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How They Train: The Workouts of Rising Tennessee Sophomore Nick Simons

How They Train: The Workouts of Rising Tennessee Sophomore Nick Simons Nick Simons enters the 2023-24 academic season as a rising sophomore at the University of Tennessee. Swimming for Lake Oswego Swim Club, he was Oregon’s No. 1-ranked recruit (26th nationally) in the Class of 2023. In a limited hi...

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High School and Club Coach Relationships: An Intricate Balance

High School and Club Coach Relationships: An Intricate Balance The high school/club coach relationship: Collegial or fire-and-ice? Google the subject today, and you will find the full fury of both sides and an occasional voice of reason. The debate—or polarization—can range from harmony and synergy ...

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Racer X Special Sets: Coach Jim Skirboll Is Leading a Youth Movement

Racer X Special Sets: Coach Jim Skirboll Is Leading a Youth Movement The sporting world often thrives on David vs. Goliath stories. Aquatics are no different. Last April, Jim Skirboll’s Pittsburgh-based Racer X Aquatic Club made quite a splash at the ISCA East Elite Showcase Classic. With just 14 sw...

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Q&A With Amy Albiero, Co-Head Coach of Cardinal Aquatics

Q&A With Amy Albiero, Co-Head Coach of Cardinal Aquatics Oakland University All-American Amy Comerford found a lifelong watery playground after joining a summer league team. The experience sent her on an aquatic journey as a swimmer, swim coach par excellence, wife of an esteemed college coach (Arth...

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Why Coaches Change Training: Some of the Best Weigh In

Why Coaches Change Training: Some of the Best Weigh In Home Improvement As a seven-time Olympic coach with 15 NCAA men’s titles at the University of Texas, Eddie Reese knows something about getting better. And early in his career, he learned it from an unlikely source: “Back in the days when the Rus...

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How They Train: The Work Of Georgia All-American Zoie Hartman

How They Train: The Work Of Georgia All-American Zoie Hartman A five-time California state champion and a top-five college recruit in the Class of 2019 from Monte Vista High School in Danville, Calif., Zoie Hartman entered the University of Georgia with a sterling competitive résumé. A two-time Nati...

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A Discussion On Swim Training: Is It An Art or Science?

A Discussion On Swim Training: Is It An Art or Science? Like the rest of life, the answer to the above question is complicated. Dudley Duncan’s recent The Art of Swimming is just the latest piece of aquatic literature to label swim coaching as “art.” “After how many years, it’s still art in people’s...