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How to Get Your Mind Right in the Pool by Olivier Poirier-Leroy. You can't always change your coach. You can't change the pool you train in. and you can't contrl what the swimmer in the lane next to you does. But you can control your attitude. Here are a few suggestions for helping you to get your mind right when you’re stuck in a wrong situation. Full Story!
Free Training for Parents The USA Swimming Safe Sport Program is proud to offer free athlete protection training to the parents of our member athletes. Parents are a critical component to our overall goal to protecting children from sexual abuse. The comprehensive online programming includes information about how offenders operate; how to recognize and respond to boundary violations, myths and facts about child sexual abuse and USA Swimming’s Athlete Protection Policies and Procedures. Click Here to get started.
Important USADA Update Coaches: please share with all of your athletes and their parents. Please pay close attention to this tweet from USADA. The FDA has published a notification about a product containing ingredients that are prohibited and/or a health risk. NOTE: Sibutramine is prohibited. USADA @usantidoping Athletes beware: #supplements can have hidden ingredients in them. Visit http://www.Supplement411.org for assistance.
Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool to Feature Team USA vs. Europe Featuring Team USA’s top swimmers squaring off against Europe’s best, the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool returns to the United States on Dec. 11-12 at the Indiana University Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI in downtown Indianapolis. Designed to showcase the sport’s most exciting athletes in a short-course meters, dual-meet format, the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool is a made-for-television event that has captivated spectator audiences since its 2003 debut in Indianapolis....
Five Things You Should Already Do To Reach Your Potential This Season By Alicia Kendig, Nutritionist, U.S. Olympic Committee I often hear from athletes and parents wanting answers to their very pointed questions about, “what will make me stronger,” “what will help me recover faster,” and “what will keep me healthy.” Oftentimes, they are fishing for the quick and easy solution. They want to hear the latest trend or fad diet that will hold the secret to success. Upon further assessment, I am astonished to learn how often these same...
ALERT: New World Anti-Doping Association Rule Sent by Jim Sheehan, USA Swimming President On behalf of USA Swimming, I want to make you aware of a new World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) rule called Prohibited Association that went into effect on January 1, 2015. This rule prohibits athletes from associating with coaches, trainers, physicians or other Athlete Support Personnel who are currently sanctioned for and/or criminally convicted of doping. Examples outlined in the WADA Code of “association” include assisting athletes with training, nutrition or medical advice, and/or serving as an agent...
5 Things You Must Do If You Want to Fail at Swimming By Wayne Goldsmith There’s a lot of swimming articles about how to be successful: bet you’ve never read one that will tell you 5 Things You Must Do If You Want to Fail at Swimming. There must be a lot of swimmers who prefer to fail than to succeed…..because in every squad, in every city, in every nation it seems like a lot of swimmers are doing just that – choosing to fail. Coaches say...
CVST #TBT Happy TBT from CVST! Do you remember these "Biathlon Award Winners" from a few years back?
You’re a Mentally Tougher Swimmer Than You Realize by Olivier Poirier-Leroy. Typically we talk about elite swimmers in terms of talent and performance that borders on reverence. She is so fast because she has such a good stroke. He’s so much more gifted than other swimmers. She must have really good genetics to be able to swim so fast. But there is certainly more to the equation of high performance swimming than being tall and being talented. (Although having those two can almost seem like enough for some swimmers.)...
