Coaches Education

Contributed by Deniz Hekmati - Strength & Conditioning Specialist, Sport Scientist  In my opinion, the foam roll may have been the 2010's tool of the decade. So many people have used it, but so few know how to properly use it. Promise me that this decade, you’ll use the roller to move in to the ...

Contributed by Deniz Hekmati - Strength & Conditioning Specialist, Sport Scientist  The length of our workouts on land will largely be dependent on what the objective of the session is. Workouts during the season can be longer, and workout during taper may be shorter - at least in terms of ...

Courtesy of Commit Swimming. This post is part of a larger effort by Commit Swimming to be transparent around their business practices. This effort is designed to help entrepreneurs within the swimming community to find inspiration to make the sport better.  Today’s topic is customer service! Comm.....

Contributed by Deniz Hekmati - Strength & Conditioning Specialist, Sport Scientist  Many have asked me what I think of yoga, and what my favorite movements are. To keep it short and sweet, I approve of yoga, but around certain circumstances. For instance, if you do a big yoga session with your t...

Split Time for the 50 Short Course Meters Freestyle Skins races is sponsored by LumaLanes. Today we look at the  International Swimming League's (ISL) Skins races, specifically highlighting Caeleb Dressel and some of his male competitors he will most likely be facing off against in Las Vegas. First ...

Courtesy of Commit Swimming. This post is part of a larger effort by Commit Swimming to be transparent around their business practices. This effort is designed to help entrepreneurs within the swimming community to find inspiration to make the sport better.  Today’s topic is cancellations and refu.....

Contributed by Deniz Hekmati - Strength & Conditioning Specialist, Sport Scientist  Many are curious: when can we add weight to our strength training? There is actually no true age limit to when we can add weight to the training. The main factor, or safety check is to have a qualified perfo...

When you think about your swimming and your goals it’s usually in terms of physical and measurable things… I wanna be faster than the competition… I wanna drop four seconds off my PB… I wanna be a faster underwater dolphin kicker… And while we direct our efforts at training harder and better each da...

Dutch Treat Tom Rikhof is an early adapter. Early on the head coach of ZPC Amersfoort, one the Netherlands three major swim clubs next to national affiliated high performance centers Amsterdam (De Dolfijn) and Eindhoven (PSV), saw the merits of embracing the long term tracking benefits of TritonWear...

Contributed by Deniz Hekmati - Strength & Conditioning Specialist, Sport Scientist  Let’s face it, swimming is considered to be one of the healthiest sports to do, but we can also see and argue that there are a high level of cases of shoulder pain. Some swimmers are only feeling pain while swimm...

Split Time for the 400 Short Course Meters Freestyle is sponsored by LumaLanes. Today we look at the 400 Short Course Meters Freestyle for women by analyzing the splits for Ariane Titmus’ World Record swim from World Champs in 2018 and comparing the race data to Wang Jianjiahe’s former World Record ...

Contributed by Deniz Hekmati - Strength & Conditioning Specialist, Sport Scientist  How to grip things is a highly overlooked topic, yet grip strength is correlated to faster sprint performance in youth swimmers. Additionally, a solid grip in the weight room might save us from shoulder injuries ...

Trinidad and Tobago native Mark Rivas is a busy man. In addition to directing his own Team Rivas he is a coach with RWB Aquatic Academy and assistant coach at Hillview College in Tunapuna. In August he was one of four coaches for his country’s Goodwill Swim Team that competed in Suriname. For the la...

Injury happens. Sometimes it’s minor and other times quite significant. Perhaps you crash your bike and break your clavicle, get a gash & need stitches, or just get some bad road rash, each of which will keep you out of the pool.  Some athletes get persistent ear infections, often called “swimmers e...

Contributed by Deniz Hekmati - Strength & Conditioning Specialist, Sport Scientist  In this tip of the week, we want to introduce the McGill 3 Core Exercises. These are considered to be among the healthiest options for our spines. The exercises include: The Curl-Up, Bird Dog, and Side Bridg...

There were three winners of the Bob Gillett Award for Most Innovative Product at the 2019 American Swimming Coaches Association World Clinic in Dallas, Texas earlier this month. Swim Cloud, FORM Swim and GMX 7 were honored as the award winners as this was just the second time this award has been giv...

Swim MAC Carolina's Tanya Hobbs won the creative coaches award at the 2019 American Swimming Coaches Association World Clinic in Dallas, Texas for the 'tamales set.' Coaches from around the world submit their ideas for innovative ways to make workouts more fun for athletes or work on various aspects...

Megan Oesting of the Eastern Iowa Swim Federation was named as the ASCA Age Group Coach of the Year at the American Swimming Coaches Association World Clinic in Dallas, Texas earlier this month. Oesting was announced as the winner among the ten finalists: Alex Carney, Nitro Swimming Juya Cho, Waveru...

Swimming World sat down with David McCagg at the American Swim Coaches Association World Clinic in Dallas, Texas earlier this month. McCagg is a former USA Swimming national team member, having won two gold medals at the 1979 Pan American Games in the 100 free and 4x100 free relay. McCagg, World 100...

Coach John Mattos was inducted into the American Swimming Coaches Association Hall of Fame earlier this month in Dallas, Texas. Two-time Olympian Amy Van Dyken introduced him. John Mattos graduated from Colorado State University in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree in English. He was an All-Americ...