The more you know and understand about the sport of swimming, the better you will be as an athlete. We have put together a series of important news articles that we feel would be great reading material for each of our athletes and parents. Of course, there is plenty more out there for you to read and we encourage you to explore that on your own. Consider these some of our favorites that have been hand-picked for you!
Articles on Nutrition & Sleep
- Coach Bekah's What to Eat Chart
- What to Eat During Swimming Competitions
- Hydrate the Healthy Way
- Cooking with Team USA
- 5 Fun Facts About Swimmers and Sleep
Articles & Videos on Mindset, Adversity & Team Culture
- Caeleb Dressel Carries a Big Kick and Even Bigger Goals
- 5 Lessons From Olympic Champions on Dealing With Adversity
- 9 More Things That Happen When You Start Focusing On Your Mindset
- 8 Things That Happen When You Start Focusing on Your Mindset
- There's Never Been a Better Time to Work on Your Mindset
- Getting Back in the Water After a Long Layoff
- 15 Lessons You Can Learn From Master YODA
- Are Leadership Skills a Side Effect of Swimming?
- 10 Things swimmers can do for exceptional team culture
- Keep Chasing Your Swimming Goals and Never Give Up!
- 10 Coaches Share Their Thoughts on Mental Toughness
- There's More to Life Than Swimming
- 7 Tips for How Swimmers Can Get Through Tough Times
- Try to be grateful for the setbacks in the pool
- Tom Dolan Confidence is Adversity in Disguise
- 6 Cool Things That Happen When Swimmers Improve Their Mindset
- Getting Back in the Water After a Long Lay-Off
- 21 Things you can learn from the best swimmers on the planet
- When you don't feel motivated to go to practice
- 10 Things that have nothing to do with talent
- 5 Daily Habits to Make You A Better Swimmer
- 7 Steps for Powerful Self-Confidence for Swimmers
- Lessons From the 2016 Olympics for Age Group Swimmers
- How to build a pre-race routine to dominate your PB's
- How to Make Better Goals in the Water
- Let's Do One More
- Alex Popov and the power of training the way you wanna compete
- Grant Hackett Discusses Mental Health with Athletes and the Lesson of Vulnerability Video
- Visualize the perfect race Video
- The 40% Rule Video
Articles & Videos to Help You Become Stronger in the Water
- 5 Ways to Instantly Improve Your Flip Turns
- 4 Exercises to Strengthen the Shoulders
- 3 Ways to Improve Your Relay Starts
- How to Improve Your Flexibility for Swimming
- Why You Should Do a Dynamic Warm-Up Before Swimming
- Breathing Patterns for 100 Freestyle
- 4 External Rotation Exercises for Shoulder Injury Prevention
- Why all swimmers should use resistance bands
- Free Online YOGA Classes for Swimmers
- 4 Exercises to Include in Your Dynamic Warm-Up to Reduce the Risk of Injury Video
- 20 Minute Swimmer's Flexibility Routine Video
- Biomechanical Breakdown of What Makes Usain Bolt so Fast Video
- "Leg Kick Starts" with Brad Tandy Video
- Training to Become a JEDI Video
- 4 Exercises to Include in Your Dynamic Warm-Up to Reduce the Risk of Injury Video
- Freestyle Swimming Differences Between Sprint & Longer Free Technique Video
- Backstroke Start Technique Video
- The Jump Flip or "In & Out" Drill for Flip Turns Video
- Backstroke Start Technique Video
- Breaststroke Overview with Cody Miller & Coach Ray Looze Video
- Caeleb Dressell Shares His Core Workout Video
- 10 Things to do while your pool is closed Video
- Swimming faster and easier fly with Chloe Sutton Video
- Starts with Dave Durden (Olympic Coach & Head Coach Univ of Cal Men's Team Video
- Starts with Mike Bottom (Olympic Coach & Head Coach of Univ of Michigan Video
- 2 min video on importance of sculling Video
- Natalie Coughlin 3D Dolphin Kick Analysis Video
- Underwater Video from Santa Clara Grand Prix 2013 Video
- Back to Breast Turn Crossover Turn Drill Video
Videos from Olympicans & Coaches
- Interview of Multiple-Time Olympic Gold Medalist Anthony Irvin (Oldest to win a gold medal in swimming!)
- The Story Behind Tracy Caulkins and Her Success
- Ian Thorpe aka the "Thorpedo" Wins Olympic Gold in Front of Home Crowd at 2000 Olympics!
- Katie Ledecky Wins 2012 Olympic Gold in 800 Free in London
- Off the Blocks USA Swimming Episode 1, Season 3
- Swimming Awards & Memories with Cody Miller
- 2012 USA Swimming Olympic Team Call Me Maybe Video
- First Men's 50 Free in Olympic Games with Matt Biondi 1988
- Watch Mark Spitz Win 7 Gold Medals at 1972 Olympics
- Rowdy Gaines Relives the 1980 Olympic Boycott
- Janet Evans Smashes 400 Free World Record in Seoul for Olympic Gold!
- Steve Parry Challenges Michael Phelps for 2004 Olympic Gold
- Maya Dirado Wins Olympic Gold 200 Back in Rio on Last Stroke!
- Tom Jager vs Matt Biondi Double World Record 50 Free
- Men's 100 Breast Winter Junior National Finals 2011 Lane 3 near top
- Watch Michael Phelps's Last Olympic Race (Rio 2016)
- Missy Franklin Breaks 200 Back World Record at Olympics 2012 London
- Simone Manuel Wins 100 Free Olympic Gold Medal 2016 in Rio
- THE GREATEST RACE OF ALL-TIME
- 1961 AAU 220 yard butterfly finals
- Michael Phelps vs Erik Vendt Epic 400 IM World Record Race at 2002 Nationals
- Watch Mary T Meagher go 2:05 World Record 200 fly at 16 years old back in 1981
- Missy Franklin Documentary (recommended by coaches!)
