The Five Swimmers You Meet in Open Warm-Up By Katie Wingert, Swimming World College Intern.    Open warm-up sessions: when swimming becomes a free-for-all. It can be easy to get overwhelmed by the masses of chlorine-craving athletes who are gear...  Read More

Mothering A Champion – Christina Cooper Dressel Author Eney Jones takes us up-close and personal with Christina Cooper Dressel, mother of Olympic Champion Caeleb Dressel.    ONE   How are you able to be your child’s greatest fan and remain nurturing and supportive after a bad swim? I am always mom and never a coach. That is my job as a mother to be nurturing and supportive regardless of a good or bad swim.   TWO   What is an important lesson you hope your child learns thru swimming? Continue

From The CVST Hand Book   FAMILY COMMITMENT & FUNDRAISING   Fund Raising is an essential part of our program.  CVST holds a number of small fund-raisers each year, as well as the Boys & Girls Club National Championships and the Annual Tampa Bay Swim Classic (the team’s major fund raising event s of the year).  Full parent and family participation is required at all these fund-raising events.   With both the Boys & Girls Club Nationals and the Classic, parents are required to work a minimum of 3 out...

Make Every Month Nutrition Month By Chris Rosenbloom//PhD, RDN, CSSD March is National Nutrition Month… But for Swimmers every month should be Nutrition Month. Here are 17 nutrition tips for swimmers in 2017: 1. Stop making excuses for not eating healthfully to support training and competition. 2. Eat breakfast, every day, no exceptions. 3. Fix healthy snacks and take them to school or the pool. Get the rest here:

USADA Update   Coaches, please remind your athletes to check all of their medications at www.globaldro.com or by contacting USADA directly at 719-785-2000.   Don’t wait until the last minute! Programs for those who value #cleansport, integrity, and #fairplay. Learn more about the services we offer.

Student Athlete Loses Scholarship Due to Social Media Posts By Kara Hill Posted September 22, 2016   Another student athlete loses her scholarship due to social media posts! Unfortunately, this is not likely the last time I will be sharing news about this issue. The NCAA has recently ruled that college coaches may “click, not comment” on social media posts by prospective student athletes. This means coaches can friend “PSA’s”, like, and even share their posts. The new rule is having a dramatic effect on college recruiting!   It’s important you...

Burrill Named CVST February Swimmer of the Month   The Carrollwood Village Swim Team has named Bodi Burrill as the February Swimmer of the Month.  At the Sweetheart Invitational held the Carrollwood Country Club TAC, the 9 year old Gold Practice Group member, raced to seven best times out of seven swims.  Bodi bettered his personal best times by an average of 7.12% with monster improvements in his 200 yard Individual Medley (10.49% and 22.50 second time drop) and 200 yard Freestyle (12.20% and 23.25 second time drop).  Bodi also...

Information for This Week's FLAGS Meet   FLAGS information is now posted. Psych sheet, timeline, warm up schedule and more.  Click Here   for all of the information.  

Florida Swimming to Offer Open Water Clinic on March 18   Florida Swimming will be putting on an open water training swim on Saturday a.m. the 18th.  Everyone will meet on the beach at Carlouel Yacht Club at 7:30 a.m. and will do a clinic style training session parallel the beach.  There will be coaches on land as well as in kayaks in the water.  This swim is open to any Florida Swimming (CVST) swimmer planning on competing in the Florida Swimming Open Water Championships in Ft. Myers in April...

Finding Success In Failure   Can failure be a good influence on our lives? Sure, success is important, but failure can be just as or even more important than success. As a current high school student, I’ve experienced many successes and failures in my life. The successes have been great, but it is the failures that have taught me the greatest lessons. When you fail at something, you’re forced to analyze what you did wrong. You are forced to think about what you could have done differently so it wouldn’t...