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Who Are These People And Why Did They DQ My Kid? Courtesy of Elizabeth Wickham As a swim parent, have you ever wondered about the people standing around the pool, by the blocks, at the corners and the 15-meter mark? Some have clipboards or a whistle, and they talk in headsets while walking along the deck, giving hand signals. Who are they and is their sole purpose to DQ our swimmers? The answer to that last question is no. According to Jan Szuszkiewicz, a long-time meet administrator and...
FINA Proposes Mixed-gender Relays, Many New Swim Events for Tokyo Olympics NBC Sports Swimmers could have the opportunity to win many more medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and beyond, making Michael Phelps‘ record 28 Olympic medals a little less untouchable. Full Story
USADA Update USADA Ask a Scientist: Can Poppyseeds cause a positive test? Considering taking #supplements ? Look closely at the ingredients. Energy drinks vs. sport drinks - What's the Difference?
Water Outperforms Sports Drinks for Young Athletes Penn State via HealthDay News Water is a better bet than sports drinks for young athletes, sports medicine specialists say. Most youngsters don't exert themselves at an intensity or duration that requires the extra sugar and salt contained in sports drinks, said Dr. Matthew Silvis, director of primary care sports medicine at Penn State Health Medical Center. Read More
USA Swimming Mourns Passing of Executive Director Chuck Wielgus Chuck Wielgus, who served USA Swimming as Executive Director for nearly 20 years, passed away on Sunday in Colorado Springs. Wielgus died of complications from colon cancer, which was first diagnosed in 2006 and Wielgus battled while continuing to steer USA Swimming to record growth. He was 67. Joining USA Swimming as Executive Director in July 1997, Wielgus was the longest-tenured chief executive in the Olympic family. Wielgus added duties as Chief Executive Officer of the USA Swimming Foundation at...
CVST #TBT for April 24, 2017 Happy #ThrowbackThursday to #CVST! Anyone know this group from 25+ years ago? #OldTimers #TBT #FunnestTeam #FunnestSport
5 Reasons to Swim an Off-Event By Mike Gustafson//Contributor | Wednesday, April 26, 2017 Championship meets are all about perfection, or at least chasing perfection. You train the entire season for one minute of racing. Often, thousands and thousands of miles of training and technique comes down to just 100 or 200 yards (or meters) of a single race. Swimmers often specialize for an entire lifetime just to perfect that single 100-yard breaststroke. Specialization is a debate. When should swimmers specialize and begin training specifically for a certain distance...
3 Simple Tips for Having an Awesome Attitude at the Pool Walking onto nearly any pool deck I can usually tell within a couple minutes who the swimmers are with an awesome attitude. It reads in their body language. The way they present themselves. The look in their eyes as coach explains the set. Their attentiveness to the practice that is about to unfold before them. It’s the same with the swimmers with the not-so-hot attitudes. They stand with their shoulders slouched. Not paying attention. Sighing...
How to be a More Coachable Swimmer We’ve all had that swimmer on our team or in our training group. The one that argues with coach every time she writes up a workout on the board. That rolls his eyes when the group is asked to do something challenging. That argues, whines and resists. You swim long enough it is inevitable that you are going to get paired up with this athlete at some point. Some of them are more guerilla-like in their resistance. Eye-rolling, grumbling, and passive...
