Ten Tips to Raising Resilient Kids (From a Former Navy Seal) By Calvin Hennick, Yahoo Parenting, ‎March‎ ‎25‎, ‎2015   Resilience: Hard-Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life, the new book by Eric Greitens, Rhodes Scholar and former Navy SEAL, is hardly a parenting guide. But, Greitens tells Yahoo Parenting, “As I shared the book with parents, including my own, they said, ‘This has a lot to do with how to raise a resilient child.’” Resilience, Greitens says, is an essential quality for living a good life, and one that...

Jolyn Swimwear Signs On as CVST Sponsor   Jolyn Swimwear, a leading supplier of "Fun Swimwear".  Not that long ago, in a land way out California west, a band of misfits got together with a pod of ripping dolphins and started having fun with swimwear.  Others saw this epicness happening and joined in with these marauders and now we have a group of outlaws nicknamed “Jolyn.” We made this brand for women who inspire us…   "Jolyn is excited to be on deck at the Boys & Girls Club Nationals,...

CVST Blue/Green Meet Draft Held, Teams Selected   The CVST Draft was held earlier this week and here are the results and the team members for bot Randy's Blue Team and Maria's Green Team!  The meet will be held on Friday, April 17th and each team will have a team practice  the two days before the meet.  For more information on the meet, Click Here   to go the Meet Web Page.     Randy’s Blue Team Bishop, Mabry Byrne-Garcia, Julia Cassels, Taylor Forman, Abby Forman, Sam John, Gleason Gonzalez,...

Aquatic Competition Dates for 2016 Rio Olympics   The organizers of the 2016 Olympics posted the competition dates for each discipline at the Games, as well as the schedule for the test-events prior to the Olympics. Aquatics competition days for the Games are: -Swimming - August 6-13; -Open Water - August 15+16; -Diving - August 7-10 and 12-20; -Water Polo - August 6, 8-20; -Synchro - August 14-16 and 18+19. An announcement of the competition dates can be found online here:    

  It’s Never Too Late To Improve Your Start By Russell Mark, USA Swimming National Team High Performance Consultant It’s never not too late to improve your start. Here are a few easy things to keep in mind. On the block, your “take-your-mark” position primes you for action. Four things to be mindful of: 1. High Hips 2. Eyes Looking Down 3. Arms Loaded 4. Rear Foot Behind Your Hips The hips are the central point of your weight, and gravity will help you create the most speed upon entry...

Top Reasons Swimmers Should Forego a Ketogenic Diet By Chris Rosenbloom, PhD, RDN, CSSD Early this month, Jill Castle wrote a thoughtful article on the ketogenic diet for swimmers. This high fat diet has been popularized by bloggers in the swim community and even in the New York Times. (See Jill’s article at, High Fat/Ketogenic Diet: Love it or Lose It?) Jill explained a ketogenic diet and the biology and chemistry of what happens when we cut out all carbohydrates and eat a very high fat diet (usually defined as...

Mike's Mailbag: Psyched Out by Psych Sheets By Mike Gustafson//Correspondent   Hey Mike!   What a lovely column you write each week! Thank you! I am swimmer who struggles mentally with psych sheets. It probably helps to know who else is swimming the meet and heat sheets are even more important to swim in the correct lane but looking at them gives me butterflies in my stomach. I start to doubt myself and my training and feel all weak inside. Do you have any suggestions on how to face the...

Wednesday Word: “Drag Suit.” By Mike Gustafson//Correspondent Definition: When a swimmer wears a bigger swimsuit to purposefully increase drag during swimming.  What “drag” literally means: “Pull something or someone along forcefully, roughly, or with difficulty.”  What drag means in swimming: Swimming is about decreasing drag. Swimmers want to decrease the amount of friction in the water, making movement easier through the water. The less drag, the faster and more efficiently you will swim. This is also why Shaq may not be an Olympic gold medalist swimmer. He has a lot...

Public Notification: Black Mamba Hyperrush Contains Hidden Drug Ingredients   The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers not to purchase or use Black Mamba Hyperrush, a product promoted for weight loss. This product was identified by FDA during an examination of international mail shipments. Image of Black Mamba Hyperrush FDA laboratory analysis confirmed that Black Mamba Hyperrush contains sibutramine. Sibutramine is a controlled substance that was removed from the market in October 2010 for safety reasons. The product poses a threat to consumers because sibutramine is known to...

Florida Gators Pump-up Video: It’s Our Time   The University of Florida Gators are pumped and ready to attack on this, the first day of the 2015 Men’s NCAA Championships.  Caeleb Dressel, Corey Main, Mitch D’Arrigo and Dan Wallace are a few of the familiar Florida faces in the video we will see gunning for the top prize over the next few days.  Are you ready?   Click Here   to go to Gator Vision and the video.