Read moreThe Complete Swimmer: Event Specialization and the Case for Varied Training03 December 2024The Complete Swimmer: Event Specialization and the Case for Varied Training By MICHAEL J. STOTT We’ve all seen it—an age group phenom who dominates a particular stroke and claims it as his or her own. “Athletes will often self-identify their primary events. Those are dictated by genetics, attention ...
Read moreThe Changing College Landscape: How Coaches Are Counseling Recruits in a New World29 November 2024The Changing College Landscape: How Coaches Are Counseling Recruits Let’s start by agreeing it is currently a crazy world for college swimming. True story: Last fall, an all-state Mid-Atlantic swimmer decommitted from Boston College following revelations of misconduct in its men’s program. After car...
Read more3A Letter to Swim Coaches Everywhere: Thank You28 November 2024A Letter to Swim Coaches Everywhere: Thank You From the Archive (Thanksgiving Tradition) Dear Coach, I would like to begin this letter by asking you a question. A simple, one-word question: Why? Why did you pursue this career? Why do you wake up at the most ungodly hours every day, just to inevitabl...
Read moreSpecial Sets: At Eagle Aquatics, Penelope Lopez-Casula is Latest Rising Star for Coach Adam Madarassy22 November 2024Special Sets: At Eagle Aquatics, Penelope Lopez-Casula is Latest Rising Star for Coach Adam Madarassy Adam Madarassy, a 2008 Olympian for Hungary and NCAA scorer for the University of Louisville, has since shown his chops as a swim coach. He is owner, founder and head coach at Eagle Aquatics in Miam...
Read more1How Swimmers Attack the 100 Breaststroke: Breaking Down Different Approaches to a Varied Race20 November 2024How To Swim the 100 Breaststroke: Breaking Down Swimming's Most Perplexing Race What makes a great 100 breaststroker? Many would point to a dominant kick, gliding them through the water. Others would point to a strong stroke, using their upper body to push forward with efficiency. Some might even po...
Read more38How to Support A Swimmer After A Poor Race (Coaches' Examples Included)16 November 2024How to Support A Swimmer After A Poor Race (Coaches' 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 th...
Read moreSwim Like A. Fish: Understanding Hand Depth for Speed and Efficiency in Breaststroke (Video)05 November 2024Swim Like A. Fish: Understanding Hand Depth for Speed and Efficiency in Breaststroke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3rCB41Uc00 In Swimming World's latest partnership with coach Abbie Fish and their program, Swim Like A. Fish, a video is presented to help coaches and athletes better understand the ...
Read moreMotivational Monday: 5 Positive Affirmations for Swimmers04 November 2024Motivational Monday: Positive Affirmations for Swimmers Breathe in, breathe out. The moment has arrived. All swimmers know the feeling of having a big race in front of them. You stand behind the blocks, anxiously adjusting your cap and goggles. You count down the heats in front of you until it’s fin...
Read moreCoaching Corner: Practicing with Closed Hands to Improve Turns (Video)27 October 2024Coaching Corner: Practicing with Closed Hands to Improve Turns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgBljABPTEo In this video focused on turns, Swimming World contributor and coach Andrew Sheaff recommends an approach to help swimmers get through their turns faster, a skill that certainly leads to faster...
Read moreSpecial Sets: The Training of United States Olympian and Distance Ace Luke Whitlock24 October 2024Special Sets: The Training of United States Olympian and Distance Ace Luke Whitlock Forty six of the more than 1000-plus pool swimmers who competed at Olympic Trials in Indianapolis represented the United States at the Olympic Games in Paris. Among them was Luke Whitlock, a Florida freshman, from No...
Read more3Swim Like A. Fish: 3 Cues to Produce Great Crossover Turns (Video)23 October 2024Swim Like A. Fish: 3 Cues to Produce Great Crossover Turns During their competitive days at the University of Georgia, Abbie Fish was an NCAA qualifier and Southeastern Conference (SEC) finalist on multiple occasions. These days, Fish operates Swim Like A. Fish, where their coaching tips, videos and...
Read more9Historic Set: An Appreciation and Breakdown Of the Legendary 100 x 100s Of Olympic Champion Mike Bruner21 October 2024A Look and Breakdown Of the Legendary 100 x 100s Set Of Mike Bruner About eight months before he set a world record in the 200-meter butterfly (1:59.23) and won a second gold medal in the 800 freestyle relay at the 1976 Olympics, Mike Bruner completed an aquatic first - swimming 10,000 yards in unde...
Read moreTracking Food: Where My Protein Comes From - Source and Location16 October 2024Tracking Food: Where My Protein Comes From - Source and Location Over the summer, I began seriously tracking the food I eat. As my junior year of college concluded, I realized my athletic career was rapidly approaching its inevitable end. With that realization came a determination to get serious ab...
Read moreSpecial Sets: The Work of Fast-Rising Teen Stella Canoles of Orinda Aquatics (Sample Workouts Included)13 October 2024Special Sets: The Work of Fast-Rising Teen Stella Canoles of Orinda Aquatics (Sample Workouts Included) By MICHAEL J. STOTT Stella Canoles: Meet “TR” (The Rocket) Every coach treasures a special talent. Orinda Aquatics coach Don Heidary has one in Stella Canoles, a freestyle/butterfly/IM specialist ...
Read moreHow They Train: A Look At Early-Season Sets at Texas A&M09 October 2024How They Train: Texas A&M Early-Season Sets By MICHAEL J. STOTT In this edition of How They Train, Swimming World takes a look at some of the workouts put together at Texas A&M. The piece is complemented by commentary from several of the program's top performers, who weigh in on how the program look...
Read more2How Often Should You Be Swimming Fast? It's a New World04 October 2024How Often Should You Be Swimming Fast? It's a New World On September 26, five-time Olympic champion Kaylee McKeown blasted a new short course meters 100 backstroke world record. Swimming a 54.56, McKeown undercut the previous record by a significant three tenths of a second. The performance came jus...
Read moreKyle Millis' Stroke by Stroke: How to Swim Backstroke Like Ryan Murphy (Video)03 October 2024Kyle Millis' Stroke by Stroke: How to Swim Backstroke Like Ryan Murphy Down the road, the day will arrive when Ryan Murphy is inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. An Olympic and world champion on multiple occasions, the former Cal-Berkeley Bear emerged as a future star during his t...
Read more12Throwback Thursday: Training Sets From the Past - The Stunning Work of 17-Year-Old Ian Thorpe12 September 2024Training Sets From the Past: The Stunning Work of 17-Year-Old Ian Thorpe Next week will mark the 24th anniversary of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, where Ian Thorpe dazzled on home soil. So, it seemed like an appropriate time to revisit some of the training sets Thorpe endured as a teenager on th...
Read moreThe 'Why' In Coaching: The Importance Of Providing An Explanation08 September 2024The 'Why' In Coaching: The Importance Of Providing An Explanation Three minutes into the coach’s monologue on butterfly technique, ninth grader Sam raised his hand and asked, "why?’" “I thought I was a good coach,” says his Middle Atlantic mentor. “I had state-championship teams, high school All-Ame...
Read moreHow to Build Confident Team Captains and Leaders06 September 2024“As the team was wrapping up a meeting in the University of California, Berkeley’s High Performance Center for Athletics, my coach called me to the front of the room. "My heart was pounding in my chest as I walked to stand next to him. Once I met his gaze, I slowly turned around. This was the first...