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SwimSwam (News)

SwimmingWorld (News)

 

Articles for Parents & Swimmers

 

Mental Health

Emergency Action Plan- IASI (NEW!)

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Online Resources

4 Messages for Today's Teenagers

Olympians Share Their Mental Health Tips

Kaylee McKeown Pulls Out of World Cup Series: "Putting my Mental Health First"

 

Practice & Lifestyle

Nutrition Information from the U.S. Olympic Committee

Pre- and Post- Workout Meals

Optimal Nutrition Overview and How to Fuel for Open Water Races

How to Help Athletes Maintain a Positive Body Image After Sport

Interested in Plant Based Nutrition? Try These Convenience Foods

Managing the Pain and Fatigue of Oxygen Debt in Practice and During Races

Sample Color Chart

Adding Avocado Toast to Your Breakfast Arsenal

Observing Ramadan? Need Advice for How Elite Level Athletes Manage their Holy Month?

Best Earplugs on the Market

Training Underwaters for Better LCM Swims

How Music Can Enhance Your Swimming

How Parachutes Can Help Your Swimming

 

Mindset

Staying in a "Good Nervous" Mindset Before a Race

Make Your Goals Your Own!

6 Cool Things that Happen When You Work on Your Mental Mindset

Try This Pre-Race Ritual/Habit

Use Long Course to Step Up Your Mental Game

8 Tips to Develop Positive Body Image

The Biggest Performance-Distrupting Mental Mistake Made by Swimmers and How to Avoid It

Dealing with a Champs Meet That Doesn't Go As Planned

What is a "Growth Mindset"?

Five Mental Tips Swimmers Can Learn from Jack Alexy

No Swim Meet is Perfect: Prepare for Adversity! - How the Olympic Games are JUST Like Any Other Meet

Achievement Can't Be What Drives You- Tatjana Smith, OLY

 

Team Culture

 Leadership in Youth Sports

Why the Goal Shouldn't be to Always Be Happy- Regulating Emotions

5 Things for Parents to Avoid When Helping to Cultivate Grit

Group Adjustments and the Idea of "Blooming Where You Are Planted"

Carmel Swim Club- Doing It "For the Team"

Leave Your Team Area Better Than You Found It

 

IFLYers in the News:

Owen Chiles Cracks Decades Old 100 Back Record

Parker Macho Continues Progress as One of Iowa's Top Swimmers

Iowa Flyers Give Elite Opportunities to Swimmers

How Aurora Roghair Handles the 1000 Free/200Free/500Free Triple

Holden Carter Commits to Columbia

Joe Polyak Commits to Minnesota

Hayden Hakes Wins the 200m Backstroke at Futures (2022)

2024 IASI Altitude Select Camp a Success

Jacob Pins Earns Multiple Trials Cuts in Final Two Days of 2024 Elkhart Spring Cup

Four IFLYers Qualify for Olympic Trials!

United States Boys Break Junior Pan Pac Championship 4 x 100 Medley Relay Record

Aurora Roghair Named to 2024-2025 USA Swimming National Team

Coach Jackson Leonard named to 2025 National Select Camp Staff (Girls)

IFLY Named a Silver Medal Club- 27th in the Country; Highest in Program History and IASI History

KCRG: Athlete of the Week: Parker Macho

Aurora Roghair (IFLY Alum) Wins First ACC Championship Gold in 1650 Free

Jacob Pins (IFLY Alum) Wins Bronze at 2025 Big XII Championships

Swims You Might Have Missed at the 2025 Big Ten Championships (Joe Polyak)

Indiana Signee Grace Hoeper Wins 7 Titles at Iowa Short Course Championships

 

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2022 A3 Midwest Challenge- PW: harvestmoon

2023 IASI SCY Championships- PW: snorkel

2023 TYR Pro Swim Series- Ft. Lauderdale- PW: marina

2023 Iowa Masters State Championships- PW: excellence

2023 IASI LCM Championships- PW: truelove

2023 DSMY Spooktacular- PW: ghost

2023 IGHSAU State Championships- PW: success

2023 U.S. Open Championships- PW: equipment

2023 IHSAA State Championships- PW: sensational

2023 Beat the Heat- PW: swimfast

2023 A3 Midwest Challenge- PW: legend

2024 IASI SCY Championships- PW: volunteer

2024 Spring Sectionals- PW: golden

2024 Riptide H2Opener- PW: revised

2024 Armbruster- PW: proud

2024 12&U JR Armbruster- PW: volunteer

2024 U.S. Olympic Trials- PW: believe

2024 IASI LCM Championships- PW: 2024olympics

2024 A3 Midwest Challenge- PW: doorway

2025 Midwest All-Stars- PW: psyched

2025 IHSAA State Championships- PW: renegade

2025 IASI Age Group Championships- PW: bright

2025 IASI Short Course Championships- PW: crush