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Power Your Willpower USA Swimming Athletes in every sport have been introduced to the idea of willpower and how necessary that characteristic is to success at elite levels of sport. Willpower is one of those vaguely explained and often misunderstood concepts in the language of sport. One of the more popular descriptions of how you demonstrate willpower is having "unshakable perseverance and self-control that is directed toward a goal or objective in spite of adversity, physical demand, physical pain, or how much time it takes to succeed." More
WATCH: Ryan Lochte on Dancing With the Stars Ryan Lochte once again stole headlines last night for the wrong reasons on the season-premier of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars after a pair of Brazilian protesters rushed the stage while he was receiving feedback from the judges. The protesters, wearing white shirts that said “Lochte” with a slash through them, were apparently upset over the incident in which Ryan Lochte and 3 of his teammates urinated on a gas station bathroom, and then Lochte tore down a sign and told...
National Team to Face Big Ten Conference Stars in USA College Challenge, Presented by Arena Members of the USA Swimming National Team will square off against collegiate swimming stars from the Big Ten Conference in the inaugural USA College Challenge, Presented by arena, USA Swimming announced today. The short-course yards dual meet is slated for Nov. 12-13 at the Indiana University Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI in downtown Indianapolis. “The USA College Challenge, Presented by arena, will be an exciting competition for swimmers and fans alike,” said...
Five Destructive Parenting Habits We Must Replace By Tim Elmore, Growing Leaders, August 30, 2016 Now that my kids are grown adults, I feel more comfortable teaching both parents and faculty the art of leading young people into healthy maturity. Like many parents, my experience raising my first child enabled me to relax a bit on my second child. We tend to obsess at the tiniest quirk in our first baby, and by child number three, we’re not as stressed. In fact, I just read this sequence and chuckled...
USADA Update Is it a food, a dietary supplements or a drug? Answer: It might be all three. There is a difference between energy drinks & sport drinks. When it comes to the use of supplements, risks exist. Do you know what those risks are?
Signs & Symptoms of Swimmer’s Ear (Sponsored) By Dara Torres, paid spokesperson for Alcon As swimmers, we are in the water year round, whether we’re doing laps at practice or racing in a meet. And now that it’s summer, you may find yourself in the water even more than usual. This means we could be more prone to getting Swimmer’s Ear—medically known as “acute otitis externa” or “AOE” for short. As a swimmer and a mom to my own little swimmer, I am very familiar with Swimmer's Ear. In fact,...
CVST Announces Sonny's Spirit Night - 9/27 Join us on September 27th at Sonny's for some great food and funsupporting CVST at the CVST/Coca-Cola Spirit Night. The Coaches will be there for dinner around 6:30 pm for dinner after practice. If you have any questions, see Coach Maria at the pool.
From the USA Swimming Executive Director To our USA Swimming membership, Looking back at the Rio Olympic Games, I think of all the amazing performances that were accomplished in the pool. These achievements are considered by many to be the greatest performance ever by an Olympic Swim Team. Unfortunately, during an otherwise extraordinary Olympic Games for USA Swimming, a small group of athletes had lapses in judgement and conduct that are unacceptable and aren’t consistent with what we expect as Olympians, as Americans, as swimmers and as individuals. Along...
10 Reasons Why the Next Olympics Will Be Even Better Than Rio USA Swimming Whenever you have such a successful Olympic competition as Team USA's swim accomplishments in Rio, you set yourself up for a problem: How do you top this? How can Team USA do even better in Tokyo? Maybe we can, maybe we can't. But for the sake of having some fun, here are 10 reasons why Team USA's performance in Tokyo will be even better than Rio… along with a few predictions. Read More ...
