is a great total body workout for all fitness […]
Why Swimmers (and Parents) Should Take a Break
June 2, 2023
Swimmers are prone to shoulder and lower back injuries. The body needs time to recover just like the brain does. Summers seem busier and busier with more and more meets. That leads to the question of when do your kids take a break? Many schools start in August, and the swim season ends at the […]
Another School Year, Another Opportunity for Greatness
June 2, 2023
Going back to school is tough. It means having to work extra hard in every aspect of your life as a student-athlete, but it also means that you are presented with another opportunity for greatness. Going back to school can be tough for swimmers. It means walking into your first day of school with dripping […]
Four Negative Thoughts to Avoid for the First Day of Practice
June 2, 2023
How you perform in the water on day one is going to be way different than on the last day of the championship season. Things will get better as time moves on. When going into the new season, what is the first thing you think of? What is your coach going to think of? It’s […]
‘Not Tired’: Motivation and Perseverance
June 2, 2023
Our coach may have been the catalyst, but we were the swimmers who kept the reaction going. Spectators at the 2018 Indiana High School State Boys’ Swimming Championship back in February may have seen some kids decked out in blue and gold, waving signs that said: “NOT TIRED.” Those same spectators might have wondered what […]
Where Did All the Parent Volunteers Go?
June 2, 2023
One of the reasons why people don’t volunteer is that they’re unsure of what’s required of them. And sometimes it takes too much effort on their part to get information. There’s been a downward trend in volunteerism the past decade. Each year we have fewer and fewer parents stepping up to help youth sports, schools […]
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