Michael Stott - (Author)

Learning From Colleagues: How Swimming Promotes a Familial Relationship Among Coaches Swimming World explores the fraternal nature of how coaches learn from one another. Not surprisingly, such education isn’t always about X’s and O’s, but borne from familial relationships that reveal the caring for ...

Sample Sets: A Look At the Work Of Rising Global Star Ilya Kharun Of Sandpipers Of Nevada Arizona State recruit Ilya Kharun finished his 2022 long course season in impressive fashion. To wit: after a strong World Cup meet in November, he felt ready to challenge the world junior butterfly records. Re...

How They Train: Inside the Work of Princeton Multi-Event Star Raunak Khosla After a fast long course summer in 2017, Raunak Khosla attracted considerable interest among college coaches, finally settling on Princeton University, where he is presently a three-time team captain and studying economics. ...

Special Sets: A Look At the Training Of Teen Standout Erika Pelaez, An N.C. State Recruit Erika Pelaez has been on the U.S. aquatic radar for more than three years ever since gaining her first Olympic Trials cut at age 13. She is a 5-9, 140-pound junior at Eagle Aquatics in Hialeah, Fla., a two-time...

How They Train: A Look At Brooks Curry and Ian Grum At Dynamo Swim Club Before Brooks Curry and Ian Grum became standouts at LSU and Georgia, respectively, they rose up the ranks as members of the Dynamo Swim Club, where Ian Murray oversaw their training. Here is a look at the work logged by Curry a...

Sample Sets: A Look At the Training Of Fast-Rising Sprint Star Anna Moesch Greater Somerset County YMCA stalwart Anna Moesch has been checking boxes for quite a while. Her coach Mary Korey gives the University of Virginia recruit high marks in a variety of categories. Consider the following areas in...

Another Choice: The Case For Division III Swimming (Part II) Last month, in the first of two installments, college coaches weighed in on the benefits of NCAA D-III swimming (524 teams at last count) and the realities of finding an aquatic home in college. In Part II, we share the thoughts of Don Hei...

An Excellent Choice: The Case For Division III Swimming (Part I) In the first of two installments, college coaches discuss recruiting and the realities of finding an aquatic home on one of the nation’s 524 NCAA Division III teams. In September, Jason Weber began his 17th year as head men’s and women...

How They Train Nic Fink: A Look At the Work Of the American Breaststroke Star A graduate of The Pingry School and the University of Georgia (2015), 6-3 Nic Fink has spent the last seven years traversing a less traveled road. A 15-time CSCAA All-American and twice an NCAA runnerup in the 100 breastst...

Q&A With Jamie Bloom, Head Coach For the YMCA Of the Triangle Area Jamie Bloom has given her personal and professional life to swimming and the betterment of all those who pursue the sport. Not only a doer, she is a voice for swimming’s underserved populations and continues to serve on local, state,...

How They Train YOTA Standout and North Carolina Recruit Reese Stoner Reese Stoner is Chapel Hill-bound come fall to swim for the University of North Carolina. Primarily a backstroker and IMer, the six-foot, 160-pound senior at Millbrook High in Raleigh is the Tar Heel State’s 23rd-ranked male (279th...

A Look At the Development and Training Sets of Rising Star Kayla Han You know you are something special when just 13—and the youngest qualifier at the Olympic Trials—Olympic medalist Elizabeth Beisel gushes at your prowess. Now 14, Kayla Han has been on USA Swimming’s radar since she set her first N...

The Fine Art Of In-Meet Coaching: It Can Take a Deft Touch...Or a Hammer You want smoke on the water, excitement in aquatics? Just put longtime coaches in the same room. For starters, invite Jack Bauerle, Don Gambril, Frank Comfort, Bob Boettner or the departed Don Easterling and Ray Bussard. The su...

Training a Young Michael Phelps: Bob Bowman on Working With His Prized Pupil (Swimming Technique Archive) By Bob Bowman (with Michael J. Stott) - From 2003 I think it was pretty clear from the beginning that Michael Phelps was a special swimmer. When he joined us at North Baltimore Aquatic ...

Training Strategy: What Is Reverse Periodization? How Does It Work? (Part I) This month, Swimming World explores the concept of reverse periodization—its acceptance, application and place in modern-day aquatic training. Any discussion of periodization, reverse and otherwise, requires definition: Cla...

Special Sets: A Look At the Training of Stanford Recruit Lucy Bell This month’s “Special Sets” features Fort Collins Swim Team swimmer, Lucy Bell, coached by Mike Novell. The Fossil Ridge High School prep star, who has committed to Stanford this fall, is Colorado’s top-ranked female recruit in the C...

Strength Training For Age Groupers: Yes or No? Some years ago, a rookie Middle Atlantic coach took his middle and high school swim teams to the weight room. There he introduced fundamental dryland and some machine-based resistance work. “The first day with the machines was a disaster and all my faul...

Dealing With Disappointment (Part II): Ways Coaches Can Provide Their Athletes With Support Previously, Swimming World took a macro look at coach-and-swimmer reaction to disappointing performances. In this installment from the July issue of Swimming World Magazine, we explore how some of the country...

Dealing With Disappointment: How Coaches Can Help Their Athletes Manage This is the first article in a two-part series on supporting athletes after disappointing performances. The first installment takes a macro look as seen through the eyes of Ben Keast, now coach at SwimMAC and former assistant co...

Q&A With Matt Crispino, Head Men's Coach at Princeton University From Colgate to William & Mary to Princeton, Matt Crispino has charted a course of aquatic excellence for institutions deeply rooted in academic success. Matt Crispino Head Men’s Coach Princeton University • College of William & Mary, ...