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2025 Spring Nationals
National Championships
Application to officiate, stipend guidelines, responsibilities, and more.
2025 Spring Nationals - Off the Deck
2025 Spring Nationals - Meet Information
2024 Virtual Championships
STREAMLINES Newsletters
3 Myths About Backstroke (and the Truths Behind Them)
Here are three myths about backstroke and the truths behind them.
Can Swimming Cause Vertigo?
The official trailer for the 1958 Alfred Hitchcock film “Vertigo” opens with a visit to a dictionary to describe this peculiar sensation. The definition supplied reads: “VERTIGO: ver’-ti-go—A feeling of dizziness… a swimming in the head… figuratively a state in which all things seem to be engulfed in a whirlpool of terror.”
Does Swimming Build Muscle?
The beauty of any form of training is that over time, your capacity for the work increases. “Practice makes perfect” can refer not only to your ability to play a piano sonata mistake-free but can also refer to your skills in executing a flawless 200-meter freestyle swim race.
Swim.com USMS Fitness Series
Virtual and Fitness Events
Go the distance, fitness series, virtual championships, virtual monthly challenges and more
USMS Announces 2026 and 2027 Pool Nationals
U.S. Masters Swimming on Thursday announced locations and dates for its 2026 and 2027 Spring National Championships and its 2026 Summer National Championship.
2025 Virtual Championships
2025 1-Hour Virtual Championship
2024 3000/6000 Virtual Championship
USMS Ambassadors
SWIMMER Magazine
SWIMMER magazine is our premier bimonthly print publication. Our members tell us that their subscription to SWIMMER is one of their favorite benefits of USMS membership. Each issue is packed with interesting profiles, physiology articles, technique features, history, product reviews, health and nutrition information, and much, much more. With award-winning writers, guest editorials, and now a digital version with multimedia content, we think SWIMMER will quickly become your must-read-cover-to-cover publication.
When to Measure Pools
