Coaches Education

Legendary coach Bob Bowman, who notably led Michael Phelps to a record number of Olympic gold medals over five trips to the Games, appeared on Brett Hawke's podcast to discuss his recent decision to redshirt the entire Arizona State team ahead of this season to ensure there is no time lost during th...

You have a beautiful indoor aquatics facility. But where are your swimmers? How do you safely welcome back athletes and leisure swimmers now that U.S. facilities are re-opening despite the continued threat of COVID-19 transmission? BioOx®, a 100 percent natural solution, scientifically proven to ful...

How Self-Confidence Can Boost An Athlete's Performance “Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage and confidence in the doing.” -Teddy Roosevelt Swimmers are some of the toughest competitors in the world. Even though they may look strong and muscular on the outside, often on the inside, ...

Adding to its growing list of honors, the X1-PRO garnered a prestigious 2020 International Design Excellence Award (IDEA), one of the most sought-after awards in international design. In the category of sports, leisure, and recreation, the aquatic resistance training device won the bronze in recogni...

The Excellent Swim Coach Swimming is very much a sport of observation. Swimmers observe others' strokes underwater during practice and have a lot of time on deck during meets to watch the coach-swimmer dynamics surrounding us. I had 12 swim coaches in my 18 years of swimming. It's fun to go back and...

What Happens To Your Body During Taper? By J.P. Mortenson Taper is the time leading up to a big competition where swimmers decrease their training volume while increasing their rest in order to prepare their bodies to go best times. So what exactly happens to your body during taper that allows it to...

How COVID-19 Changed Everything: A Coach's Perspective By Eleanor Martin, Swimming World Intern When COVID-19 shut down everything in mid-March, swimmers all over the globe were heartbroken. No more meets that athletes had been focusing on for the past six months, no more practices to leave it all i...

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 ...

Early Workouts of Katie Ledecky, a Distance Legend in Development 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 workouts with Mi...

THE 45th ANNUAL EASTERN STATES SWIM CLINIC is Saturday and Sunday, Oct 3rd & Oct 4th, 2020 Complete information, including schedule and registration information, is available for the Virtual Eastern States Swim Clinic 2020 is available here: https://swimclinic.com/eastern-states-swim-clinic-2020/ .....

Swimming World Workouts: Six Fun Sets to Try at Practice By Kelsey Mitchell, Swimming World College Intern. For every swimmer and coach, there is that one set they always love to come back to. Whether it be for the intense speed work, high yardage, or minute attention to technique, everyone's favori...

The American Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) has announced the departure of Chief Executive Officer Steve Roush to pursue other personal interests. ASCA Board President Mike Kolebar commented, “Steve has done a tremendous job in these challenging and uncertain times of 2020. He has pledged his o...

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 ...

What to Say to A Swimmer After A Poor Swim (From the Archive) By Abby Boone, Swimming World College Intern Every swimmer has come to the wall at the end of a race and been unhappy with their swim. Whether they are sad or mad, whether there are tears or frustration, each swimmer turns to their coach ...

Training Michael Phelps: Bob Bowman on Working With Prized Pupil (Swimming Technique Archive - 2003) 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 Club ...

3 Ways to Help Prevent Swimmer's Shoulder By Shunichi Fujishima, Swimming World College Intern. Research done by the North American Journal of Sports Physical Therapy suggests that one third of competitive swimmers experience what is known as Swimmer’s Shoulder, which is a term used to desc...

Olympic champions, Tokyo 2020 hopefuls and a global music star will help empower athletes’ mental health this September, the Australian Olympic Committee noted as it released the official line-up of 12 athletes and experts for Wellbeing Week in September. Cate Campbell, the Australian swimming sprin...

Bill Sweetenham, the Australian coach mentor and performance leader, offers his top tips on winning at a time of pandemic, shutdown, lockdown, closures, re-opening and shifting of goal posts and datelines for swimmers. He was asked by various coaches from around the world for his views on how th...

Gennadi Touretski passed away earlier this month, Swimming World's obituary accompanied by tributes, including one from swimmers who worked with him, at the helm Alexander Popov. Here, Wayne Goldsmith reflects on Touretski's time Down Under and the legacy he left world swimming. Commentary:  This co...

This article of "Dryside Training" focuses on specific exercises for individual strokes and race distances.  I believe it's beneficial to train your muscles and energy systems on land to help complement what's being done in the pool.  We also want to strengthen muscles that are frequently used to bu...