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What Your Favorite Piece of Equipment Says About You  Every swimmer knows the feeling of digging through their mesh bag during practice. The fins are wedged under the paddles, the snorkel is somehow twisted into the straps of the mesh bag, and the pull buoy is always missing when you need it most. S...

Fun and Effective Kickboard Drills to Enhance Your Swimming Kickboard exercises are a fun way to improve your swimming skills, as well as your strength and endurance in the water as a whole. At first glance, swimmers may get the impression that the only way to use kickboards is for traditional kick ...

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...

7 Mother’s Day Gifts Perfect for Swim Moms By Gigi Picard, Swimming World College Intern Mother’s Day is coming up this Sunday! Every year, families dash to get brunch reservations and flowers for the special woman in their lives. But have you ever really thought about what to get a swim mom? She de...

Dream Races: The Swimming Events That Would Provide Some Uniqueness When I competed in summer-league meets, one of the most difficult transitions I had to make was switching from 25-yard races to 50 yards. One lap seemed doable, two was completely out of the question. I didn’t understand how I could...

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 ...

This is the Swim Poll of the Week for Wednesday, September 12, 2018, sponsored by Strechcordz Swim Training Products. In our last poll, we wanted to know: Which piece of equipment can you not live without? We asked and you answered with... Here are the answers: Paddles (21%) Kick Board (29%) ...

This is the Swim Poll of the Week for Thursday December 3, 2020, sponsored by Strechcordz Swim Training Products. In our last poll, we wanted to know: Do you bring your own kickboard to practice? Kick boards are one of the most widely used pieces of equipment for swimmers. At any given swim meet, sw...

The USA Swimming Foundation kicked-off its 10th annual Make a Splash Tour presented by Phillips 66 today in Washington, D.C., by setting a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® record for the World’s Largest Kickboard. This gigantic kickboard, which is 10 times the standard adult size board at 18 feet high by 11 ...

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...