Swimming December 2008 Archive

Coach Richard Quick, the head coach at Auburn, has an inoperable, cancerous brain tumor. Different methods of treatment are being investigated.

There are many things that you can do to swim better. Use some of them to set your New Year's Resolutions! This to do list of 10 ways to swim better ... Read More

Swim to the wall. Turn around. Swim to the other wall. Turn around again. There are lots of ways to do that turn, but competitive swimmers all use flip turns ... Read More

Do you have sore knees from breaststroke kick? Looking for ways to make those sore breaststrokers knees feel better while still swimming? USA Swimming shares a rehab program for breaststroker's ... Read More

Ruth Kazez gives some straight forward advice on freestyle kicking. Should a swimmer kick a lot, a little, or somewhere in-between? And why do some swimmers move backward when they ... Read More

These workouts are designed to take between 75-minutes and 90-minutes. If that is too much time or distance, then cut things out, but do not always cut out the same ... Read More

I was wondering if anyone knows of a pair of goggles that do not leave dark rings around your eye cavity? when i was younger , the marks ... Read More

December 19, 2007, was a very rewarding day for the pool and spa industry. On that day, the Energy Bill was signed into law, and with it, the Virginia Graeme ... Read More

I had my swimming pool water tested and my stabilizer was 135. I was told I needed to drain my pool then refill with fresh water to lower my pool's ... Read More

Researchers at the University at Buffalo have shown that swimmers can improve their swimming endurance and breathing capacity through targeted training of the respiratory muscles. Subjects who followed a resistance-breathing ... Read More

I have a real problem swimming with goggles underwater, so my technique is lacking that's for sure. I end up swimming with my head above the water all the ... Read More

The budget options for resistance training are numerous. If you do have to give up the gym, try some of these workouts that can easily substitute for many of the ... Read More

There are five swim meets on the 08-09 USA Swimming National Championships calendar: Short Course National Championships - December Short Course Junior National Championships and Long Course Invitational - December 2009 National ... Read More

Mary DeScenza set two Championship records Saturday on the final night of competition at the 2008 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming Short Course Nationals Championships. DeScenza won both the 200y back and ... Read More

From the United States Sports Academy: The Athlete of the Year ballot is the culmination of the Academy's year long Athlete of the Month program, which recognizes the accomplishments of ... Read More

Dagny Knutson broke the American Record in the 400y IM Friday at the 2008 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming Short Course Nationals Championships. Knutson set the record by four one-hundredths of a ... Read More

My 8 year old's swim team has a distance meet in January and she wants to swim a 500 free. I would like some suggestions on how to train for ... Read More

Three championship records were broken Thursday on the first day of competition at the 2008 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming Short Course National Championships. Matt Grevers, a 2008 Olympic gold and silver ... Read More

There will be a meeting in February 2009 between FINA and swimwear manufacturers to discuss the future of swimsuit design. Suits like the Speedo LZR could become illegal, as could ... Read More

Fundamentals of Swimming is a great DVD for a triathlete just getting in the sport or that is a weak to mid-level swimmer. The DVD uses simple language and good ... Read More

I am not in the habit of posting job openings, but this one looks interesting: Taipei American School has an opening for an Aquatics Director position beginning in August 2009. ... Read More

One more addition to the list of Michael Phelps' accomplishments and honors - the 2008 SI Sportsman of the Year Award. Congratulations, Michael.(Photo of Michael Phelps by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

Olympians Cullen Jones, Eric Shanteau and Brooke Bennett will teach over 200 Atlanta-area children about the importance of water safety at “Make a Splash Day” on Friday, Dec. 5. The ... Read More