The Stopwatch Doesn’t Lie But It Also Doesn’t Tell The Full Story
Below is a great article by Coach Paul Yetter of the North Baltimore Aquatic Club.
The stopwatch doesn’t lie, but it also doesn’t tell the full story.
Athletes can improve over time without going “best times” each time they compete! Read more HERE
How Olympians Swim
We think our swimmers and families can learn a lot about to swim faster by watching how the experts do it. This week we are featuring 2 American Olympians – Katie Ledecky and Caleb Dressel. Both are world record holders with multiple Olympic and World Championships victories.
Katie Ledecky – Freesytle Stroke Swim Technique
Katie’s unprecedented biography can be found HERE
Below are two videos showing Katies great freestyle stroke.
Caleb Dressel Flip Turns
Caleb’s impressive biography can be found HERE
Below is a video of how the fastest swimmer in the world does very fast turns.
7 Reasons Every Swimmer Should Go to Swim Meets by Olivier Poirier-Leroy
Swim meets are a little unforgiving when viewed in a certain manner. You spend months training a countless number of hours, only to have your performance completed in a manner of minutes, with no recourse if you disagree with the numbers on the scoreboard.
But on the other hand, they are also places where swimmers learn the value of hard work, of setting and chasing goals, and other life skills including dealing with setbacks, developing sportsmanship, to even just broing down with your fellow swimmers.
Here are 7 reasons every swimmer should go to swim meets: READ MORE HERE
Coach Jeff’s Reason 8 - Meets are Fun!!!