I'm always looking for ways to help other readers - and maybe you have the answer. Follow these instructions to submit your articles to About Swimming, as well as grant ... Read More

The DrySwim Trainer teaches swimmers and triathletes to conserve energy and swim with "the body", not just the arms and legs. This looks like an interesting swimming invention that could ... Read More

The 2007-08 USA Swimming National Junior Team roster has been posted. An age and time standard must be met by swimmers to qualify for the National Junior Team.

The 2007-08 USA Swimming Men's National Team roster has been posted. The Men's National Team is composed of swimmers who post the top six times in Olympic events swum in ... Read More

The 2007-08 USA Swimming Women's National Team roster has been posted. The USA Swimming Women's National Team is composed of swimmers who post the top six times in Olympic events ... Read More

Heading into the wall, somersaulting, and pushing off that wall - the basic flip turn. Wow! Looks neat. But is it necessary?

Backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle swimmers are included in this set of artwork from the multi-talented Ruth Kazez. This collection was intended to accompany a set of published swim workouts.

Many people believe that having more fast and slow twitch muscle fibers can determine what sport an athlete will excel in and how they will respond to training. Traditionally, fast ... Read More

Don't have access to weight training equipment but need to get in a strength workout? You can still get a quality dryland workout with basic training exercises. Here's a dryland ... Read More

FINA has released an update on the 2008 Olympics, including aquatics venue information and a schedule of the upcoming aquatics test events. Test events are meets or races in the ... Read More

Work is surging ahead on the site of the London 2012 Aquatics Center following the handover of the Olympic Park this summer. The ODA said today that 90 per cent ... Read More

Nine Masters athletes from the sports of swimming, diving and synchronized swimming, representing Canada, Great Britain and the United States, will be inducted into the International Masters Swimming Hall of ... Read More

Do you feel under pressure when you move up into a new age-group of swimming competitors? It seems that many swimmers do. Many seem to feel that any reputation they ... Read More

Is there a foolproof method to keep ducks out of a swimming pool? Not foolproof, but there is at least one way that we have found to keep water fowl ... Read More

With two past Olympians on the start list for the American triathletes at the first Olympic qualifying event, US Triathlete Jarrod Shoemaker knew he would have to have the race ... Read More

USA Divers David Boudia (Noblesville, Ind.) and Thomas Finchum (Indianapolis, Ind.) added another diving bronze medal to their 2007 World Series hardware after finishing third in the men's synchronized 10-meter ... Read More

Second alternate in 2000. First alternate in 2004. Olympian in 2008. The third time was the charm for American triathlete Laura Bennett, who claimed the first spot on the 2008 ... Read More

Many times we have heard the complaint that it takes too long to scoop out the leaves from the swimming pool. Upon investigation, we find that the swim pool owner ... Read More

The main purpose in winterizing your above ground swimming pool is to protect it from damage due to freezing water. You also want to keep your swimming pool as clean ... Read More

It is only fitting that the first triathletes to earn a spot on the 2008 US Olympic Team are doing so this weekend on the same course they will race ... Read More

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has partially admitted the appeal filed by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) against the decision of the Disciplinary Commission of the Tunisian Swimming ... Read More

Coaching a high school swim team can be a challenging task. One way to make it easier is to use a season training plan. A swimming season training plan provides ... Read More

Large stains covering a high percentage of the swimming pool plaster surface are usually from chemical reactions. These tips are for smaller, concentrated stains, a few inches or less in ... Read More

USA Diver Nancilea Foster won the bronze medal in the women's 3-meter event to lead USA Diving in the second leg at the 2007 FINA Diving World Series. Foster turned ... Read More

David Boudia and Thomas Finchum finished fourth in the 10-meter synchronized competition Friday at the second leg of the 2007 FINA Diving World Series, a three-week event that features the ... Read More

The opportunity of being in contact with so many people has shown to me that all over the world a large number of swimmers, even at the very elite level, ... Read More

My ear aches after I swim - what could that be from? A common problem among swimmers is a slowly developing pain in the ear. It might be Swimmer's Ear ... Read More

There are a lot of different swim caps and goggles in the world. This new swim goggle and swimming cap invention for swimmers has something that others do not - ... Read More

The man that pushed and pulled the Great Britain Swimming Organization and swimmers to some of their best achievements in decades has left British Swimming. Bill Sweetenham was accused of ... Read More

The first leg of the 2007 FINA Diving World Series wrapped up Sunday with three U.S. divers competing in two events. Troy Dumais and Mitch Richeson took fifth in the ... Read More

The main purpose in winterizing your inground swimming pool is to protect it from damage due to freezing water. Another is to keep it as clean as possible for the ... Read More

USA Divers David Boudia and Thomas Finchum won the bronze medal in the men's synchronized 10-meter diving contest Saturday in the first leg of the 2007 FINA Diving World Series, ... Read More

One of the greatest abilities the mind possesses for the swimmer is its ability to kill pain. The body, so top endocrinologist and mind/body expert Dr. Deepak Chopra tells us, ... Read More