10 Tips for Olympic Trials Viewing Parties

10 Tips for Olympic Trials Viewing Parties
 
In a few weeks at the Olympic Trials, the world’s best athletes will dive, churn, splash, and compete. 
 
And in a few weeks, the world’s best, die-hard swim fans will watch along on TV from their homes, screaming at the TV (terrifying the neighborhood), savoring the rare opportunity to "tailgate for a swim meet," and diving down the every-four-year Olympic social media rabbit hole. 

The Olympic Trials is about swimmers fulfilling a life-long dream, fighting for a chance to qualify for the Olympics. It is also about Olympic Trials viewing parties. Football has Super Bowl parties. NCAA basketball has March Madness. We swim fans, destined to a life of an every-four-year Trials viewing experience, have Olympic Trials viewing parties.

But how, you may ask, does one correctly watch the Olympic Trials? 

I’m glad you asked. 

Here are 10 tips to make your Olympic Trials viewing party good enough to last four more years, all the way until 2020…