Swim Life

Simone Manuel Leads World's Largest Swimming Lesson at Disney's Typhoon Lagoon On Thursday, nearly 600 kids from five Central Florida nonprofits participated in The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon, learning critical water safety skills from Disney lifeguards and Olympic go...

Plan vs. Strategy: The Ways to Approach the 200 Freestyle Swimming is not unique in the respect of a sport demanding a clear mind during competition. Overthinking during competition can be the death knell for success. Sports, as constructed, demand on-your-feet (or feet-on-wall) thinking. Overthink ...

Nutrition: Fix Misfueling Before It Limits Performance By Dawn Weatherwax Whether you’re a competitive swimmer, a water polo player, a diver, an open-water or masters athlete — or the parent or coach of one — you are fueling somehow. And here’s what almost no one tells aquatic athletes: the way most...

Masters Nationals: A Personal Narrative From Swimming's Biggest Reunion Around 2000 swimmers made the trip to Greensboro, N.C., this spring to compete in the U.S. Masters Swimming's annual Spring Nationals. The group came from all over the country and all sorts of backgrounds in swimming from Olympi...

13 Thoughts Every Swimmer Has During Practice By Isabelle Robuck Staring at a black line for two hours can be pretty grueling sometimes. With long sets, the alone time gives our mind a chance to wander far beyond just swimming. Here are 13 thoughts that every swimmer has during practice! 1. Ouch! [c...

School is Out: Surviving Summer Doubles and Maximizing Your Swim Training For many swimmers, the final school bell has rung, backpacks have been tossed aside, and summer has officially arrived. While friends are sleeping in, heading to the beach, or enjoying carefree afternoons, competitive swimmers...

What Happens After You're Done Swimming? GoSwim to Host Zoom Featuring Powerful Voices Every season, hundreds of swimmers swimmers wrap up their competitive careers at the conclusion of college, high school or some other point of their choosing. Many struggle to find purpose and motivation once they...

College Club Swimming: A Debate Rages Over Who Should Be Eligible At the College Club Swimming National Championships last month, one of the biggest conversations on the pool deck wasn't about the records or the close relay finishes. It was about who belongs at the meet. When former Division I swimm...

FORM Expands Its Lineup with Smart Swim 2 LT: The Simplest Way to Get Started with the FORM Swim System FORM, the global leader in smart swim goggles, has announced the launch of Smart Swim 2 LT, the newest entry point into the FORM Swim System, the world's most advanced in-water coaching platform. ...

7 Tips for Surviving and Loving Long Course Season The jump from short course to long course season can feel like a completely different sport at first. In short course, you get walls, breaks in the rhythm, and constant chances to reset. In long course, it is just 50 meters of continuous swimming at...

Site of International Swimming Hall of Fame Renamed 'The Water District' Fort Lauderdale has a new name for its waterfront, and the city is ready to say it out loud. The Water District, a $220 million destination on the Intracoastal Waterway, is officially named. It is a marine aquarium. It’s also ....

iGarden Launches AI-Powered Pool Cleaner Designed to Automate Pool Maintenance iGarden is bringing artificial intelligence deeper into backyard pool care with the launch of its new iGarden Pool Cleaner M1 AI Series, a robotic pool cleaner the company says uses dual-camera vision and AI-powered deci....

What is the Hardest Event in Swimming? By Elise Devlin There’s nothing worse than getting a wide eyed, worrisome expression from your friend after you answered their question, “So, what event do you have next?” We’ve all been there. Lurking somewhere in your meet lineup is only the worst event to ex...

Son of Legend David Wilkie Chasing His Father's World-Record Time in 200 Breaststroke At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Great Britain's David Wilkie captured the gold medal in the 200-meter breaststroke, on the strength of a world-record performance of 2:15.11. The effort was the lone gold meda...

For any swimmer who's grown up in a pool, there are few things that feel as nostalgic as the wafty scent of chlorine or the echo of splashing water in an indoor pool. Most swimmers have been to more pools than they can count. Your home pool, a few in your local area you regularly go to for meets, an...

Commentary: Swimming Will Always Be There There is a moment, quiet and often unexpected, when it hits you: you’re done.  Maybe it comes after your final race, when the adrenaline fades and the crowd noise dissolves into something distant. Maybe it arrives a few days later, when you wake up and reali...

Why Great Ideas Often Start in the Water By Jordan Fargo The other day, I couldn’t help but have a flashback to my time on my college’s club swim team. It was nearly 9 p.m. by the time we finished practice. After a long, 20-minute walk through Cornell’s huge, gorgeous campus, you’d think that I’d be...

The Heart of the Sport: Why Swimming Needs More NCAA Energy  Watching the NCAA Championships is something else entirely. Even from thousands of miles away, the energy is unmistakable. You see swimmers cheering for teammates they just raced against, celebrating every personal best, lining up on the b...

Most “what’s in my bag” videos consist of a wallet, a pair of sunglasses, a few chapsticks or lip glosses, maybe a travel-size container of hand sanitizer, a phone and a wad of old receipts. For swimmers, the “what’s in my bag” trend looks a little different. A wet towel, a damp suit, an old granola...

When Vision Disrupts Training If you start a season with perfectly clear goggles and find them fogging a few weeks later, you’re not alone. Anti-fog treatments perform well at first, but they rarely last under the daily demands swimmers place on them. It is a frustration shared at every level of the...