The Biggest Performance-Disrupting Mental Mistake Made By Swimmers and How to Avoid It “DON'T BRING YOUR GOALS WITH YOU WHEN YOU RACE!” I've written on this topic before, and it is worth repeating again as some of you are preparing for your bigger meets this long-course season. If you want to swim your best under pressure, then you need to master this fundamental understanding! Far too many swimmers, at so many levels, misuse their goals leading up to and at race time and this mental mistake robs them of an...

Area 3 Championships Heat Sheets Available Heat Sheets, Estimated Timelines and all the other information you need for this weekend's Area Championships at Northshore Aquatic Complex are now posted at CVST.org, on the Event Page. Be sure to download and print your Heat Sheets before going to the meet! Assigned warm-up times and lanes for each session have also been posted. Please do not be late. Get ready for some FAST swimming and we will see you in St. Pete!

CVST Team Building Week - Surprise Day Is.... Earlier this summer CVST announced the last week of practices for the summer, July 25-29, would be CVST Team Building Week and the whole team would practice together that week, with a different theme for each day. Monday’s theme is Crazy Cap Day, Tuesday is Goofy Goggles Day, Wednesday is Silly Swim Suit Day, Thursday is Costume Day and Friday was announced as Surprise Day. Well, now is the time to announce the Surprise Day Theme! The Theme for that Friday is...

From Heat Sheets to Parking Info, All Your FLAGS Info Is Now Available Hey CVST - Everything from Heat Sheets to Parking information for this weekend's Florida Age Group Championships (FLAGS) is now available at CVST.org on the Event Page. Be sure to check it all out so you have all the information for the weekend, Heat Sheets, Timelines, Psych Sheets, Parkig Info, Warm-up Info, Seating Info and lots more!

Get Ready For CVST Team Building Week - July 25-29th For the last week of the 2021-2022 Swim Year we will be having CVST Team Building Week! All Practice Groups will swim together from 9:00-10:30am that week with a different theme for each practice with lots of Fun, Games, Raffles and Prizes to be given away! Then on the last day, Friday we will be having Suprise Day! We will be holding a special Practice/Event that day and we will be announcing what it is in the very near future,...

The Speedo Rap, Featuring Jason Lezak (Music Video) Bringing back this story from Cathleen Pruden, Swimming World intern. If you missed this one from July 2016…it will be some good entertainment for today! Most swimmers and fans stayed busy at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha by swimming, watching eight days of racing, and exploring the Aqua Zone. For two athletes, that was not enough. Kevin Ferguson and Colin Babcock wrote and recorded a rap about swimming and Speedos while at Olympic Trials. The four minute production is called “The...

CVST's Safe Sport Recognition Up For Renewal - We Need Your Help! Good Evening CVST Parents and Swimmers, WE REALLY NEED YOUR HELP TO MAKE OUR CLUB A BETTER, SAFER, & MORE PROTECTED PLACE FOR OUR MEMBERSHIP TO THRIVE! We, the Carrollwood Village Swim Team, fully endorse and support USA Swimming’s Safe Sport and Safety programs by helping to provide countless resources for our club members on our very own website, www.CVST.org or these resources can also be found at www.usaswimming.org/learn. OUR GOAL, AS A TEAM, IS TO RENEW AS...

FLAGS Psych Sheet (Ver. 1) Posted The Psych Sheet (Ver. 1) is published - it does not include late entries. Late entries are open til 3 p.m. Friday, July 8th. Late entries will be through email ONLY and accepted up to 24 hours after publication of the Psych Sheet. You can check out the Psych Sheet by visiting www.CVST.org , and going to the Event Page at https://www.teamunify.com/team/flscvst/controller/cms/admin/index#/calendar-team-events.

USADA News The USADA Supplement Guide is designed to help athletes understand the risks of using supplements and how to choose a lower-risk product if they decide to use supplements despite the risks. Download your copy here.

Safe Sport Newsletter - July 2022 Mandatory Reporting Reporting can be difficult, but it is vital to providing a safe and healthy environment for our athletes. Pursuant to federal law, all adults authorized to interact with minor or amateur athletes who learn of facts that give reason to suspect that a child has suffered an incident of abuse, including sexual abuse, must make a report of the suspected abuse to law enforcement and/or your state's designated agency within 24 hours. The SafeSport Code for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movements...