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6 Reasons Learning to Swim Can Be Highly Useful The benefits of swimming are endless, and your child should learn to swim as early as possible. Here's why: 1. It’s essential to safety. According to the National Safe Kids Campaign, drowning is the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related ...

In one of the first sanctioned marathon swims since the falling of COVID-19 restrictions, Henry Palmer completed a swim across the Santa Barbara Channel this week. Palmer finished the swim from Oxnard, Calif., to Anacapa Island in six and a half hours. He covered 14.3 miles in what was originally pl...

NEW COMMIT: The first verbal commitment for the 2022-23 season belongs to Virginia Tech: the Hokies have received a verbal pledge from Carmen Weiler, who was born in Spain and currently resides in Singapore. She will arrive in Blacksburg as a member of the Class of 2026. She told Swimming World: "I ...

NEW COMMIT: Stanford University has received their fourth verbal commitment for the 2021-22 season and beyond from Virginia Beach, Va. native Samantha Tadder. She will join Torri Huske and Meghan Lynch, as well as diver Lauren Burch, as a member of the Cardinal's class of 2025. She told Swimming Wor...

6 Ways to Survive Through Swim Practice Surviving a swim practice can get a bit rough. Sometimes, it’s the workout. Sometimes, it’s just not your day. Every swimmer has their own strategies for making it through. Here are six of the most common ways swimmers endure their swim practices... 1. The Clo...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue for FREE - Limited Time Offer GREAT SCOT(T)!...Scotland's Duncan Scott Poised As An Olympic Threat By David Rieder Scotland’s Duncan Sco...

I'll be honest. When I first saw the London Aquatics Centre in London I was puzzled. Impressed with its size and grandeur, yes. But puzzled. Why the bewilderment? Well, I didn't really 'get' what the design was meant to signify but for me it resembled a whale. All undulation and smooth curves, a wha...

When Renzo Tjon-A-Joe weighed the possibility of an elite swimming career in his late teens, he knew it would require leaving his native Suriname. To work his way into the upper echelons of the world of swimming, the United States would be the best place for him, he reasoned then. As much as he love...

Olympic gold medalist Tom Dolan appeared on the podcast Inside With Brett Hawke to talk about his career and how he used his competitiveness to ultimately be a great swimmer. Dolan chatted about his early beginnings in the sport with summer league and how his competitive nature kept him going during...

5 Things Coaches Should Know About Recruiting in a Virtual World A swarm of butterflies flutters through your stomach and your heart races. You tap on your spiral notebook and scan your checklist one last time. Why are you so nervous? You’ve done your research and more importantly, no one can see yo...

If Swimming Added New Events to the Olympic Lineup, What Could They Be? The women's 1500 freestyle, men's 800 free and the mixed medley relays will make their Olympic debuts next summer in Tokyo at the Olympic Games, bringing the total number of events in the pool to 35. The last time an event was a...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue for FREE - Limited Time Offer Takeoff To Tokyo Series - Johnny Weissmuller: A Star of Swimming... And Hollywood By John Lohn The latest ...

Tempo and Rhythm: A Swimmer's Secret Weapons There are countless combinations of sets and drills that help swimmers enhance their overall training and performance. We can focus on a single aspect of our swim such as pulling, kicking, or breathing. Yet, have you ever thought of focusing on your tempo...

Mark Schubert and John Leonard, two of the most senior coaching figures in World swimming for the past 40 years have flatly denied accusations against them in an open letter from Robert Allard, the lawyer representing sexual abuse victims and claimants, to USA Swimming. Neither Schubert, who has inf...

Northern Arizona Diver Aly Jones Battling Back After Setbacks Contributed by Northern Arizona Athletics Early on in her life, Northern Arizona University diver Aly Jones knew she wanted to be a surgeon. So much so that her parents, even in jest, wondered what might be wrong with their daughter. "I w...

UMass Dartmouth announced Wednesday that men’s and women’s swimming and diving are among eight varsity athletic program to be cut. The decision is reportedly not related to coronavirus budget reductions. The programs cut include women’s equestrian, men’s golf, men’s lacrosse, co-ed sailing and men’s...

On the day the women's 100 backstroke finals were supposed to take place at the 2020 U.S. Olympic trials, Olivia Smoliga was at her family home in the Chicago suburbs. She was not in the water, nor was she dwelling on what could have been had the COVID-19 pandemic not pushed the trials and the Olymp...

British Swimming will be able to move forward with their plans for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics after UK Sport received assurances about funding from the Government. UK Sport are responsible for investing money from the National Lottery and government income in sports in order to maximise meda...

NEW COMMIT: Texas A&M University has picked up a new in-state verbal commitment for the class of 2025 from backstroker Meredith Brown of Sugar Land, Texas. She will join fellow Texas natives Shannon Bagnal and Sarah Holt in College Station at the start of the 2021-22 season. She told Swimming World:...

New Jersey Given Green Light to Open Indoor Pools - With Restrictions In the midst of rising COVID-19 numbers in many states, New Jersey swimmers received good news on Thursday when Gov. Phil Murphy announced that indoor pools were allowed to open. This decision followed a June 22 opening date for o...