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USADA Update Five Anti-Doping Highlights for 2018 The more athletes know, the better they can manage the risk of a positive test. Athletes and athlete support personnel should take the time to read through a short list highlighting just a few of the top 2018 WADA Prohibited List changes and prohibited substances that impact athletes. Keep reading here.
Follow Coverage of the College Swimming Championship Season Over the next six weeks, Swimming World will provide wall-to-wall coverage of championship season in college swimming. For easy access to follow your favorite conferences, SwimmingWorld.com now features a new drop-down menu. Under the “College/HS” tab on the website header, you can find links to landing pages for a full slate of Division I conferences. Continue
USA Swimming Letter to Members Dear USA Swimming Family, In light of recent media coverage, I would like to provide some perspective on the very important subject matter discussed and the commentary surrounding USA Swimming’s Safe Sport efforts. Let me be clear: USA Swimming does not tolerate sexual abuse or misconduct, and I assure you that this organization is facing this extremely serious issue with one very clear goal – protecting children and athletes. Every day we work hard to get better as an organization....
Controlling Your Concentration Before and During the Race By Dr. Alan Goldberg, Competitivedge.com, February 12, 2018 As your championship meets approach and your hard, physical training winds down, the mental side of your swimming takes on an added importance. In fact, at those big meets, your success in the water is almost entirely dependent upon your pre-race and during race focus of concentration. Learn more here
Updated Psych Sheet, Warm-up Assignments Important Info Released for SR Champ's Florida Swimming and the Host Club (YCF) have released the Final Psych Sheet and a corrected version of the Assigned Warm-up Sheet along with other Important Information, for this week's Florida Swimming Senior Championships, in Orlando. Click Here to go to our Event Page for all this information and more.
Practice Doesn't Make Perfect, This Does Practice makes perfect. Practice makes permanent. Practice makes me eat bowls of pasta until I’m full…of shame. We’ve heard these lines before from coaches, parents, and tallish swimmer-authors who write about mental training and stuff on their website. (That’s me, in case there was confusion.) Practice is a lot of things to us swimmers: it’s where we go to get all wrinkle-fingered. Where we social kick with our friends. And where our coaches throw main sets at us that leave us so stunned that...
3 Ways To Grate On Others: COMPLAIN! COMPLAIN! COMPLAIN! As Karen and I dined at a Denver-based restaurant chain, the manager, Nate, stopped by our table to see how we were doing. One thing led to another, and—as is my wont—I mentioned the QBQ! book to him and gave my usual 15-second book summary. It goes like this: “Yep, QBQ! is an easy one-hour read about personal accountability and how to deliver outstanding customer service while eliminating blame, finger-pointing, whining, procrastination, and complaining.” When I hit that last word, he...
Updated Meet Letter & Psych Sheet Posted For Senior Champ's Florida Swimming has relaesed a new version of the Meet Information Letter for this weekend;s Senior Championships in Orlando, along with the first version of the Psych Sheets. Click Here to go to our Event Page and check them out.
Nutrition Guide By TrueSport It can be confusing to try and figure what to feed young athletes. Our Nutrition Guide offers guidelines that will help any athlete stay healthy, recover, and fuel for peak performance. The Guide
