Articles and Videos
How Top Masters Swimmers Are Spending Their Time Out of the Water
Spending weeks or months out of the water for anything other than an injury isn’t something most diehard Masters swimmers ever anticipate facing. Staying in shape and in balance during the COVID-19 pandemic has been a struggle for swimmers ever...
I’m New to Swimming—How Do I Get Started?
U.S. Masters Swimming asked three Masters coaches from across the country for their advice on how to develop a swimming routine.
New USRPT Option for Swimmers Specializing in 50s
Bruce Kone’s best hope to remain competitive, he realized, was to find a way to coax better conditioning from fewer yards. Two years later, he’d accomplished just this. Among other accolades, he swam the fastest 50 freestyle (SCM) in the ...
Swimming 101 The Features of a Swimming Pool
What is that big black T on the bottom of the pool for? And what’s up with the flags hanging over my lane? Are we celebrating something? Nope, those are important tools to help swimmers swim efficiently. Watch our Masters Swimming 101 video to ...
Swimming 101 How to Circle Swim
Do you swim with multiple people in your lane? Does everyone know how to circle swim? We hope so, as crashes hurt. Watch our Masters Swimming 101 video so you can learn the law of the lane.
Swimming 101 How to Put on a Swim Cap
Do you have long hair? Ever struggle getting it into a swim cap? Watch our Masters Swimming 101 expert show you how in a few easy steps.
Swimming 101 How to Enter a Practice that is Already Started
Uh oh. You’re late for your Masters Swimming practice. How do you get in without disturbing your lanemates? Our informative video will help you with this important swimming etiquette question.
Swimming 101 How to Put on Goggles
Goggles are important! But if you don’t put them on correctly, they will leak. Watch our Masters Swimming 101 quick tips on getting and keeping them on.
Coach Spotlight: Doug Springer, SaddleBrooke Masters
It’s 6:45 a.m. in the middle of January and not that cold in Tucson, Ariz., where I’ve joined the SaddleBrooke Masters for one of their five weekly workouts from September through May. The 6:45 group is the first of three groups...
Self-Massage for IT Band Syndrome
You wrap up a hard breaststroke set or 5-mile run and are later assaulted by pain and/or a burning sensation on the outside of the knee. The first impulse is to blame the knee joint. Few people consider or might not even know much about the iliotibia...
