Meaghan Raab - (Author)

As holiday training prepares to ramp up, Swimming World is running this piece from the archive that emphasizes the connection between an athlete and the grueling nature of holiday work in the water and the weight room. The piece stresses the importance of this time of year, so get yourself ready to ...

Swimming 101: Covering the Basics We Take For Granted By Meaghan Raab As an avid sports fan at the University of Georgia, I had countless conversations with other fans at the games that I attended. One in particular sticks out in my mind. I was at a volleyball match when an older couple that I knew ...

By Meaghan Raab, Swimming World Intern.  Swimming is just a sport to watch during the Olympics to some people, for others it’s an alternative form of exercise to running. To me, it’s second nature and a way of life. My mom was a collegiate swimmer at Stanford when they won the National Championship ...

By Meaghan Raab, Swimming World College Intern.  There was time when I used to teach swimming through a program with my club team. Breaststroke was always the hardest stroke to teach the kids because of the differences in the stroke from the other three strokes. Freestyle and backstroke are essentia...

By Meaghan Raab, Swimming World College Intern. Backstroke is essentially the equivalent of freestyle, but on the back. In the Olympic Games backstroke has an interesting history. The first event to be included was the 200-meter event for men in the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris. The 100-meter event w...

By Meaghan Raab, Swimming World College Intern. Have you ever been disappointed in a race or a practice? Have you ever felt that you weren’t good enough based on your performance in the pool? You are not alone in these feelings. Disappointment happens to every single person and there are ways to tak...

By Meaghan Raab, Swimming World College Intern.  Going home for Christmas break is something that all college students look forward to. The group that is most eager for the break is perhaps the college swimmers. Christmas break means Christmas training, which is known by all swimmers to be some of t...

By Meaghan Raab, Swimming World College Intern.  Jack Bauerle, head coach of the University of Georgia swim teams, is one of a kind. He cares about his swimmers as if they were his own kids. Bauerle constantly shows that he cares by asking how they are doing, how classes are going, and how their fam...

By Meaghan Raab, Swimming World College Intern.  Another National Signing Day has come and gone with all the eager seniors signing their letters of intent to the school of their choice. But what happens if they arrive on campus and it isn’t what they expected or they decide they need something diffe...

By Meaghan Raab, Swimming World College Intern. The dreaded sound of your alarm for morning practice wakes you up at 5 a.m. You are tired and going through the motions of getting ready without being fully awake. After sleeping for several hours and partaking in an overnight fast, your body is hungry...