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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...
USADA Update Is clomiphene prohibited in sport and what are the health risks associated with its use? Supplement FAQ: The HRL says some dietary #supplements contain illegal ingredients. What does that mean? What's the IV rule and why are IVs prohibited in sport?
Green Avocados Take Annual Blue/Green Meet Over Blue-bots The Annual CVST Blue Green Meet was another back and forth battle with the lead changing a number of times. As always it was an exciting meet and as usual it came down to the relays at the end of the meet for the final decision on this year’s Champions. In the end, it came down to the relays and that is where Captain Henry Walz and his Green Avocados outpaced Captain Meredith Seibold and her Blue-bots to win the meet...
#CVST's Throwback Thursday Happy #ThrowbackThursday #CVST - It's Blue/Green Meet Week, so here's some Poster Makers from the past! Remember them? #FunnestTeam #Tbt
Do You Have OnDeck, CVST's Mobile Team App, Yet? Dear Carrollwood Village Swim Team Member, You're will be receiving an email from Carrollwood Village Swim Team team to invite you to be better connected with our team. Our team's technology provides a FREE and simple-to-use mobile application called OnDeck, available in the App Store and on Google Play. Click here to access the OnDeck Quick-Start Guide OnDeck is available for both Apple and Android mobile devices and provides the following amazing features for you: View and...
Everything You Need to Know About Why Streamlines Matter (VIDEO) This video does not teach you everything you need to know about streamlines. It does not teach you whether it’s faster for you to dolphin kick on your front, back, or side. It doesn’t tell you with which part of your body you should initiate your underwater dolphin kick. But, if you have trouble communicating to your swimmers the value of a streamline, this video is all you need. Michael Guerra is a fixed-gear cyclist, who, while originally staging...
Redefining Junk Food By Chris Rosenbloom, PhD, RDN, CSSD, April 12, 2017 A teen swimmer wrote to say that he “loves junk food, but really wants to eat healthy.” He went on to explain when he tries to eat healthy “unprocessed” foods, he always defaults to “processed” foods. He thinks his eating habits are negatively affecting his swimming and really wants to change. It is refreshing to hear from young swimmers who know there is a connection between healthy eating and performance but have a hard time figuring out what...
