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Students Learn by Doing, Not Listening The Chronicle of Higher Education   Students are most successful in our courses when they learn for themselves. The trick for all of us in academe is designing courses that help students do that.     Read More  

May-June Florida Swimming Athlete Newsletter Available   The May / June Athlete Age Group Newsletter is now available here.

USA Swimming Sends Tech Suit Ban Proposal On to House Without Vote USA Swimming’s Board of Directors was expected to vote last Saturday on a proposal that would ban the use of tech suits for 12-and-unders, except at high-level meets. However, after hearing a progress report on the proposal, the board agreed to move the measure forward in the approval process without a vote. According to USA Swimming’s Chief Marketing Officer Matt Farrell, the organization’s rules of procedure do not require a board ballot on the issue. The Age Group Committee will...

Tampa Bay Swim Classic Parent Job Signup Now Available   How to signup Event jobs: ​Go to the Meet Page on the Website ( Click Here). Click on thew "Job Signup" button at the top of the page and select your postions.  Please remember each slot is for one person only.  If you are signing up more than one person, you must sign up in more than one slot. There are limited numbers of slots available in each job so we can fill all slots during the meet. They are...

Missy Franklin is Coming Back—Then What? Since January, when Missy Franklin revealed that she had moved to Athens, Ga., to train and to finish her undergraduate degree, she has kept mostly quiet. She hasn’t been seen at any meets, and she still hasn’t raced since the Olympics in Rio, when she flamed out of both her individual races, the 200 free and 200 back, in the semi-finals and had no answers for what had gone so wrong. So what exactly has Franklin been up to these past four months? Well,...

The Best Post-Workout Supplement Is…Gummy Bears?   t’s no secret that eating healthy is important for athletes. Though Michael Phelps’ 10,000-calories-a-day diet may have been exaggerated, it is understood that swimmers and other endurance athletes require large amounts of nutrients to sustain themselves through strenuous workouts.   It is crucial for athletes to follow a nutritious diet, and the period after working out is especially important for recovery. What you eat – and when – makes all the difference.   Why Gummy Bears?   ​ Contuinue

      The Story of Electric Timing - Part 1 By Tom Slear//Contributor  | Tuesday, May 1, 2018 In swimming, we’ve got it good. With the advent of electronic timing, very rarely do the outcomes of close races come down to the subjective opinions of an on-deck official. But that wasn’t always the case. This is part 1 of a two-part story on how swimming’s automatic timing system came to be. Nearly six decades later, it remains the worst officiating blunder in swimming’s history. The affected event was the men’s...

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Understanding Intense Pre-Meet Anxiety and Panic Attacks Pre-meet nervousness is a normal occurrence and the accompanying butterflies and physiological activation can actually help you get yourself up for a great race. However, for some swimmers there is nothing good about their pre-race jitters. Their anxiety is so strong and disruptive that they are left with feelings of dread and a strong desire to flee. Read More