Blue Rasberries Win 27th Annual CVST Blue/Green Meet   For the first time in years, the Annual CVST Blue/Green Meet didn't come dow to the last few events.  This year the win was by a larger margin.  But even thought the Blue Team, Captained by Meredith Seibold, won the meet, there were great swims by both teams and even some new Meet Records set b yboth teams!   New Meet Records: 8&Under Girls 25 Breaststroke - Morgan Labella - :26.32 8&Under Boys 25 Breaststroke - Bruno Boroweic - :24.25 10&Under...

6 Swim Parent Tips about Hard Work by Elizabeth Wickham   At a high school swim meet, I heard coaches say that kids today don’t like hard work. One coach mentioned that kids are spread so thin with school, homework, volunteering, sports, etc. —and many of their activities are done to check a box. I am thankful for the work ethic my kids gained through swimming in a year-round club program. Many kids who don’t have that experience won’t learn the lessons and rewards of hard work like our year-round...

CVST Releases 2017 Boys & Girls Club Nat's Dates   The Carrollwood Village Swim Team and North Shore Pool have announced the dates for the 2017 Boys & Girls Club National Swimming Championships.  Next year's Championship will be held the weekend before Easter, on April 7-9, 2017, at the North Shore Pool , in St. Petersburg.  Questions can be directed to Info@CVST.org.  

Top Myths About Sugar Substitutes Chris Rosenbloom, PhD, RDN, CSSD   Andrew (not his real name) is a 15-year-old swimmer who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 6. He controls his diabetes with insulin shots, monitors his blood sugar, and eats a healthy diet.  At swim practice he was drinking a diet soft drink and was told by another swimmer’s mom that he was “killing himself” by drinking diet soda because the artificial sweetener in the drink was “toxic.”  There are many myths about sugar substitutes, fueled...

Annual Blue & Green Team Practices Wednesday & Thursday   With the CVST Blue/Green Meet this Friday, the Annual Blue & Green Team Practices will also take place this week as follows: Wednesday, April 20 - Blue Team 4:30-5:30pm / Green Team 5:30-6:30pm Thursday, April 21 - Green Team 4:30-5:30pm / Blue Team 5:30-6:30pm   The actual Blue/Green Meet will be held Friday, with warm-ups for both teams beginning at 4:30 pm and the meet beginning at 5:30 pm.  Immediately following the meet, will be the Annual CVST Family Relays...

Stimulant, Banned From Sports, Found in Dietary Supplements in U.S. FDA has warned makers of 8 products containing oxilofrine, or methylsynephrine   THURSDAY, April 7, 2016 (HealthDay News) -- A stimulant banned from competitive sports has been found in more than a dozen dietary supplements marketed for "burning" body fat.   Researchers found the stimulant -- called oxilofrine -- in 14 supplement brands sold in the United States. All of the products listed the substance on their labels, but under the alternative name of methylsynephrine.   Experts said the results...

17 Things Every Swimmer Does (But would never admit) By: Olivier Poirier-Leroy   We’re a funny bunch. We dunk our heads into water for hours at a time and have staring matches with a black tiled line (usually losing). We don’t shave our bodies for months at a time, and spend thousands of hours training in order to drop tenths or hundredths of a second.   There are the things that we fully cop to (peeing in the pool, is one glaring example), and a host of others that we...

Coaching From The Stands Is Confusing For Athletes By Kevin Eastman, Positive Coaching Alliance In this video, Eastman discusses why parents should not coach from the stands. He talks about a drill that he used that involved blindfolding a kid and everyone had to yell directions at a child in order to help him/her make a shot. When parents yelled, the child was so confused and never ended up near the basket. Watch the video here:

There Is A Difference Between Energy Drinks And Sports Drinks By USADA, April 13, 2016 It is easy to get confused about the difference between energy drinks and sports drinks. Sport drinks contain electrolytes and carbohydrates to rehydrate you and provide fuel after exercise. Energy drinks, on the other hand, may or may not contain electrolytes, but they always contain a large dose of stimulants. Learn more here:

Blue/Green Meet Team Selections Released   The CVST Blue/Green Meet Draft was held Monday and the team selections were announced at practice last night.  It looks to be an exciting meet with Captains Meredith Seibold (Blue Team) and Talia Bagby (Green Team) spending the better part of the afternoon drafting their teams.   Click Here   to download a copy of the selections. Click Here   to go to the Blue/Green Meet Event Page. Click Here   for information on the CVST Family Night & Family Relays. Click Here  ...