7 Ways That Swim Parents Drive Swim Coaches Crazy   At its best, swimming is a straight-forward set of roles. Coaches do the coaching. Swimmers do the swimming. And the parents do the parenting.   But when the lines get blurred problems inevitably arise.   These kind of articles always get defensive reactions from some swim parents. And I totally understand why. There are some swim coaches out there who stink. I’ve had a couple myself during my swim career.   But the majority of them are hard working, caring,...

5 Mental Hacks For Swimmers Of Race Day   You’ve trained hard, you’ve stuck to your nutritional plan, and now the day you’ve been working tirelessly toward, race day, is finally here. Feeling nervous? Race day jitters are entirely normal, just don’t let them jeopardize months of hard work. You’ll be pushing your body and mind to the limit on race day, so here are five mental hacks to help you stay motivated and ready to perform at your best.   The Hacks  

USADA Update   Educate yourself and your athletes/their parents about the dietary supplement industry! Visit USADA’s Supplement 411 website. Supplement Red Flags - Learn to recognize them. Learn to Reduce your risk. #supplements #cleansport

Ten Thoughts Before Diving In By Mike Gustafson//Contributor   Standing on the blocks is an exercise in Zen: You try, desperately, to shut the non-stop waterfall of thoughts off, and turn off your racing, whirling mind. You try to focus. To push back all the thoughts about eternal glory and victory and expectations and pressure, and instead, stay in the moment.    Easier said than done.    Swimming is a tricky sport: For entire seasons—months and months of training—the mind is numb during long, monotonous freestyle sets. I remember pretty...

Hey #CVST Happy #ThrowBackThursday   #ThrowBackThursday for #CVST - Anyone know these two? She was here at the Club all week with her family! #TBT #FunnestTeam #FunnestSport  

Find all New 2017 TrueSport Lessons on Deck Pass    Starting today you can collect new TrueSport lesson patches on Deck Pass!  Follow Olympic gold medalist Cody Miller as he gives you tips to become a TrueSport champion starting with a lesson on nutrition. Click here  to collect your first patch of 2017!

Psych Sheets & More Posted for Boys & Girls Club Nat's   The Carrollwood Village Swim Team and Midnight Sports have released the Psych Sheets, Estimated Timelines and the list of Teams competing in this year's Boys & Girls Club National Swimming Championships.  These are available at CVST.org  and the Meet Page.  

The First Rule of Sports (and all) Parenting: Don't Speak Found in Momaha.com, Special to the Washington, Posted March 8, 2017 Your child doesn't have to play in the Super Bowl for you to know the feeling. Their team was supposed to win and then they didn't. What do you do? Being the mother of two girls who played soccer and ran track, I thought I knew the answer: Talk it through. Tell them you love them. Say it's just a game. Remind them there's always a next time. Isn't...

USADA Update   “Speak to an Expert” USADA’s Drug Reference Line provides a personal resource to understanding prohibited substances based on the WADA Prohibited List. An expert is available to answer questions about the status of a substance; therapeutic use exemptions (TUE); and how that process can be started or carried out. The resource is available Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. MST.” Have a question? The Drug Reference Line is your lifeline to experts regarding substances & TUE's. #cleansport From Prohibited Substances to TUEs to Doping Control...

A Nutrition Manifesto for Young Swimmers By Jill Castle, MS, RDN It’s National Nutrition Month, a time when the country and dietitians like myself, give homage to the power of nutrition. National Nutrition Month focuses attention on the importance of making informed food choices and developing sound eating and physical activity habits. As such, this year’s theme is Put Your Best Fork Forward. In my experience, young swimmers usually have the physical activity habits in place, but may need a little work on the sound eating habits piece. Young athletes...