Thoughts from your average Swim Coach

Technical suits have become common place at every swim meet level in recent years.  I have seen them at local recreation meets/summer leagu...

As the group I coach is getting older I have started having to work on managing expectations.  This is a very interesting and touchy subjec...

Over the years I have seen swimmers come into the sport, swim really fast at a young age, and they leave before they even graduate high s...

A swimmers diet is equally as important as their training.  Your diet plays a much larger role than most think in overall performance.  If ...

High School/Club Swimming Swimming high school and club seems to present a challenge every year for those swimmers who choose to do both.  ...

It has been a while since I have posted.  I have been working on this post for a few months.  Now that High School Season is over and we ar...

There is always a great debate in swimming of quality versus quantity.  Every coach and team has their own thoughts and feelings on this, b...