Swimming World Magazine

Special Sets: Getting Ready to Race By Michael J. Stott As college swimming rolls into its championship season in February and March, meet warm-ups take on even greater importance.  Between Carol Capitani at Texas and George Kennedy, who is now an assistant coach at Loyola University Maryla...

Before the Beep with Ryan Murphy By Shoshanna Rutemiller Ryan Murphy was the world’s top backstroker at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, winning three gold medals: 100-200 meter backstroke and the 400 medley relay with Cody Miller, Michael Phelps and Nathan Adrian. As lead-off, he broke legendary back...

Event Specialization... When? By Michael J. Stott Many coaches are postponing specialization in favor of creating well-rounded swimmers for what lies ahead, leaving preordination behind so that other coaches, human nature and physical development can take its course. As an age grouper, a favori...

The 2019 Athletes of the Year: Diving, Artistic, Water Polo, and Disabled Swimming By Shoshanna Rutemiller, Dan D'Addona, and Michael Randazzo Each January, Swimming World celebrates the accomplishments of the non-swimming aquatic sports by naming the Athletes of the Year. The sports of diving,...

The Top 5 Stories of 2019 By Dan D'Addona From the debut of the International Swimming League to a worldwide youth movement, 2019 marked the start of a new era in swimming. 1. Rise of the International Swimming League The premier season of the International Swimming League is something tha...

The latest issue of Swimming World is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! In this issue of Swimming World, read about backstroke king Ryan Murphy. Now focused on the 2020 Olympic summer, the 100 back world record holder and 2016 triple Olympic gold medalist is looking ah...

Swimming World Magazine's 2019 Parting Shots Sponsored By It was another incredible year of photography for Swimming World Magazine Parting Shots in 2019.  We feature some of the best as our Parting Shots of each issue of our magazine. Big names like Reece Whitley, Koti Ngawati, and members of...

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all our readers. The Swimming World Team wishes you all a peaceful and happy day this December 25, 2019 🎄 🎅 This past year was stacked with a wealth of excitement as the swimming community celebrated boundaries being broken across several major national an...

Sign your favorite swimmer up for a 1-Year (12 issue) subscription to Swimming World Magazine! It is the perfect GIFT IDEA for all competitive swimmers and families looking for the tools and motivation to take them to the next level. After you purchase a gift subscription, you will get an e-...

Up & Comers: SOLO Aquatics' Ryan Hogan By Shoshanna Rutemiller Sponsored By Ryan Hogan, 16, of SOLO Aquatics in New England was selected to participate in the 2019 National Select Camp after dropping seven seconds in his 400 meter IM this summer to 4:27.80. The New Hampshire swimmer also ...

GoldMinds: What Makes Good Coaches Great? By Wayne Goldsmith Coaches change lives. They can inspire ordinary people to achieve remarkable and extraordinary things. What is a GREAT coach? What qualities and attributes do they possess that make them GREAT? Can all coaches learn to be GREAT...or i...

Dryside Training: Holiday Training By J.R. Rosania Demonstrated By Noriko Inada It’s December, and the holidays are upon us. Countless parties and special dinners lie ahead. Cookies, cakes and pies seem to multiply during this time. In many cases, our swimming and exercise routines seem to suff...

How They Train: University of Toronto's Kylie Masse By Michael J. Stott At 23, Kylie Masse continues her coming-of-age tale. “Kylie’s progress to the top of the world has not been textbook,” says her coach, Byron MacDonald. “At age 16, when most developing world-class women are making their mar...

Q&A with University of Toronto Coach Byron MacDonald By Michael J. Stott Byron MacDonald, a top-10 world-ranked butterflyer and Canadian Olympian, has made a living in Canada coaching University of Toronto athletes such as Kylie Masse and others to national and international prominence. Coach B...

Swimming Technique Concepts: The Vertical Jump Test For Event Selection" By Dr. Rod Havriluk The youngest competitive swimmers (under age 10) are often trained with a similar regimen regardless of their potential in specific events. As swimmers age to become preteens, training often segregates ...

Lessons with the Legends: Diving Coach Xu Yiming By Michael J. Stott Well known to diving cognoscenti and international diving coaches—and revered at home—diving coach Xu Yiming has been a seminal figure in his native China since the early 1970s. “He led Chinese diving from a somewhat com...

Takeoff to Tokyo: When Backstroke Went Rogue By John Lohn It’s been more than 30 years since the underwater dolphin kick altered the landscape of the backstroke event, and never more so than at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul did it play a greater role. Call it a game of hide and seek, an...

A Voice For The Sport: The 10 Most Impactful People of 2019 Our sport is graced with great people. Some are public figures, others work behind the scenes. As appropriate for this time of year, we want to recognize 10 people (in random order) who are making an impact in aquatics. Thanks to the ...

The Top Performances of 2019 By David Rieder This year’s list of top performances in swimming comes exclusively from the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, where world records went down, the world’s best swimmers established themselves with signature performances, and teenagers took down...

The 2019 Swimmers of the Year by John Lohn, Dan D’Addona, Craig Lord and David Rieder World & American: Regan Smith & Caeleb Dressel European: Katinka Hosszu & Adam Peaty Pacific Rim: Ariarne Titmus & Daiya Seto African: Tatjana Schoenmaker & Chad le Clos REGAN SMITH Fem...