The 7 Types of Slackers on Every Swim Team   Every swim team has them…the loafers who are undeniably giving 50% max at practice day after day, the sneaky strategists who find a shortcut in every set, the save-ups who manage to leave a killer practice with a ton of energy…you know them as THE SLACKERS!   1. The Lane-Line Puller - No one seems to notice except you, because...   Click Here   to see if you aone of the seven.  

Advice To Sports Parents From Basketball Coach Steve Kerr By Steve Kerr, Coach, Positive Coaching Alliance In this clip, Kerr talks about his advice for sports parents. He starts by sharing a bit from when he was a young athlete, including his temper tantrums around poor performances. His parents would watch the games quietly and not say anything until he had calmed down. Then they would approach him and try to teach him to change behaviors. This influences his advice to sports parents to keep calm and quiet in the...

VIDEO: The Science of Why Belly Flops Hurt   Any swimmer (or diver) who has ever done a belly flop has wondered the same thing: how can a liquid like water feel so solid?\   Sure, maybe it’s not the first question you ask yourself. (That honor would go to “Why did I do that?” or “How long will my body feel like it’s on fire?”). But it always feels like mystery how water can feel so soft as you swim through it, but so solid when you land on it...

Throw Back Thursday #TBT   Happy #TBT CVST! - From a Tampa Bay Swim Classic Heat Sheet in 2004 - Remember these "Old" CVST Swimmers ...  

Sugar: Hiding in Plain Sight By Robert Lustig, TED-Ed While sugar is easy to spot in candy, soft drinks and ice cream, it also hides out in foods you might not expect -- including peanut butter, pasta sauce and even bologna! Robert Lustig decodes confusing labels and sugar's many aliases to help determine just how much of that sweet carbohydrate makes its way into our diets. Watch here:

USADA Update   12 products added to High Risk List because they contain at least 1 ingredient on WADA Prohibitive List.  

Top Tips for Including Quality Protein   “Little Miss Swimmer sat at the poolside, eating her casein and whey.  Along came a rival who sat down beside her and Miss Swimmer blew her competition away.” (With apologies to fans of nursery rhymes). Swimmers of all ages are asking about the proteins whey and casein. Are they the super stars of proteins? Should swimmers use whey and casein supplements for training and recovery? My answer is yes and no to these questions. No, supplements are not needed, and we all know...

Throw Back Thursday #TBT   Happy #TBT CVST! - This one goes back to the 2009 Spring Senior Champ's!   #Bubbleheads #800FreeRelay #FLSR09 #CVST  

CVST Represented in State’s Open Water 5K CVST has five of its toughest take on Hurricane Man   CARROLLWOOD — An air horn sounds and suddenly you’re surrounded by flailing limbs, desperately clawing to the buoy marking the first turn of the Florida Swimming Open Water Championships 5K in Fort Myers. The start of the race feels more like a boxing match than a distance swim, as described by Carrollwood Village Swim Team’s Daryl Pickerell and Abby Forman...   Full Story & Pictures

The #FunnestSport has Arrived! SwimToday  has launched it's 2015 ad campaign to show non-swimmers and their parents why swimming is the #FunnestSport and invite new swimmer to join in! SwimToday and 13 industry partners have banded together to help invite new swimmers into the sport and bust some of the myths around the sport of swimming. To learn more about the SwimToday campaign go to www.swimtoday.org  and help us spread the word about the #FunnestSport!