Coaches Education

The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) and Fitter and Faster are pleased to announced the TOP 10 AGE GROUP COACHES OF THE YEAR FOR 2021. These coaches will be honored at the 2021 ASCA World Clinic Award Banquet on September 16 at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando.  The Fitter and Faster/AS...

The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) is pleased to announce that Team USA Olympic Coach Ray Looze will join Olympic Coach Gregg Troy, Paralympic Coach Nathan Manley and NBC commentator Rowdy Gaines on the opening night of the 2021 ASCA World Clinic in Orlando. The coaches will participat...

5 Signs a Swimmer Has Taken Ownership of Their Sport By Brad Jones One common trait that you will consistently see in successful senior level swimmers is that they have complete ownership of their swimming. Over my years of working with high school kids on the Bellingham Bay Swim Team, I’ve realized...

A Professional Trainer's View on Dryland Workouts Swimming may be a water sport, but working out on land is still an essential part of any swimmer's training. When doing dryland training, it’s important that swimmers are focusing on the right aspects of strength and conditioning. According to a stud...

A Look at Past Swim Sets From Legendary Texas Coach Eddie Reese Today, Swimming World continues to offer past workouts that have appeared in the magazine to its readership. This time, we share several past workouts designed by legendary University of Texas coach Eddie Reese and shared with Michael J...

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 ...

A Look at the Training Sets of Distance Ace Erica Sullivan One of the feel-good stories of the United States Olympic Trials was the qualification for the Olympic Games in Tokyo by Erica Sullivan in the 1500-meter freestyle. Representing the Sandpipers of Nevada, Sullivan put together a career-best p...

5 Swim Sets You Have to Try Before You Die; Tell Us Your Favorite By Wayne Goldsmith Swim sets are like burgers. There's a lot of them in the world: Some are great, some are awful and some are just plain ordinary burgers. Here are 5 swim sets you have to try before you die. A great swim set has to i...

Training of Katie Ledecky: A Glance At Workouts That Led to First Olympic Title Before Katie Ledecky became an Olympian and captured the gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, her coach Yuri Suguiyama (now the head coach at Wisconsin) shared some of his pupil's wo...

By McKenna Ehrmantraut, Swimming World College Intern.  As the school year begins to wind down, most people are packing up to go to the beach - but not swimmers! They are getting ready for endless double practices, knee skin tan lines and nap time. While sun burns and sore muscles are inevitable, mi...

The Australian Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association (ASCTA) is delighted to announce a formal affiliation with the New Zealand Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association (NZSCTA). The affiliation takes effect from July 1, 2021 and provides significant benefits to both organisations and their res...

In-Person ASCA World Clinic Is On! Sept. 14-18 in Orlando The American Swimming Coaches Association is excited to announce the 2021 World Clinic--the premier convention and trade show for the swimming community--will be held live and in person September 14-18 at the Rosen Centre in Orlando, Florida....

Bob Bowman On Butterfly Development and Age-Group Progression in ASCA Lessons From Legends Through its YouTube page, the American Swimming Coaches Association has made it a goal to provide its members and coaches around the country with opportunities to grow. In a video posted to the ASCA page, futu...

A Specific Look at the Training of World-Record Holder Caeleb Dressel Through the years, a consistent feature of Swimming World Magazine has been the highlighting of specific training programs and sets of various athletes, including the sport's elite performers. Today, we dip into the magazine vault...

Cutting Time: Tips For Improving Turns, Underwaters and Breakouts One of the easiest ways to drop time quickly is to improve your turns, underwaters and breakouts. Sloppy transitions can easily add time to a race. When you’re performing them well off every wall, those seconds add up quickly. But, it...

Final Breath: The Dangers of Hypoxic Training and Risks of Shallow-Water Blackout In response to a video on YouTube in that showed a 14-year-old completing a 100-yard freestyle without taking a breath, Swimming World is re-running this piece from its archive that discusses the dangers of hypoxic tra...

Legendary Coach Bill Sweetenham Shares His Wealth of Knowledge On Inside With Brett Hawke Podcast Hall of Fame coach Bill Sweetenham sat down with Brett Hawke on his podcast to talk about the life of the late Nort Thornton and what he learned from him in his career. Sweetenham is one of the living l...

Bob Steele, who is known as one of swimming's great motivational speakers, has joined the One in a Thousand Campaign, designed to help the Hall of Fame prosper during the COVID pandemic. "The Hall of Fame has been a favorite since the 50's when Buck Dawson was there. When I was a swimmer, we trained...

By Michaela Morrison If you're in between seasons or looking for an alternate dryland program, take a moment to consider adding kickboxing to your training regimen. What is kickboxing? At its core, kickboxing is a cardio sport with the intent of working your whole body. Sound familiar? There is an e...

Title IX's New Watershed Moment for Women in Sports By Gigi Picard Swimming World College Intern On June 23rd, 1972, a law famously known as Title IX went into effect, prohibiting sex discrimination in any educational institution receiving federal funding. From an athletics point of view, the intent...