Get Ready For The Holidays With Swimming World’s Holiday Gift Guide

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The holiday season is rapidly approaching, and you will probably find yourself to be either ahead of the game or overwhelmed by the thought of seasonal preparations.

For close to two decades, Swimming World Magazine has published an annual Holiday Gift Guide in our October, November and December issues promoting great gifts for your loved ones. From books to stop watches, you are guaranteed to check one individual off your list. Give the gifts that can improve any swimmer’s experience in the water this holiday season!

View the Holiday Gift Guide in the November issue now!

Be proactive! Prevent the holiday stress and plan ahead.

Quick links to Swimming World’s holiday advertisers:

CEI-Ultrak
Finis
Lane Gainer
Discovery Trekking
Pace Pal
Swimmer’s Best
Misel Disel
Sprint Aquatics
IST’s SwimClock
StrechCordz
The Finals
Toad Hollow Athletics
Tri Swim
Swimming on the Wall
Swim Labs
Human Kinetics
A Graphic Source
XMetrics
SwimWaves

Smack Strap
Sport Count

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FEATURES

016 TOP 9 OLYMPIC UPSETS: #9 IRON MIKE
by Chuck Warner
Beginning with this issue and running through July 2016—a month before the start of the Olympic swimming events in Rio on Aug. 6—Swimming World Magazine will bring you its top 9 upsets in the individual events in Olympic history—in particular, in the last 50 years.

018 2015 OPEN WATER SWIMMERS OF THE YEAR
by Steven Munatones
With impressive performances in the 10K marathon swim this past summer at the FINA World Championships in Kazan, 2015 Open Water Swimmers of the Year Aurélie Muller and Jordan Wilimovsky now have their sights sets on Rio.

021 MEMORABLE OPEN WATER MOMENTS OF 2015
by Jeff Commings
Swimming World presents this year’s five biggest open water stories.

023 AT RISK IN RIO?
by Annie Grevers
With less than a year away from the 2016 Olympics, there is still concern for the safety of athletes who will be competing in the waters off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.

026 THE ULTIMATE COMPETITOR
by Annie Grevers
A successful pool swimmer, American Haley Anderson has also become one of the world’s most decorated and most consistent open water athletes. Since winning an Olympic 10K silver medal in 2012, she took the world title in the 5K in 2013 and struck gold in the 10K at Pan-Pacs in 2014. This past summer, she reclaimed gold in the 5K at Worlds and also qualified as the first female member of the 2016 U.S. Olympic team.

030 RCP TIBURON MILE
by Steven Munatones
With the ebb tide the strongest it’s been in the history of the race, Jordan Wilimovsky and Ashley Twichell successfully battle the conditions to win the RCP Tiburon Mile.

COACHING

010 LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDS: JIM MONTRELLA
by Michael J. Stott

012 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE MISCONCEPTIONS: ARM COORDINATION (Part I of II)
by Rod Havriluk
In the first of a two-part series, Dr. Havriluk explains how the typical arm coordination (based on conventional wisdom) limits velocity and how a unique arm coordination can result in much faster swimming.

038 STREAMLINES & BREAKOUTS: A PREREQUISITE FOR SPEED
by Michael J. Stott

042 Q&A WITH COACH ADAM CROSSEN
by Michael J. Stott

043 HOW THEY TRAIN OWEN KAO
by Michael J. Stott

TRAINING

045 DRYSIDE TRAINING: ON-LAND SWIM STROKE MOVEMENTS—BUTTERFLY
by J.R. Rosania

JUNIOR SWIMMER

014 GOLDMINDS: THE LANGUAGE OF THE LANES
by Wayne Goldsmith

048 UP & COMERS

COLUMNS & SPECIAL SECTIONS

008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT
032 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
046 GUTTER TALK
049 PARTING SHOT

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Heather York DiFulvio

8 years ago

*holidays