Off the Blocks Returns May 2 with Episode 3 Off the Blocks returns May 2, featuring open water swimmers and Olympians, Jordan Wilimovsky and Haley Anderson. Check out Off the Block's first two episodes of 2019 featuring Caeleb Dressel and Kathleen Baker

Minor Athlete Abuse Prevention Policy (MAAPP): UPDATED Policy & Education Requirements To All USA Swimming Members -   We are excited to announce enhancements to our Safe Sport policy and education requirements as part of our continued commitment to safeguarding our athletes.   USA Swimming’s top priority continues to be keeping our athletes safe. No form of abuse, including child sexual abuse, has a place in our sport. Under our leadership, this organization will continue to make abuse prevention and response an important piece of everything we do.   The...

Scoring Correction Gives Green Team Championship Saturday Night, when going over results from the Blue/Green Meet, Coach Randy noticed the a swimmer, from the Blue Team, who was scratched from the Blue/Green Meet received a time and pionts for an event.  When researching this he also found that a swimmer, from the Green Team, who did swim in the same event was marked as a "No Show".  On Sunday morning, the entire meet was rescored and that event had the only errors.  As that event only had the one swimmer, 20 points (first place value)...

Top Tips for Chosing Snacks Did you know that 50% of all eating occasions are snacks? And, 63% of all food choices are decided within an hour of eating them? Dr. Shelley Balanko of The Hartman Group (a food and beverage consulting firm) recently shed some light on snacking in 2019. “Snacks are replacing meals because they are flexible, fun, and easy to individualize,” she said. For swimmers, snacks can help prevent hunger, sustain energy, recover from a hard workout, and sharpen mental focus. Snacks can also be eaten as...

GrillSmith - CVST's Newest Team Sponsor CVST would like to welcome GrillSmith back as one of our team sponsors. The restaurant is located across Dale Mabry, from the Club, on the South end of  Grand Plaza.  Proprieter, Todd Brown, formerly of CCC, is excited to get this partnership underway.  In fact, the sponsorship will begin the GrillSmith becoming the Name Sponsor for CVST's Swimmer of the Week Program.  Each week, beginning this Friday, the Swimmer of the Week from the Bronze, Silver and Gold Practice Groups will receive a Free Kids...

Clean Sport - United States Anti- Doping Agency (USADA) Resources: Coaches: Is one of your athletes taking a new medication? Make sure they know how to check it's prohibited status on Global DRO. Supplements: Unfortunately, some dietary supplement manufacturers illegally put the prohibited substance ostarine in their products and even omit it from the label. Learn more about the risks of ostarine and supplements.

Top Nutrition Tips: Dietitian Approved Processed Foods Processed foods have a bad reputation, but how many of us grow our own wheat, mill the flour, and bake bread? Processed foods shouldn’t scare us; we could all do with less ultra-processed foods that are loaded with saturated fat, added sugar, and excess sodium, but many processed foods can be part of a healthy diet for swimmers. Parents of athletes want convenience and quality; flavor and nutrition, and minimally processed foods. So, here are a few that are approved by this dietitian...

Recognition and Appreciation: Keeping Kids in the Game When it comes to parenting a young athlete, it’s easy to focus on results: a pizza party when your child’s team wins the playoffs, a special treat when he or she scores the game-winning goal. But for well-rounded, lifelong athletes, a focus on recognizing effort rather than results can yield more long-term benefits. Continue

Eye Contact Over Noise My dad came to most of my games growing up. Even when he knew I wouldn't be playing, he would still be in the stands. I heard him sometimes, but I could never understand what he was saying over all the other friends and family members in the crowd. However, what he was saying was not as important as where he was looking. When I looked up into the stands from the field, I always knew one thing for sure, he would be looking at me....

Are You an Over-invested Sport Parent? By Dr. Jim Taylor, Prime Sports One of your most essential goals as a sport parent in your children’s lives as athletes is to have them gain ownership of their participation. They need to feel that their sport is their thing. But ownership isn’t just something that they can gain on their own. Rather, it is a gift you give them that offers so many wonderful benefits to their development as young athletes and, more importantly, as young people. It is also something that...