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Six Swim Workout Sets to Try at Practice By Kelsey Mitchell For every swimmer and coach, there is that one set they always love to come back to. Whether it be for the intense speed work, high yardage, or minute attention to technique, everyone's favorite set holds a place near and dear to their hear...

How the Underwater Dolphin Kick Evolved and Revolutionized the Sport By J.P. Mortenson (Archive) Underwater dolphin kicking transformed the sport of swimming. These days, swimmers at the NCAA and international level routinely push their kicks to the 15-meter mark. However, this was not always the ca...

Welcome to Swimming World’s Set Of The Week! This week’s set is a distance based aerobic freestyle and kick set. Great for high school swimmers and above, this set emphasizes consistent paced swims and descending kicks to get the legs moving. Take a look at the set below: 5 x 300 swim on :30 SR 8 x....

By Jennifer Yoo, Swimming World College Intern. The only people who can truly understand the ins and outs of a sport are the people directly involved. Many people only associate swimming with the Olympics yet don’t see the daily struggles and satisfying moments that swimmers share with their team an...

Welcome to the “Swim Drill of the Week”. Swimming World will be bringing you a drill, concept, or tip that you can implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain weeks may be more appropriate for specific levels of swimming (club, high school, college, or masters), Drill Of The Week exce...

Welcome to the “Swim Drill of the Week” sponsored by The Fitter and Faster Swim Tour presented by Swimoutlet.com. Swimming World will be bringing you a drill, concept, or tip that you can implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain weeks may be more appropriate for specific levels of ...

Australian Swimming Trials: How to Watch Live, Full Schedule The road to the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore stops in Adelaide next week as Australia’s fastest swimmers battle for Dolphins roster spots. The six-day meet runs Monday, June 9 through Saturday, June 14, 2025 at the SA Aqu...

Where Summer McIntosh Ranks All-Time in Her Primary Events After opening the Canadian Trials for the World Championships with a world-record performance in the 400-meter freestyle, Summer McIntosh followed with four more dazzling performances. In the 800 freestyle on Sunday night, the 18-year-old st...

Welcome to Swimming World’s Set of the Week sponsored by Commit Swimming.com! This week’s set is an aerobic breaststroke set meant to work on lengthening out the stroke and controlling pacing. The main idea of the set is for the breaststroke/free swims to be at a moderate to high aerobic level, whi...

Welcome to the “Swim Drill of the Week”. Swimming World will be bringing you a drill, concept, or tip that you can implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain weeks may be more appropriate for specific levels of swimming (club, high school, college, or masters), Drill Of The Week exce...

Canadian Swimming Trials Underway in Victoria: Results, Schedule, and How to Watch The road to Singapore is officially open. The 2025 Bell Canadian Swimming Trials kicked off Saturday at Saanich Commonwealth Place, launching six days of top-tier racing as Canada’s best swimmers compete for a spot at...

Welcome to Swimming World’s Set of the Week sponsored by CommitSwimming.com! This week’s set is a warm-up for your sprinters to work on waking them up and getting them tuned into their body position, sprint stroke, and tempo. Take a look at the set below and the description that follows: 300 as 50 f...

Welcome to the “Swim Drill of the Week” sponsored by The Fitter and Faster Swim Tour presented by Swimoutlet.com. Swimming World will be bringing you a drill, concept, or tip that you can implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain weeks may be more appropriate for specific levels of ...

Welcome to the “Swim Drill of the Week” sponsored by The Fitter and Faster Swim Tour presented by Swimoutlet.com. Swimming World will be bringing you a drill, concept, or tip that you can implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain weeks may be more appropriate for specific levels of ...

Welcome to the “Swim Drill of the Week”. Swimming World will be bringing you a drill, concept, or tip that you can implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain weeks may be more appropriate for specific levels of swimming (club, high school, college, or masters), Drill Of The Week exce...

Welcome to Swimming World’s Set Of The Week! This week’s set is a quick warm-up or pre-set routine to get all of your strokes ready for the rest of workout. Take a look at the set and the description below: 10 x 75’s on :15 SR as: 75 fly kick 50 fly/25 back 25 fly/50 back 75 back kick 50 back/2...

Welcome to the “Drill of the Week” sponsored by The Fitter and Faster Swim Tour presented by Swimoutlet.com. Swimming World will be bringing you a drill, concept, or tip that you can implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain weeks may be more appropriate for specific levels of swimm...

Welcome to the “Swim Drill of the Week” sponsored by The Fitter and Faster Swim Tour presented by Swimoutlet.com. Swimming World will be bringing you a drill, concept, or tip that you can implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain weeks may be more appropriate for specific levels of ...

Welcome to the “FINIS Tip of the Week.” Swimming World will be bringing you a topic that we’ll explore with drills and concepts for you to implement with your team on a regular basis. While certain weeks may be more appropriate for specific levels of swimming (club, high school, college, or masters)...

Welcome to Swimming World’s Set of the Week sponsored by Commit Swimming.com! This week’s set is a tough long course mix of kicking and swimming in a ladder format that has a focus on sustained leg endurance: 3 x 300 descend on 4:30 200 fast kick on 4:00 4 x 150 descend on 2:15 200 fast kick on 4:0...