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Three Lies that Create Misery for Your Young Athlete By David Benzel, Author, Speaker, Growing Champions For Life, July 2015 We hate to see our children suffer emotionally. It goes straight to our heart. When we're objective about it, we admit that emotional struggles actually make our children stronger, and that we should not attempt to guard them from every emotional challenge. However, our young athletes need not endure some misery. The only reason they are tormented is because they believe three lies. Here they are, and the corresponding truths...
Happy #TBT to CVST! Do any of you CVST swimmers or parents remember the design and how it relates to CVST? Hint: Thanks to Sandy Dykema - we still use them at our Meets! Any Ideas?
Benefits of Extracurricular Sports Extend into the Classroom Medical News Today Extracurricular sports have long been promoted as a way of keeping children healthy, but new research suggests they could also provide benefits in the classroom, helping children remain engaged and disciplined. The study, published in the American Journal of Health Promotion, found that children who regularly participated in structured sports were better at following instructions and remaining focused in the classroom than their peers by the time they reached fourth grade. Full Story
The Art of Swim Parenting By Gary Hall, Sr. The Race Club Blog, June 2015 Being a swim parent is not easy. If it were, we would likely have 2 million registered USA Swimming members, rather than half a million. Swim parents have to be unselfish, dedicated, loving, committed and invested to help their children succeed in the sport. In this day and age, how many parents will sit on a hot bleacher or in a chlorine filled natatorium or behind a starting block, timing all weekend, for the pleasure...
Team USA Opens World University Games on Saturday Forty-seven Team USA swimmers, including three 2012 Olympians and 29 members of the USA Swimming National Team, are slated to open competition Saturday in Gwangju, South Korea, at the 2015 World University Games. The Nambu University International Aquatics Center will host the pool competition Saturday through July 10, while the 10-kilometer open water races will take place in the Jangseong Lake Regatta on July 11. Prelim sessions in the pool begin at 8:30 a.m. locally (7:30 p.m. EDT the previous day),...
How To Set Up for Success at a Big Meet By Russell Mark, USA Swimming National Team High Performance Consultant With championship season for the US National Team right around the corner, it’s hard not to think about what has made the best US athletes so successful over all these years. Having the fortunate vantage point of being integrated with the US team at competitions, here’s three observations from the last three Olympic Games and four World Championships that you can use as you get ready for your own end-of-summer...
Happy #TBT Throw Back Thursday! Anyone remember these girls from back in the day? All three are Mom's now!
0 inShare 1 The Swimmer's Guide to Punching Fear of Failure in the Face Olivier Poirier-Leroy is a former national level swimmer based out of Victoria, BC. In feeding his passion for swimming, he has developed YourSwimBook, a powerful log book and goal setting guide made specifically for swimmers. This question isn’t meant to be rhetorical. Considering it you might perhaps feel a little uncomfortable, realizing that there is something very real and very intimidating standing between you and feeling like you could fearlessly chase down your swimming...
7 Things Smart Swimmers Need to Stop Doing Life, like our swimming, is largely a series of habits. The way we put on our suit. How many arm swings we do before we jump in. The attitudes and thoughts we have when good and bad things happen. The sneaky thing about habits is that once they are engrained, they require very little thought. Do you have to stop to think about how to walk? Or how to brush your teeth? Or how to swim freestyle? This “automation” is...
