The Short Term Benefits of Working Hard at Practice   The long term benefits of training hard in the pool are easy to list off: Working hard in the pool means you are better prepared to swim faster when the next big meet comes around. Working hard develops a mental toughness that can only be developed through experience and facing adversity. Working hard in the pool consistently over stretches of time will make you more fit, more fast and more better looking than the competition. But in a culture of...

Important CVST Information from Coach Jim   It’s with great pride and a little bit of sadness that I write this today to let everyone know that Coach Maria will be leaving the CVST Program at the end of the month to pursue her Doctorate in Physical Therapy.  In the near four years that Maria has been coaching with us, we’ve watched the program grow, and more importantly we’ve watched the kids grow with and through their interactions with her.  I want to thank her personally and publicly for all...

Happy #ThrowBackThursday to #CVST   Happy #TBT to #CVST - Anyone remember this crew for over 25 years ago? #FunnestTeam #FunnestSport      

Estimated Timelins, Heat Sheets & More Available for B Champ's   The Heat Sheets, Estimated Timelines and more are now posted for this weekend's Florida Swimming B Championships, in St. Petersburg.  Also, don't forget about tonight's B Champ's Team Dinner after practices and Coach Maria's revalation of our Team Theme for this year's meet!     All of the information on the meet and the Heat Sheets can be found on the Event Page of  this website, just Click Here .    Be sure to download your Heat Sheet prior...

AT&T Winter Nationals on NBC this Week   NBC Sports will provide extensive television coverage from Atlanta with five broadcasts slated for later this week:   Day, Time                                             Network                  Live or Delay Thursday, 7-8:30 p.m. ET                  NBCSN                   Same day delay Friday, 5-7:30 p.m. ET                        Universal HD         Live Saturday,...

It's B Champ's Week at CVST   This week is B Champ's Week at CVST, that is the Florida Swimming B Championships Week at CVST!  This is a big meet for CVST in that we always swim well at this meet, being the last meet of the year, and that CVST is defending it's sixth consecutive Title as Florida Swimming's Team Spirit Award Winners!    First up this week, we have our B Champ's Team Dinner up at the Clubhouse on Wednesday, where Coach Maria will reveal our Theme for...

Shop SwiimOutlet.com's Cyber Monday Sale and Support CVST   SwimOutlet.com   is holding their Cyber Monday Sale today just like all the other on-line stores around the country, but in their case, they support CVST!  With every purchase you make, SwimOutlet.com will make a donation of 7% back to CVST!  All you have to do is you place your order through the CVST/SwimOutlet.com Portal.   To access the Cyber Monday Sale and get up to 90% off, just click on the link or copy it into your browser.  www.SwimOutlet.com/CVST , ...

Happy Thanksgiving The Carrollwood Village Swim Team would like to wish all of our Athletes, Families, Alumni, Sponsors and Friends a Happy, Safe & Healthy Thanksgiving!  

Tips to Keep Healthy on Turkey Day Here are a few references to keep you healthy this holiday season:  Talking Turkey for Athletes 12 Performance Nutrition Thoughts for the Holiday Season Top Five Healthy Holiday Foods

A Message From TeamUnify Here at TeamUnify we are committed to providing our customers with a better way to manage their swim teams and improve swimmer performance. On Tuesday, November 22nd from approximately 3:20 AM PST to 8:23 AM PST our data center performed an unscheduled maintenance upgrade to a handful of systems, which unfortunately, included the TeamUnify server system. We know how important our service is to you and how frustrating outages like this can be. We are putting measures in place to mitigate this type of outage in...