Articles and Videos
How to Achieve What You Really Want This Year
Scientists who research goal setting (and achieving) have discovered some surprising nuances that can also keep you on or throw you off track.
How to Persuade Your Swimmers to Try Different Things
Our greatest coaching breakthroughs come when our swimmers understand that variety opens doors to higher achievement.
Fueling Your Gut
Although there really isn’t any evidence to support probiotic use for athletic performance, there is research to defend the use of probiotics to improve certain conditions such as constipation, diarrhea, and symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome...
Four Healthy Habits for New Swimmers
Here are four important healthy habits for new swimmers, things that will point you in the right direction. Following these habits will lead to a much more enjoyable swimming experience.
How to Build and Maintain Effective Thinking Strategies
Who is running the show? As someone who has always devised to control my performance, I was now listening. It didn’t hurt that my training had stagnated, yet I had committed to my first marathon swim, the Catalina Channel. I was in graduate sch...
If You Can Do This You Might Be A Natural Breaststroker
Most good breaststrokers have an anatomical commonality: They stand with their toes pointed out. Not necessarily in opposite directions, although many can do that on demand. For the straight-footed or pigeon-toed, things are different. The key differ...
How to Master Your IM Turns
Here’s how you can improve the transition turns in your next individual medley.
How to Welcome New Swimmers to the Water
Here are some ways we can make newcomers glad they came to practice and eager to return.
Three Drills for a Balanced Backstroke
Poor backstroke technique usually stems from problems with one of these three parts of the stroke: entry, catch, and body rotation. Here are three drills to help you with these aspects of the stroke.
USMS Swimming Saves Lives Foundation Announces Grant Recipients for 2019
The USMS Swimming Saves Lives Foundation will support nearly 70 adult learn-to-swim programs in 2019 by distributing more than $132,000 in grants, furthering the foundation’s work of reducing adult-drowning risk through swimming lessons.
