Coaches Education

Gregg Troy Named ASCA Coach of the Year After Guiding Caeleb Dressel to Five Olympic Golds A little less than two months after guiding Caeleb Dressel to an epic performance at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Gregg Troy has been named the American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) George Haines Coach o...

Coach Ben Titley Discusses Several Training Sets Handled By Phenom Summer McIntosh At a time when Romanian teenager David Popovici is considered the next big star on the men’s scene, Canadian youngster Summer McIntosh holds that distinction among the women. The 15-year-old was superb in her Olympic ...

A Look at Past Swim Sets From Legendary Texas Coach Eddie Reese Today, Swimming World continues to offer past workouts that have appeared in the magazine to its readership. This time, we share several past workouts designed by legendary University of Texas coach Eddie Reese and shared with Michael J...

6 Routes to a Better Flip Turn By Annie Grevers How many times have you been told to be quicker on your walls? Not hesitate before flipping? Get your feet around faster? Probably quite a few times. Turns are not merely a fun accessory in swimming. They're a crucial part of our sport. How many times ...

Training Sets and Tips: Building Breaststroke Endurance As Swimming World continues to bring a variety of training sets to its readership, a focus is placed on this archived piece on the breaststroke. This breaststroke endurance set is designed to work on driving forward in the stroke and finishing ...

A Look at Past Training Sets of Olympic Champion Caeleb Dressel Through the years, a consistent feature of Swimming World Magazine has been the highlighting of specific training programs and sets of various athletes, including the sport's elite performers. Today, we dip into the magazine vault and l...

What You Should Know About Swimmer’s Shoulder By Lianne McCluskey, Swimming World College Intern (Archived Feature) We all know that swimmers are susceptible to shoulder injuries. Whether we have proper stroke mechanics or not, it can happen to anyone. Missy Franklin, to name one star, is an exa...

American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) Announces Six Candidates For Board of Directors Positions The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) Board of Directors Governance Committee is pleased to announce the following candidates will be running for five open positions on the ASCA Board of...

This article on swimming parents originally ran a few years ago, but the heart of the piece remains true and unchanged. Take a few minutes to read the insights below and reflect on what the author is saying. It could be helpful in generating harmony between key parties in a swimmer's life. By Wayne ...

The Silent Assassin: Is Chlorine Hurting Swimmers More than it is Helping? By Olivia McKelvey Distinctly recognizable with its pungent, bleach-like odor, chlorine is worn as a swimmer's perfume whether they like it or not. Yet these chlorinated scents wafting off of swimmers' bodies is not the only ...

The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) and Fitter and Faster are pleased to announced the TOP 10 AGE GROUP COACHES OF THE YEAR FOR 2021. These coaches will be honored at the 2021 ASCA World Clinic Award Banquet on September 16 at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando.  The Fitter and Faster/AS...

The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) is pleased to announce that Team USA Olympic Coach Ray Looze will join Olympic Coach Gregg Troy, Paralympic Coach Nathan Manley and NBC commentator Rowdy Gaines on the opening night of the 2021 ASCA World Clinic in Orlando. The coaches will participat...

5 Signs a Swimmer Has Taken Ownership of Their Sport By Brad Jones One common trait that you will consistently see in successful senior level swimmers is that they have complete ownership of their swimming. Over my years of working with high school kids on the Bellingham Bay Swim Team, I’ve realized...

A Professional Trainer's View on Dryland Workouts Swimming may be a water sport, but working out on land is still an essential part of any swimmer's training. When doing dryland training, it’s important that swimmers are focusing on the right aspects of strength and conditioning. According to a stud...

Training a Young Michael Phelps: Bob Bowman on Working With His Prized Pupil (Swimming Technique Archive) By Bob Bowman (with Michael J. Stott) - From 2003 I think it was pretty clear from the beginning that Michael Phelps was a special swimmer. When he joined us at North Baltimore Aquatic ...

A Look at the Training Sets of Distance Ace Erica Sullivan One of the feel-good stories of the United States Olympic Trials was the qualification for the Olympic Games in Tokyo by Erica Sullivan in the 1500-meter freestyle. Representing the Sandpipers of Nevada, Sullivan put together a career-best p...

5 Swim Sets You Have to Try Before You Die; Tell Us Your Favorite By Wayne Goldsmith Swim sets are like burgers. There's a lot of them in the world: Some are great, some are awful and some are just plain ordinary burgers. Here are 5 swim sets you have to try before you die. A great swim set has to i...

Training of Katie Ledecky: A Glance At Workouts That Led to First Olympic Title Before Katie Ledecky became an Olympian and captured the gold medal in the 800-meter freestyle at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, her coach Yuri Suguiyama (now the head coach at Wisconsin) shared some of his pupil's wo...

By McKenna Ehrmantraut, Swimming World College Intern.  As the school year begins to wind down, most people are packing up to go to the beach - but not swimmers! They are getting ready for endless double practices, knee skin tan lines and nap time. While sun burns and sore muscles are inevitable, mi...

The Australian Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association (ASCTA) is delighted to announce a formal affiliation with the New Zealand Swimming Coaches and Teachers Association (NZSCTA). The affiliation takes effect from July 1, 2021 and provides significant benefits to both organisations and their res...