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What Not to Say to Competitors Before Races Good luck" is the easiest, best thing (and perhaps only thing) you should say to a competitor before a race. Here are five things not to say. Continue
USA Swimming Productions Launches With Support of Playmaker Media NBC Sports Group and USA Swimming will broaden their partnership with the announcement that NBC Sports’ Playmaker Media that will power the launch of USA Swimming Productions. The new technology will get its first run this week at the Phillips 66 National Championships in Indianapolis. Below is the TV schedule for Phillips 66 Nationals: Day Network Time (ET) Live or Delay Webcast Tues., June 27 NBCSN 7-8 p.m. Same Day Delay USASwimming.org Wed., June 28 NBCSN 7-8 p.m. Same Day...
California Bans University Travel To 8 States, Including Texas Sport and politics may be intersecting in a new way in 2017, as the state of California has banned state employees (a banner that would include state-funded University athletic coaches) from using tax money to travel to states with laws considered discriminatory. The list of states currently stands at 8 and includes Texas, the largest of the contiguous United States. The Mercury News reports that a California law that took effect in January 2017 creates travel bans to states with...
BMW Offers Member Discount BMW is offering a purchase incentive to all USA Swimming’s 400,000 members on select BMW and MINI vehicles. Members will have access through logging in to their Deck Pass account and the Deck Pass Perks program. Log into Deck Pass through usaswimming.org.
Social Media: Don't Lose A $140k Scholarship for a 140-Character Tweet By Positive Coaching Alliance, June 2017 Watch the video here: Casey Miller is Positive Coaching Alliance's Program Manager, Movement Builder. She previously played two years of professional basketball in Oviedo, Spain, coaching youth girls basketball during her time there. Casey attended Merrimack College in North Andover, MA where she was a four-year starter for the NCAA Division II women's basketball team. Social media can be a very powerful tool for student-athletes IF it is used in the...
Mike's Mailbag: Goal Setting and Aging Up By Mike Gustafson Every Monday, I answer questions from swimmers around the country. If you have questions, please email me at swimmingstories@gmail.com. Dear Mike, I turned 13 in October, so this is my first long-course season in the 13-14 age group. I began swimming the 100m fly, 50m free and the 200m free, and I am starting to feel discouraged. The times look so hard, and I don't know if it's because I'm slow or if it's because of the...
USA Swimming Names Tim Hinchey President & Chief Executive Officer USA Swimming COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – A new chapter in the successful history of USA Swimming will begin as the organization announced that 2016 Major League Soccer Executive of the Year and Colorado Rapids President Tim Hinchey is the national governing body’s new President and Chief Executive Officer. He will start his tenure at USA Swimming on July 12. A Big West Conference scholar-athlete as a varsity swimmer at UC Irvine and a member of U.S. Masters Swimming,...
What Makes A Great Teammate? Here Are 12 Qualities By Positive Coaching Alliance, June 2017 Not every person has been blessed with great talent, but every person, regardless of ability can be a great teammate. Here are 12 qualities of a great teammate. Do these qualities describe you or your young player? Learn more here:
Champions Don't Eat Whatever! USA Swimming Launches #swimFASTERfood Campaign to Inspire Healthy Choices Bye-bye fast-food and hello FASTER food! USA Swimming is teaming up with Olympian Matt Grevers, Chobani® and Milk Life for a "swim-tervention" against poor concessions stand choices and to educate members on fueling for better performance. Check out www.swimFASTERfood.com for recipes ideas, healthy eating guides and fun videos with Matt Grevers.
