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USA Swimming Creates First-Ever Safe Sport Activity Book to Engage Young Swimmers By USA Swimming USA Swimming has released the organization’s first-ever Safe Sport Activity Book. The Activity Book was created to share the Safe Sport message with a younger audience. The mission of the USA Swimming Safe Sport Program is to help teams foster a fun, healthy and safe environment for all their members. More
Five Reasons to Watch the World Aquatics Championships (CNN)It's been almost a year since the Rio Olympics but here comes a chance to catch up with the stars of the pool. Hungary will host the 17th FINA World Championships, or World Aquatics Championships, July 14-30, for six disciplines: swimming, water polo, open water swimming, synchronized swimming, diving and high diving. Here's five reasons why you shouldn't miss the event.
Sleep is Not for the Weak, Especially for Swimmers Flo Swimming We do not always understand the importance of sleep as comprehensively as we do for training and fueling our bodies with the proper foods. We sleep because we are tired, but do we really know the benefits of sleep besides reducing sleepiness? Read More
23 Thoughts Your Lap Counter Has During the 500 By Cassidy Lavigne, Swimming World College Intern At some point in most swimmers’ careers, whether it’s their event or just for training, we are faced with swimming the 500 freestyle. Continue
The Dos and Don’ts of Your Taper Diet How to set your ideal nutrition plan so you make the most of your big competition No matter what kind of swimmer you are, you can benefit from tapering. A reduction in your training load provides your body a time to rest, recover, and refuel while also giving your muscles an opportunity to rebuild and repair. Eating during a taper means making slight changes, so if you’re thinking of doing anything drastic, don’t. Leave any radical changes for the beginning...
Announcing the CVST Bronze Group Water Bottle Challenge Attention All CVST Bronze Groupers: Staying hydrated while exercizing is very important, especially here in hot Tampa! Even when not exercizing it is important to be drinking water and staying hydrated. While swimming we sweat a lot, but don't always realize it because we are already wet, especially in the summer. That is why Coach Jen and Coach Meredith are challenging you, the CVST Bronze Groupers, to bring a bottle of water to practice every day and drink it...
Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA Set to Launch in 4 Days Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA — a partnership between the International Olympic Committee, the United States Olympic Committee, and NBCUniversal — launches in four days, this Saturday, July 15. Kicking off... Continue
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6 Reasons Why Your Kids Should Swim in College When my kids started swimming, college was light-years away. I noticed many of our team’s older kids went on to swim in college… When my kids got older, it dawned on me that we should check out college swimming, too. Continue
