Coaches Education

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...

Virginia head coach Todd DeSorbo chatted with Brett Hawke on his podcast, Inside with Brett Hawke, about the recent national championship he won at the women's NCAAs in Greensboro and his assessment of the men's meet, where his team finished in ninth place. DeSorbo is in his fourth season at the Uni...

High-Intensity Workout: Breaststroke With Medicine Balls Here is a breaststroke specific set focused on developing power and consistent timing. Take a look at the set below and the description that follows: 3-4 Rounds: 8 x med ball throws against the wall; sitting w/ a lunge at the end of each t...

6 Routes to a Better Flip Turn By Annie Grevers How many times have you been told to be quicker on your walls? Not hesitate before flipping? Get your feet around faster? Probably quite a few times. Turns are not merely a fun accessory in swimming. They're a crucial part of our sport. How many times ...

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...

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 the latest video posted to the ASCA p...

What Happens To Your Body During Taper? By J.P. Mortenson Taper is the time leading up to a big competition where swimmers decrease their training volume while increasing their rest in order to prepare their bodies to go best times. So what exactly happens to your body during taper that allows it to...

How to Support A Swimmer After A Poor Race (Examples Included) By Abby Boone, Swimming World College Intern Every swimmer has come to the wall at the end of a race and been unhappy with their swim. Whether they are sad or mad, whether there are tears or frustration, each swimmer turns to their coach...

This is the Swim Poll of the Week for Thursday, February 18, 2021, sponsored by Strechcordz Swim Training Products. In our last poll, we wanted to know: What is the most grueling event in swimming? It is the age old question that never goes unanswered: what is the most grueling event in swimming? Ma...

Brett Hawke Podcast: Ray Looze Explains How Third Place at Trials Motivated Him to Be Great Coach Indiana head coach Ray Looze caught up with Brett Hawke on his podcast about his current training group of college kids and professionals at Indiana where he coaches names like Lilly King, Cody Miller, ...

Carmel Coach Chris Plumb Joins Brett Hawke Podcast to Discuss Vast Success Carmel Swim Club head coach Chris Plumb is the latest guest on the Inside with Brett Hawke Podcast, where he talks about his coaching success at USA Swimming gold medal club Carmel Swim Club and Carmel High School in Indiana....

The Fifth Stroke: Dolphin Kick Drills That Can Improve Performance By Mark McCluskey, Swimming World College Intern In recent years, we have consistently watched the sport of swimming develop and grow as we discover ways to become faster. One of the biggest discoveries is the importance of dolphin k...

Fitter and Faster Swim Camps has promoted Brett Hawke to Vice President of Swimming Performance and Education. Hawke is responsible for ensuring Fitter and Faster continues producing the most effective swim camp experiences in the world. In his position as Development Director of Swim Camps, Hawke h...

The Excellent Swim Coach Swimming is very much a sport of observation. Swimmers observe others' strokes underwater during practice and have a lot of time on deck during meets to watch the coach-swimmer dynamics surrounding us. I had 12 swim coaches in my 18 years of swimming. It's fun to go back and...