The Positive Attitude Written by Forbes Carlile, Head Coach of the Carlile School of Swimming and Head Coach of numerous Australian Olympic Teams. His book, “Forbes Carlile on Swimming” was the first modern book on competitive swimming. Originally published by the American Swim Coaches Association. Just as it is of utmost importance that coaches must be continually positive and optimistic, so too must parents. It has been said that 95% of us are predominantly negative in our approach to life—so most of us have a problem! These notes are equally...

Why children should be involved in multiple activities/sports.... I have had a number of parents talk to me about their swimmers and wanting them to specialize on one or two strokes or increase the number of practice days. I want to provide information from various sources about why I do not want to limit what strokes a swimmer is doing at a swim meet, why I want to limit the amount of time a swimmer maybe practicing, and why I understand if a swimmer decides to take time off from...

Perhaps because I swam for 14 years and my parents were officials for 13 of those 14 years, I have always thought that any parent would want to become an official. In an effort to help LMAC grow, I’ve given some thought and had some help from my friends who are officials, to come up with reasons why any swim parent might want to dive into the position of a Stroke and Turn Official for Life Time Mid-Atlantic Swim Team. First, there is no doubt that officials have the best...