Find Last Minute Gift Ideas With Swimming World’s Holiday Gift Guide And Camps!

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It’s not too late to grab the perfect gift for the swimmers/coaches in your life before the holidays start! Browse last minute gift items in our Holiday Gift Guide series or choose the gift of a swim camp with our Camp Directory.

For close to two decades, Swimming World Magazine has published an annual Holiday Gift Guide in our October, November and December issues promoting great gifts for your loved ones. From books to stop watches, you are guaranteed to check one individual off your list. Give the gifts that can improve any swimmer’s experience in the water this holiday season!

View the Holiday Gift Guide in the December issue now!

Quick links to Swimming World’s holiday advertisers:

CEI-Ultrak
Finis
Lane Gainer
Discovery Trekking
Pace Pal
Swimmer’s Best
Misel Disel
Sprint Aquatics
IST’s SwimClock
StrechCordz
The Finals
Toad Hollow Athletics
Tri Swim
Swimming on the Wall
Swim Labs
Human Kinetics
A Graphic Source
XMetrics
SwimWaves
Smack Strap
Sport Count
Swim Cues
iCoach
Snappy Towels

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FEATURES

014 TOP 9 OLYMPIC UPSETS: #8 SYLVIA POLL
by Chuck Warner
Beginning with the November issue and running through July 2016—a month before the start of the Olympic swimming events in Rio on Aug. 6—Swimming World Magazine will bring you its top 9 upsets in the individual events in Olympic history—in particular, in the last 50 years.

016 2015 SWIMMERS OF THE YEAR
by Jason Marsteller
World/American Female: Katie Ledecky
World/European Male: Adam Peaty
European Female: Sarah Sjostrom
American Male: Michael Phelps
Pacific Rim: Emily Seebohm, Mitch Larkin
African: Kirsty Coventry, Chad le Clos

024 10 BEST PERFORMANCES OF 2015
by Jeff Commings
The year before the Olympics often features some breakthrough swims that get fans excited about the upcoming Olympics. The performances we saw in 2015 did that in a big way, prompting many to believe that what took place in the pool around the world this year will be tough to top in 2016.

027 “LET’S GIVE IT SOME!”
by Annie Grevers
With Coach Bill Furniss at the helm, the culture of British Swimming is changing from its athletes striving to be not just the best in the nation, but the best in the world. Leading the surge is the fearsome British breaststroke contingent.

COACHING
010 LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDS: BILL BOOMER
by Michael J. Stott

012 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE MISCONCEPTIONS: ARM COORDINATION (Part II of II)
by Rod Havriluk
In the second of a two-part series, Dr. Havriluk continues to explain how the typical arm coordination (based on conventional wisdom) limits velocity and how a unique arm coordination can result in much faster swimming.

041 Q&A WITH COACH COACH JACK CAUSINO
by Michael J. Stott

042 HOW THEY TRAIN TYLER KAUTH
by Michael J. Stott

TRAINING
030 DRYSIDE TRAINING: ON-LAND SWIM STROKE MOVEMENTS—BACKSTROKE
by J.R. Rosania

JUNIOR SWIMMER
045 UP & COMERS
by Taylor Brien

COLUMNS & SPECIAL SECTIONS
008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT
031 DADS ON DECK
032 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
046 GUTTER TALK
048 PARTING SHOT

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