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7 Ways to Build Your Confidence in the Pool One of the most frequent mental blocks among swimmers is low self-confidence in the pool. Oddly enough, in my experience, it was the swimmers who showed up to train every day, worked their butt off, and yet, still struggled to have the self-belief that is....

3 Habits To Adopt For Better Swim Practices Swimmers have an amazing ability to get better when they put in the correct work at practice. While most athletes use effort as a way to measure their success, they are not always using the right tools to ensure they are getting the most out of practice w....

Three Tips to Help Get You Psyched Up to Swim - and Excel At championship meets, getting psyched up for your next race can be easy. Anticipation and excitement cloud the atmosphere, while the thunderous beat of loud music matches the tempo of your racing heart. As you wait at the end of the lane for...

Air Force Academy's Wen Zhang Is Under-the-Radar Threat At NCAA Champs When the NCAA Men's Championships get underway tomorrow, headliners like Leon Marchand, Destin Lasco and Carson Foster (among many others) are expected to produce impressive performances. However, there are some lesser-known athl...

Northern Arizona Wins 10th Consecutive Western Athletic Conference Women's Title Northern Arizona University’s women earned their 1oth consecutive Western Athletic Conference title this weekend in Pharr, Texas, with a final score of 835 points. Grand Canyon University finished second on the leaderbo...

UNLV Men Crowned Western Athletic Conference Champions; 6 WAC Records Fall The ­­­­­University of Nevada Las Vegas men won the Western Athletic Conference Championships in Pharr, Texas over the weekend, scoring 838 points to outdistance the competition. Grand Canyon University finished second on the...

San Diego State Crowned Mountain West Champions; Wilma Johansson Named Swimmer of the Meet The San Diego State University Aztecs won the Mountain West championship in Houston Texas, scoring 1,638 total points. The University of Nevada Las Vegas finished second on the leaderboard with 1,103 points. U...

4 Things You Can Do to Help Manage Pre-Race Nerves When it comes to dealing with pre-race nerves before a grueling main set or a big competition, most of the time the expectation is that swimmers find a way to rid themselves of their anxious feelings. They put on their goggles and try to block out ....

Building Your Process: How a Log Book Can Transform Your Swimming “Trust the process!” You have probably heard this phrase from your coaches or from fellow teammates who seem to have it all figured out. But maybe it is time you sat down and considered how a process-based mindset can elevate your s.....

How to Elevate Your Swimming in 2023: Fine-Tune a Process Like most of us, I’m sure you’re awash with last-minute 2022 activities. So, unlike this crazy, holiday season, I am going to make this post short and sweet. Getting better in the water is not as complicated as many of us make it sound. In...

How Good Habits Can Transform Your Swimming and Promote Success Habits have the power to transform many different aspects of your life. And the patterns you form right now have the power to impact your health, wellness, and even your performance in the pool. Therefore, establishing a foundation of ....

A Change In Approach: Rephrasing Negative Self-Talk When swimmers look at tough sets or competition as a challenge, and not a threat, they perform better. When they are excited to race, and not fearful to step up on the block, they swim faster. So naturally, when a swimmer understands that practic.....

Meal-Prepping for Race Day: Three Foods That Will Fuel the Body The big day has finally arrived. Over the last few months, you have spent hours in the pool perfecting your strokes, turns and dives for this moment. And now it’s time to compete. While training is crucial for high-performance, so is...

Officiating: Why it Could Be The Best Thing You'll Ever Do Some say that unruly parents started it, but most people agree the pandemic made it worse. That is, the declining number of volunteers for youth athletics across all sports, and the country. Officially Human, an organization dedicated to p.....

Are You Thinking About Becoming a Swim Coach? Tips For the Job So, now what? You’ve polished up your resume, found a job listing online, and nailed the interview. And against your biggest fears and all that nervous self-talk, you have landed yourself a job as a swim coach. Sure, you are probably sti...

Coping with Retirement: Finding Your Motivation Outside the Pool Let’s talk about it. And by “it,” I mean the word that all chlorine dwellers dread. Retirement. I mean, sure, I would be lying if I said that I had not fantasized about it once or twice in the middle of a grueling set or that I had not...