2017 Open Water Festival by Joseph Bloggers On April 29-30, 2017 Florida Swimming’s Gulf Coast Swim Team will host the 2017 Open Water Festival at the be beautiful Miromar Lakes, FL. With its 700-acre freshwater lake, Miromar Lakes has served as the chosen venue for the 2016 10K Crippen Cup, 2015 and 2016 10K and 5K National Open Water Championships. It’s convenient location to transportation, beaches, restaurants, hotels and shopping make it an ideal host. LSC’s can take part in the LSC Open Water Challenge with events including group relays,...

Top Tips for Meal Planning By Chris Rosenbloom, PhD, RDN, CSSD, January 27, 2017 Last month I wrote about ketogenic diets for performance and cited the work of Dr. John Hawley showing that high fat, low carbohydrates were not performance enhancing. And, promised to show a general meal plan on how much carbohydrate swimmers should consume on heavy training days. Before we get to that, Dr. Hawley (along with his colleague, Dr. Louise Burke) have published their research and here is the citation, published in the Journal of Physiology. When...

Walz Swims to January SOM Award   The Carrollwood Village Swim Team has named Henry Walz as the January Swimmer of the Month.  At the Gulf Coast Swim Team Winter Invitational held at the Florida Gulf Coast University Aquatic Center in Fort Myers, FL the fourteen year old Senior 1 practice group swimmer swam to six best times out of nine events. Henry swam to best times in his 200 and 500 yard Freestyle, 100 yard Backstroke and Breaststroke, and in his 200 yard Butterfly and Individual Medley.  Henry had...

5 Ways Players Can Lead Themselves in Practice By Graham Maxwell, Assistant Men’s Coach at Emmanuel College PGC Basketball I hope you can find a few items to share with your players in one way or another. This blog post is specifically for those athletes who want to be the best they can be as players and leaders. If you want to be an effective leader it is crucial to first lead yourself. Learning the following five habits to lead yourself in practice will not only earn the trust of...

Join Us Tomorrow Night - Tuesday, January 31 - at Anthony's   Remember - CVST Senior 1 & Senior 2 Practice Groups will swim from 4-5:30pm with Dryland from 5:30-6:00pm due too Spirit Night.   Download Flyer Here

Timelines & Heat Sheets Posted for Sweetheart Meet   The Estimated Timelines and Heat Sheets are now available for download. Please be sure to download your copies of the Heat Sheets prior to the meet as they will not be available for sale at the meet.    Parent's, please be sure to sign up for a job at the meet.  As we are hosting this event with Swim Tampa Aquatics, we need your help filling the jobs.   Click Here   to go to the Meet Page for dwonloads.  

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3 Tips For Swim Parents about Personal Best Times   I have a freshman swimming in college and I have to remind myself that this is a transition year. Her coaches, workouts and team are new to her, she’s working out harder than ever. And she’s not getting best times at dual meets. I’m not freaking out about it. The shaved and tapered meets are still to come. It’s also possible that she won’t get best times this season.   When kids are little and learning this great sport, they...

21 Surprising Sources of Protein for the Swimmer     T Once, I counseled a swimmer who was a picky eater. She didn’t like any meat or eggs, and was allergic to milk. It was challenging for her to eat enough protein throughout the day with these limitations. My job was to help her discover protein sources she liked and could tolerate. You might be surprised to see the list of protein options I gave to her: a bowl of peas for a snack, cooked quinoa at lunch, and nuts...

Coach, Can You Make This Pool Warmer? Pool temperature is one of those overlooked aspects of the swimmer's experience that has a direct correlation to training — perhaps more than many other circumstances. Which is probably why pool temperature (in addition to safety concerns) is so regulated and monitored and maintained.   Read More