Evangelia Vasilakis - (Author)

Do The Right Thing: The Unspoken Rules of Lane Etiquette Any swimmer knows the unspoken rules of sharing a lane with other swimmers, whether it is at a meet or at practice with the familiarity of your own team. It is crucial to have lane etiquette. The lanes are small and swimmers need to be able to...

The Untold Truths about Swimming: What Some May Not Know By Evangelia Vasilakis, Swimming World College Intern Like anything, swimming has its share of untold truths that not everyone outside of the sport is aware of. There are many truths that we choose to talk about in the swimming world and the t...

Motivational Monday: Getting Back on the Blocks After a Poor Performance By Evangelia Vasilakis, Swimming World College Intern. Every swimmer knows the excitement of a great race. The feeling of achieving a best time or placing well in a meet always seems to excite athletes. But in many cases, a swi...

8 Types of Swimmers You Will Encounter During Your Aquatic Journey By Evangelia Vasilakis, Swimming World College Intern. Every swimmer knows that throughout your career, you meet many people. From age group to college, we encounter many of the same types of swimmers. Each swimmer has their own pers...

Dear Swimmers: A Letter To My Younger Self and The New Generation (Archive) By Evangelia Vasilakis, Swimming World College Intern. Dear Younger Me and Younger Swimmers,  As I approach my last year of my swimming career, I have been reflecting on many things. Having participated in summer league, clu...

Love and Hate: The Mixed Feelings of Swimmers By Evangelia Vasilakis, Swimming World College Intern.  Swimming is one of the sports that a person can participate in for many years. There's something about it that draws people in and keeps them here. But after a while, swimmers might start to grow fr...

Life With a Parent As a Coach: A Unique Experience By Evangelia Vasilakis, Swimming World College Intern. Parents are our No. 1 supporters. But what happens when your parents become your coach? I had my mom coach me for years. While it was amazing, I found some things were quite different for my swi...

What We Say Growing Up In Swimming: Some Familiar Comments By Evangelia Vasilakis, Swimming World College Intern,  It's funny looking back at old pictures and seeing the doodles on our backs and the grids on our hands. Growing up in the swim world, we lose those little things and occasionally remini...

Swimming: A Sport That Prepares You For Life By Evangelia Vasilakis, Swimming World College Intern. Swimming, a sport where you have to be physically strong and mentally strong to succeed. Athletes of all ages have to be able to handle many different stresses throughout their time participating in t...

Adjusting to Life With a New Coach: Be Open and Positive A typical feeling swimmers have when they experience a coaching change is anxiety. A swimmer will feel this because they have gotten used to their normal routine. There is trepidation concerning the new coach's style and personality. But all s...

The Transition From High School to College Swimming: The Big Jump By Evangelia Vasilakis, Swimming World College Intern When getting ready to graduate from high school to college, swimmers face an inevitable transition period. They have to relearn their daily routines and adjust to a new team and en...

How Championship Season Is a Special Time of Year By Evangelia Vasilakis, Swimming World College Intern. Championship season is upon us. Teams across the country are starting to compete at their final meets. This is where all the hard work from the past season starts to pay off. Swimmers across the ...

From Swimmers To Swammers: Embracing A New Chapter By Evangelia Vasilakis, Swimming World College Intern.  The thing that some swimmers dread and others celebrate is finally retiring from swimming. We call these people who are done “swammers.” Many embrace the day they do not have to compete anymore...

Who Ya Gonna Find? The Different Kinds of Swimmers at Meets Every swimmer knows there are numerous types of swimmers you find at swim meets. Various kinds of swimmers react differently at meets. Some are cool and collected and others are nervous. Some swimmers find multiple ways to have fun while ot...

The Special Culture of the Swim Team As with so many other teams, swim team members are constantly together. I have heard so many people refer to us as “the swim cult,” “the swim family,” and swim team. In college, we tend to be roommates, we eat all meals together, and we hang out with each other o...

The Inevitable Injuries Swimmers Regularly Experience By Evangelia Vasilakis, Swimming World College Intern.  All athletes know the pain of the different injuries they acquire while participating in their sport. Swimmers can go down a long list of different injuries they have acquired during competi...

4 Ways to Mentally Recover From the Grind of Swimming By Evangelia Vasilakis, Swimming World College Intern.  All swimmers know how hard the sport can be on them mentally. The draining practices, the long meets, and the stress of working hard out of the pool. This can be a lot on an athlete, it can ...

Giving Up: A Few Things We Sacrifice As Swimmers By Evangelia Vasilakis, Swimming World College Intern.  In the sport of swimming, athletes have full schedules that often are unforgiving in time. They quickly realize how the sport dominates their lives. Most swimmers will dedicate numerous hours per...

6 Beneficial Habits Developed By Swimmers By Evangelia Vasilakis, Swimming World College Intern Like many athletes, swimmers develop habits that benefit them in their daily lives. Many swimmers carry out these habits unintentionally or they often practice them to live a better and easier life. These...

What Swimmers Think About As They Move Up and Down the Pool By Evangelia Vasilakis, Swimming World College Intern.  Between the counting of laps, intervals and breaths, swimmers have a lot of time to think. Our minds are continuously navigating the continuous streams of thoughts we have while practi...