Four Reasons Why Summer Training Is The Best   Summer vacation comes with sunshine, relaxation and time by the pool, which might mean something a little different to swimmers and divers. A trip to the pool is probably filled..   Continue

Extensive NBC Sports, USASwimming.org Coverage Set for This Week’s Phillips 66 Nationals By USA Swimming  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Fans will enjoy wall-to-wall television and digital coverage of this week’s 2017 Phillips 66 National Championships – USA Swimming’s top domestic event of the year – via NBC Sports and USASwimming.org.   On the television side, 2017 Phillips 66 Nationals will feature 12 hours of broadcast coverage from NBC Sports Group, including four hours of nationally televised coverage on NBC on July 1-2. A complete schedule is as follows: Date  ...

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Psych Sheets, Timelines Available for Last Chance Meet   The host club for this weekend's meet, St. Petersburg Aquatics, has released Version 1 of the Psych Sheet and the Estimated Timelines for the weekend.  The are now available for download on our Event Page for this meet.   Click Here to go to the Event Page.  

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...