Seven Reasons Every Swimmer Should Go To Swim Meets   Swim meets are a little unforgiving when viewed in a certain manner. You spend months training a countless number of hours, only to have your performance completed in a manner of minutes, with no recourse if you disagree with the numbers on the scoreboard.   But on the other hand, they are also places where swimmers learn the value of hard work, of setting and chasing goals, and other life skills including dealing with setbacks, developing sportsmanship, to even just...

FS Releases 2015 FLAGS Cuts   Florida Swimming, Inc. has released the 2015 Florida Age Group Championships Qualifying Time Standards.  Click Here  to check them out and see what it will take to get those Cuts!

What Do You Think of the 2015 Boys & Girls Club Nationals Logo?   What do you think of the 2015 Boys & Girls Club Nationals Logo?  We like it a lot! 

5 Bad Eating Habits Swimmers Must Break   by Jill Castle, MS, RDN   A habit is a regular tendency that is hard to give up. When it comes to food and eating, there are good habits and there are bad ones. Good eating habits promote health, overall wellness, and may even optimize swimming performance. Bad habits, on the other hand, may get in the way of athletic performance and future potential. Here are some of the bad eating habits I see among young swimmers:    Full Story  

What To Do About A Stressed-out Teen By Tim Elmore, Growing Leaders, November 4, 2014 A new report was just released, unveiling a study of adolescents and stress. It’s eye-opening. I realize I’ve written on this topic already, but I continue to be stunned by the number of high school and college students I meet who are paralyzed by stress. I asked myself, Is it just me? Am I the only one meeting kids full of angst? Turns out, I’m not. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America,...

Top Tips for Sneaking in Fruits and Veggies By Chris Rosenbloom, PhD, RDN, CSSD We all know we should eat more fruits and vegetables, yet he average American eats about 1 serving of fruit and 1.5 servings of vegetables each day. The minimum amount we should be eating is 5 servings a day (with the goal of eating 9 servings!). So, here are some sneaky ways to get more fruits and veggies without sacrificing taste: Read more:

From Jim Sheehan, USA Swimming President   The December issue of Outside magazine features a 13-page story titled “Unprotected,” describing USA Swimming’s handling of abuse cases. USA Swimming officials and Safe Sport facts were represented in the article, but the focus has a decidedly negative slant as the main sources are an abuse victim and her attorney.   We expect the story to reach subscribers this week and the issue will be on newsstands starting November 11, for one month. Outside has a subscriber base of approximately 690,000.   Anna...

10 Ways Swimmers Can Get More Sleep By Mike Gustafson//Correspondent    If dogs are man’s best friend, then sleep is a swimmer’s best friend. Perhaps because we want what we can’t have. Early morning practices. Early Saturday preliminaries. Holidays spent at the pool, slogging up and down mile after mile inside a concrete grave while the rest of your non-swimming friends sleep in. Swimmers are constantly chasing sleep. We crave it, we need it, we demand it.   And yet, I've never met a swimmer who has ever said, “I...

GameOn4Kids.com Features Ocala Meet   CVST swimmers set team records in Ocala Ingerick breaks four team records at Marlins Swim Meet   CARROLLWOOD - The Carrollwood Village Swim Team broke several records in their first travel meet of the season, which took place in the Marlins Swim Meet at Ocala.  Full Story  

The Most Effective Supplement By Dan McCarthy, USA Swimming High Performance Consultant Cheri Mah’s unexpected discovery during her initial research in 2002 at Stanford has taken root in professional and collegiate sports, forcing coaches and administrators to rethink their approach to helping their athlete’s recover. What athlete would not benefit from being sharper, having a more positive mood and possessing quicker reaction times? When she narrowed her study to find specific responses, she turned to the Stanford Men’s Basketball Team for a three-year study. Her published work suggests that when...