Swimming World Magazine

How They Train: A Look At Brooks Curry and Ian Grum At Dynamo Swim Club Before Brooks Curry and Ian Grum became standouts at LSU and Georgia, respectively, they rose up the ranks as members of the Dynamo Swim Club, where Ian Murray oversaw their training. Here is a look at the work logged by Curry a...

With Home Olympics Calling, Leon Marchand Eager to Embrace Challenges Ahead The Paris Games figure to come at the perfect juncture in Leon Marchand’s career, when the Frenchman will be at his best physically. The rest, when it comes to being in a position to exploit that strength, is up to how he pr...

World Record Flashback: When Ian Crocker Dazzled in 100 Butterfly in Montreal As Swimming World continues its World Record Flashback series, we celebrate the day in which Ian Crocker clocked 50.40 in the 100 meter butterfly. Racing at the 2005 World Championships in Montreal, the 22-year-old deliver...

Technique: The Effect Of Hand Paddles On Swimming Performance BY ROD HAVRILUK, Ph.D. Swimming with hand paddles is often promoted for benefiting strength, technique and swimming velocity, while also being criticized for causing shoulder pain. However, research shows that neither the commonly stated ...

Led By David Popovici, A Look At the Sport's Rising Talent Around the World An influx of rising stars is powering the sport, with swimmers from around the world making their mark during a packed schedule of international racing over the past four months. One month before making his Olympic debut, 16...

Special Sets: The Training of Texas Recruit and Carmel High Standout Berit Berglund Berit Berglund, the top-ranked girls’ high school swimmer in Indiana (19th nationally), swims for Coach Chris Plumb’s Carmel Swim Club—a place of “hard work, support, change and belief.” What a life! During the last ...

Elite Swimmers Share Their Worst Travel Experiences; Zach Harting Is the King Competing at meets is only part of the equation for swimmers. Getting to and home from competitions is another element in itself, and there are numerous stories of travel difficulties. Here are some, capped off by the King...

An Excellent Choice: The Case For Division III Swimming (Part I) In the first of two installments, college coaches discuss recruiting and the realities of finding an aquatic home on one of the nation’s 524 NCAA Division III teams. In September, Jason Weber began his 17th year as head men’s and women...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here In this issue of Swimming World, read about the new era of young talent from around the world that have been powering the sport, includi...

Swimming Parents By Wayne Goldsmith and Helen Morris You see them every day. They are everywhere. At every pool. Every swim meet. Every school swimming practice. There they are. Sitting at the side of the pool. Watching every lap. Counting every breath. Analyzing every stroke. Studying every move yo...

Training a Young Michael Phelps: Bob Bowman on Working With His Prized Pupil (Swimming Technique Archive) By Bob Bowman (with Michael J. Stott) - From 2003 I think it was pretty clear from the beginning that Michael Phelps was a special swimmer. When he joined us at North Baltimore Aquatic ...

In the How They Train segment of the June issue of Swimming World Magazine, the training of Piper Enge is explored. Enge is a rising breaststroke star out of Mercer Island High School in Washington. Mercer Island (Wash.) High School has an impressive aquatic heritage, boasting 23 boys’ and girls’ st...

Oftentimes, the best gift a coach can give an athlete is the skill to succeed later on. And when the athlete builds on those basics through a work ethic of application, grit, talent and determination, the results can be affirming—for coach and athlete—and even life changing, as is the case with Coac...

Up-and-Comers: California 12-Year-Old Eryn Arnold Dropping Time Quickly Twelve-year-old Eryn Arnold of Beach Cities Swimming (Redondo Beach, Calif.) has been dropping her times left and right—with no end in sight. At the July Summer Junior Olympics, Arnold clocked personal bests and finished top fou...

The Missed Turn: Celebrating the Career of German Freestyle Star Franziska van Almsick Earlier this year, Swimming World debuted a new series titled, The Missed Turn. The bimonthly feature is designed to highlight the career of an athlete who may not have received proper appreciation for his/her ach...

How They Train: The Sets Of Sierra Marlins Brady Calkins and Erica Jaffe As have so many other high schoolers, two Sierra Marlins swimmers have used their USA Swimming training to excel on the age group and scholastic stages. Brady Calkins and Erica Jaffe, high school Class of 2025, are both ranked ...

Swimming World's 2021-22 Girls' National High School Championships - Mock Heat Sheet The following is a mock heat sheet of the girls’ mythical national championships, based on the top times swum during the 2021-22 high school season. TIMES COMPILED BY BOB KLAPTHOR KEY *    NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL REC...

On Top: Santa Margarita Captures Swimming World Girls' National High School Team Crown For the first time, the Santa Margarita Catholic High School girls’ swim team is Swimming World’s overall high school national champion. The Eagles’ program was previously the top independent school in 2017 and 20...

Reverse Periodization (Part II): Premier Coaches Weigh In On Non-Traditional Training Method Previously, Swimming World examined reverse periodization from an intellectual perspective. Here, some of America’s most recognized club and college coaches share their views on training with this untraditio...

Special Sets: The Swim Training of Crile Hart, Kenyon's Two-Time Division III Swimmer of the Year This month’s “Special Sets” focuses on two-time NCAA Division III Swimmer of the Year Crile Hart of Kenyon College, which won this year’s team championships. Sample practices are provided by Coach Jesse...