Coaches Education

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...

FINIS Smart Goggles: A Fitness Enthusiast Discovers a New Training Tool By Tom Grippo Tom Grippo is a longtime personal trainer in New Jersey whose passion for fitness led him to recently try the FINIS Smart Goggle as part of his workout regimen. Here is what Grippo had to say about this new piece o...

Visualization Is a Great Option to Prepare For Races - and Promote Success It’s sometimes difficult to mentally prepare for big races. In fact, those final few moments spent standing behind the blocks can be rather overwhelming. People are yelling, whistles are blowing, and you’re frantically tighte...

Outside the Lane Lines: A Swimmer's Life - How a Mentor Can Be an Integral Influence By Pat Hallahan Swimming is largely an individual sport, both in the mental and physical discipline required to succeed. Not only are you expected to follow a workout plan, but you are expected to mentally envelope ...

Poll of the Week: Who Served As a Mentor During Your Swimming Career? This week's installment of "Outside the Lines: A Swimmer's Life" examines the importance of a mentor in the sport of swimming. Whether an athlete relies on a coach, teammate, parent or sibling, it can be helpful to have someone to...

Swimmers' Path to Personal Wellness with 21 Body Care Strategies Swimming is a sport that demands dedication from its athletes. It's not uncommon for swimmers to wake up before dawn and jump into a cold pool as part of their daily routine. Weekends are often spent at competitions, where athletes pus...

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 ...

Throwback Thursday: The Early Training That Led Michael Phelps and Bob Bowman to Hall of Fame (Sample Sets) Next month, Michael Phelps and Bob Bowman will be inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Together, they forged the most successful athlete-coach relationship in the history of ...

Avoiding Injuries 101: How Stretching Can Save Your Season (Videos Included) There’s no feeling in swimming that’s as frustrating as being injured. All the accomplished work seems to go to waste. Practice devolves into a lot of kicking at best, or staying at home at worst. Luckily, adding these stre...

Team Management Software Captyn Announces Major Updates Swim Team Management software reveals its full integration with SWIMS 3.0 among impressive updates ****************************** Official Captyn Website Taking the swim team management software world to new heights, Captyn today announced its ...

The Lifestyle of a Swimmer: How Morning Practices Serve as a Bond By Pat Hallahan Author Pat Hallahan has been involved in the sport of swimming at many levels - age-group, club, scholastic. As Swimming World's guy behind a new Lifestyle series that launches with this piece about morning practice, h...

Morning practices generate a unique bond between swimmers, as was discussed in this Swimming World feature that launched a new lifestyle series. Only swimmers understand the sensation of jumping into the pool before the sun even rises, and then ask the body to grind through a workout. At the same ti...

The Thrill of Relays: Exploring the Enjoyment of Racing with Teammates Picture this: You step onto the blocks to be the anchor leg of a relay. Your teammates are cheering. Your coach is cheering. The spectators are cheering. You feel the adrenaline pumping in your veins, and the only thing on your m...

The 400 Individual Medley Voted Hardest Event in Poll of the Week (Full Results) Earlier this week, we posed a simple question to our readers: What is the hardest event in swimming? Five options were presented - the 400-meter individual medley, 200 butterfly, 1500/1650 freestyle, 200 breaststroke an...

Training Sets From the Past: The Stunning Work of 17-Year-Old Ian Thorpe In the late 1990s, the name of Australian teenager Ian Thorpe became known around the world. He first captured a world title in the 400-meter freestyle at the 1998 World Championships. In the years that followed, world records ...

Poll of the Week: What is the Hardest Event in Swimming (Vote Here) On the deck or on the team van, the question of which is the hardest event in swimming has been debated. Opinions vary on the topic and athletes who contest a specific event have a tendency to pick their own as the No. 1 choice. So,...

5 Ways to Generate Motivation and Promote a Positive Personal Environment Swimming is a sport with a long season, which can lead to challenging moments. It is important to not only keep yourself motivated, but ensure your teammates remain hungry throughout the season. Listed below are five ways to h...

By Katie Lively, Swimming World College Intern There are a small handful of swimmers who truly dream of a career in coaching. The majority of us cringe slightly when we find out we need to figure out a way to teach our sport to an outsider. However, my own experience has shown me just how powerful t...

How They Train: Louisville Standout Ella Welch, a Cardinal Aquatics Product For college, Ella Welch, a rising sophomore at the University of Louisville, chose to stay close to home. A Cardinal Aquatics product, Welch was Swimcloud’s top-ranked Kentucky swimmer (23rd nationally) in the Class of 2022....

Wellness Wednesday: The Importance of Taking a Break for Physical and Mental Well-being With the conclusion of the electrifying World Championships not too long ago, most swimmers who competed are taking a well-deserved break from the sport after pushing their bodies to their limits. Taking time awa...