by Kaitlin Balasaygun, Swimming World College Intern
Baking underneath the hazy July sun lies the heart of distant summer memories for swimmers of all ages. As the smells of spraying sunscreen and fresh chlorine rising off the pool’s surface intermingle, a happiness like no other saturates the atmosphere. High-pitched…
The Wall High School Swim Team is hosting the 25th Bob Dillon Ocean Mile in August at Sea Girt Beach. Please consider participating and making this year's event one to remember. Click here for the registration flyer.
By Molly Griswold, Swimming World College Intern.
The palms of your hands grip your elbows, eyes wandering up and down the length of the pool. You triple-check the event, heat, lane and stroke grid etched in Sharpie on your arm to ensure you’re in the right place. Your head frantically…
As a swimmer, you spend countless hours training in the pool or in racing situations and you share those experiences with only a handful of people — your teammates. You sweat together, fight with each other, stare at a black line together, and compete against each…
Article by Ben Colin
The words “burned out” infiltrate the swimming vocabulary much more frequently these days. But as swimmers hang up their goggles and caps for good, the reason why isn’t quite as simple as one may think.
Often, sport specialization is blamed as the cause for a lack…
Courtesy of Elizabeth Wickham
When my kids were little and new to our swim team, we never thought about college scholarships. After all, we didn’t know if our kids would stick through one season of swimming, let alone 10 plus years of it. I remember parents of older kids who…
Learning several different swimming strokes requires patience but has its rewards.
Are you wondering if learning all the different swimming strokes makes sense? Or if sticking to your favorite swim stroke is enough?
For example, you may be a beginner triathlete being able to swim breaststroke. But you’d like to…
by Olivier Poirer-Leroy
The swimmer and swim parent lifestyle is no joke.
Week-long competitions, full days at the pool, and a season that never truly ends.
From fashion to lingo being a swim parent is just as much about adopting the world of swimming as your kid.
Here are 12…
by Olivier Poirer-Leroy
How did the greatest swimmer in history prepare on the day of his biggest performances? Here is what swimmers can learn from Michael Phelps’ full race day routine.
On the morning of the big race we wake up with a mixture of nerves, excitement, and possibly…
