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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...
Historic Swimming Moment 53 Weeks until Trials (as of Sunday) In 1981, Mary T. Meagher established world records in the 200 fly (2:05.96) and the 100 fly (57.93) at the U.S. Long Course National Championships in Brown Deer, Wisconsin, both of which lasted nearly two decades. Her 200 fly time was rated as the fifth-greatest single event performance of all time by Sports Illustrated magazine. Marys 100m record was broken by Jenny Thompson (U.S.A.) in 1999 and her 200m record fell to Susie ONeill (Australia) a year later. Video from...
Protein and Vegetarian Swimmers By Chris Rosenbloom, PhD, RDN, CSSD Recently, a swimmer sent me an email about her coach’s concern about her choice to be a vegetarian. She chose a vegetarian diet for “ethical reasons,” but her coach told her she needed to eat meat to be a competitive swimmer. I don’t want to contradict her coach’s advice, but I responded that what she needed was the nutrients in meat, not necessarily the meat. Don’t get me wrong, I honor everyone’s dietary choices, and you can eat a healthful...
What Champions Know About Nutrition By Jill Castle MS, RDN Swimmers want to do their best. Not only that, they want to win. Many young swimmers work hard to get to the next level. They log endless hours in the pool, work on their stroke technique, and even tweak their eating to get the most out of their bodies and their performance. Many champion swimmers know that nutrition is an essential part of their success. In other words, they understand how important food is to their performance results. Here are...
Throw Back Thursday #TBT Happy #TBT to CVST! Dose anyone remember this little swimmer? Hint: She got married last weekend!
Historic Olympic Moment 54 Weeks until Trials (as of last Sunday) Great history lesson. Starring Mike Barrowman, Roque Santos, Sergio Lopez. Watch here:
Coach Randy Releases Mar, Apr & May CVST Age Group Swimmer of the Month Awards March, 2015 - Henry Walz The CVST coaching staff has named Henry Walz (13) as the March Swimmer of the Month. At the Nike Swimming Championships hosted by the Greater Tampa Swim Association at the Bobby Hicks pool in South Tampa, Henry Swim to seven best times in seven events. Swimming in his first meet in the 13 and 14 year old age group, Henry made the finals in the 200 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke,...
Working On Your Concentration Skills in Practice By Dr. Alan Goldberg//Competitivedge.com There's no question that races are won and lost before the start. If the quality of your training is poor, that is, if you skip practices, accumulate a lot of “garbage yardage” where you just go through the motions, back down when it gets tough and fail to pay attention to the important details when you swim, then your race results will always reflect this. But did you know that you can systematically raise the level of...
