Read more145 Simple Things You Should Start Doing to Be A Better Swimmer01 November 2023By Jinq En Phee, Swimming World College Intern. As a competitive swimmer myself, I understand that we’re all constantly looking for ways to improve ourselves and become a better swimmer. Some people might think you need a world-class facility or a famous coach to enhance your performance, but there....
Read more104 Unspoken Rules of Warming Up at Swim Meets28 December 2022By Jinq En Phee, Swimming World College Intern. Warming up at swim meets. Every swimmer knows that trying to warm up at a swim meet can be a huge pain, especially at big meets such as Nationals or World Trials where the pool can be super crowded. What makes your warm up experience worse is when some...
Read more5The Positives/Negatives of Swimming Short Course Yards: An International Perspective20 April 2021The Positives/Negatives of Swimming Short Course Yards: An International Perspective By Jinq En Phee (Archive) For many of the NCAA's international swimmers, training and racing in short course yards is a new experience. These swimmers have focused primarily on long course meters, and often not race...
Read more17The Most Dominant Active Swimmers03 August 2017By Jinq En Phee, Swimming World College Intern. Most swim fans would agree that most dominant swimmer the world has ever seen would be Michael Phelps of USA. Phelps created history over and over again when he was active in his swimming career. He even raced a shark few weeks ago. Now that the GOAT h...
Read moreQ and A with Welson Sim, South East Asia’s Rising Star22 June 2017By Jinq En Phee, Swimming World College Intern. Welson Sim. Many in the swimming world have not this name, but soon they will. He’s just starting to make his way into the world class competitive swimming scene. Sim is a 20-year-old swimmer from Malaysia who specializes in freestyle events. He is the...
Read more46Swimming With Scoliosis08 June 2017By Jinq En Phee, Swimming World College Intern. Scoliosis is an abnormal lateral curvature of the spin that affects about two percent of the population, including children and adults. While some people with scoliosis may take up swimming lessons to strengthen their back muscles, other swimmers conti...
Read more7College Swimming in the Eyes Of An International Student-Athlete25 May 2017By Jinq En Phee, Swimming World College Intern. A number of foreign swimmers are making an impact on the NCAA swimming scene. According to scholarshipstats.com, the percentages of foreign students competing in NCAA swimming are 5.9 percent and 5.8 percent respectively for men and women. At this year...
Read more5Budapest 2017 Women’s 4x100m Free Relay Showdown - Australia vs USA07 May 2017By Jinq En Phee, Swimming World College Intern. This year’s FINA World Championships in Budapest is bound to be an exciting one, as this would be the year for Rio 2016 Olympic Champions to once again prove themselves at the world’s biggest stage. Will they retain their form from Rio and become world...