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Little Achievements Lead To Big Accomplishments

Posted on July 15, 2010 | No Comments
I am one of those coaches that just wants to keep learning about every little thing that I can possibly learn about with regard to the world of competitive swimming. That’s, truly, what I love about holding interviews with other coaches and swimmers; I have...
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7 Biggest Mistakes Swimmers Make Before a Championship Meet

Posted on June 23, 2010 | 2 Comments
The swimming taper is a complex, scientific, precise thing. Then again, we’re not all collegians or Olympians, so for some of us, it’s very simple. Regardless, there are a few major mistakes that swimmers at every level frequently make just prior to big Championship meets,...
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Update on the Orca Start: Gaining Traction

Posted on June 15, 2010 | No Comments
When Matt Wunderlin first published his story about the “Orca Start” in Swimming Magazine, and then sent us some videos to post on our site, he was met with a lot of skepticism and resistance. This was not in the least bit surprising, because new...
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Drilling – Scull vs. Paddle

Posted on May 19, 2010 | 3 Comments
Through one of our drill posts about the importance of sculling, we have driven a little bit of controversy regarding the proper way to teach a high catch. The lingering theory behind sculling is that it creates a delayed catch and therefore is not promoting...
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A Sign of the Season: How To Prevent Swimmers’ Ear

Posted on May 17, 2010 | 1 Comment
Every year, when the summer months come around and the city pools become overrun with thousands of summer-league swimmers, the number of swimmers’ ear cases skyrockets proportionally. This very painful infection of the inner-ear can ruin a season, a summer, or even a swimming career...
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Eric Shanteau on GoSwim.tv

Posted on April 26, 2010 | No Comments
The IM’s are one of the trickiest races to truly master. In yesterday’s swimming world you could be a 3 stroke IM’er, but in today’s competitive atmosphere, you have to (as closely as possible) master all 4 strokes and fine tune three different turns and/or...
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Swim Talk with Susan Teeter: Coaching College Swimmers

Posted on April 21, 2010 | 3 Comments
Take a look at this resume: 183 Team Victories .799 Winning Percentage 15 Ivy League Championships 9 Ivy League Titles in the last 9 years 47 Straight wins from 2000 – 2004 (Princeton record) 30 Straight current winning streak Princeton Women’s Head Coach Susan Teeter...
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Baseline Training – The Ultimate Motivator

Posted on March 19, 2010 | 2 Comments
Written By: Tom Topolski My definition of baseline training is data that is compiled by the swimming coach to be used as a reference with which to compare future observations or results in practices and competitions (lifetime best times). It is difficult for me to...
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My Golden Method for Teaching Butterfly

Posted on March 10, 2010 | No Comments
Over the past few months, I’ve been working on developing a methodology for teaching strokes, because when I first started teaching, especially butterfly and breaststroke, I didn’t have a clue where to start. Sure, I could swim all of the strokes very well, and could...
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Video: The Orca Start, with Coach Matt Wunderlin

Posted on February 20, 2010 | 8 Comments
Any of our readers who are members of the ASCA, which is probably many of you, may have read Matt Wunderlin of the Waunakee Orcas team in Wisconsin tell his story about the new start he developed in the most recent issue of the ASCA’s American...
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