Swimming with fins is a way for swimmers to improve kick strength, ankle flexibility, body position, and go faster during a swim practice. Fins or flippers come in hundreds of ... Read More

The website for the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships is on-line. The championships are 15-21 August 2010 in Eindhoven, Netherlands.

Important or key swim workouts for a triathlete involve race simulation, swimming skill proficiency, sustainable swimming speed, and time to recover after a swim. These factors, along with the athletes ... Read More

Officials from USA Swimming and the Omaha Sports Commission announced today that the US Olympic Team Trials for Swimming will return to Omaha in 2012. The competition will take place ... Read More

The USA Swimming 2009 ConocoPhillips National Championships and World Championship Trials are being held at Indianapolis' IUPUI Natatorium from 7 July through 11 July. This pool has seen some great ... Read More

You try to swim faster through the workout as the distance you swim decreases during this swim workout. This swimming workout starts with a good effort 800, but you take ... Read More

Two Hall of Fame coaches, Dick Hannula and Nort Thornton, have assembled this anthology of swimming resources from some of the world's greatest swim coaching authorities. The Swim Coaching Bible ... Read More

Hypnosis can be defined as a process which relies on communication and making desired behavioral changes using the subconscious mind. When we are under hypnosis, a state of relaxation and ... Read More

Some of the recent world record swims have been accepted by FINA as of 22 June 2009. Some are still under review. Some have not been approved (as they were ... Read More

At the latest FINA meeting on swimsuits (19 June 2009) the decision was made to allow just about every swim suit that had been submitted for testing to be used ... Read More

Swimming pool main drains don't move water, pool water inlets do; swimming pool main drains can be used to receive water, but they don't actually move pool water. History records, ... Read More

Swimming in a triathlon can be an unpleasant experience. Your months of training become disrupted by dozens or hundreds of other triathletes churning in the water all around you, and ... Read More

I've been swimming for about 7 years or so now and my times have not really improved much since I've started. I swim about four hours a day (except for ... Read More

USA Swimming named the open water swimmers that will compete at the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, Italy and the FINA Open Water 10K World Cup in Roberval, Quebec, ... Read More

Have you gone to the local swimming pool and found it to be a disappointing mess? A little dirty? Sparkling clean? What are your experiences at the local pool, and ... Read More

Research the open water site where you plan to swim. Safety should always be your first priority. Are there lifeguards on duty? If yes, let them know your swim plans; ... Read More

Mary DeScenza claimed the 2008-2009 USA Swimming Grand Prix Series Sunday night at the final stop of the Series - the 2009 Swimnetwork.com Santa Clara International Grand Prix in Santa ... Read More

Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte added to his Grand Prix gold medal haul Sunday night, with a win in the men's 100m back at the 2009 Swimnetwork.com Santa Clara International ... Read More

Pan American champion Fran Crippen and 2008 NCAA champion Emily Brunemann qualified for the 2009 World Swimming Championships 10k Marathon Swim in Rome, Italy this summer as the top US ... Read More

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Two meet records were broken Saturday on the third day of competition at the 2009 Swimnetwork.com Santa Clara International Grand Prix. Nathan Adrian broke the meet record in the men's ... Read More

Different swimmers derive different amounts of force from upper and body segments. There is no one number that defines how much propulsion is due to upper vs. lower body movements. ... Read More

June 12-14, at Fort Myers Beach, Florida, the 2009 Open Water Festival serves as the 2009 USA Swimming Open Water Nationals. Among the many events, there is a National Championship ... Read More

Michael Phelps broke the meet record and earned his first gold medal of the meet in the men's 200m fly Friday night at the 2009 Swimnetwork.com Santa Clara International Grand ... Read More

Do you know what's in your public pool? Findings from a recent survey show that when it comes to public pools this summer, watch thy fellow swimmer closely! Rather than ... Read More

US National teamer Chad La Tourette and Amber McDermott placed first in the men's 800m free and women's 1500m free, respectively, on the first night of competition at the 2009 ... Read More

The Escape from Alcatraz Swim. We signed up nearly a year ago, hungry for a new challenge. On the 27th of September, after months of speculation and debate from colleagues, ... Read More

The 2009 Santa Clara invite is underway. The first day's events are the Women's 1500 and Men's 800 freestyle. Live results are available on-line.

Swim Coach Richard Quick has died from brain cancer at age 66. He will be remembered for his team success (13 NCAA Titles, 6 time NCAA Coach of the Year, ... Read More

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The family of TRISWIM products do what they are intended to do, and they do it very well. After a month of testing, the swimmers that used the TRISWIM shampoo, ... Read More

Can you point your toes but not straighten out your feet?When you kick on your back, do you tend to: go very slow? stay in one place? go backwards? Do you have a tough ... Read More

More than 20 US Olympians, including Olympic gold medalists Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte will compete at the 2009 Santa Clara International Grand Prix Swim Meet, June 11-14 in Santa ... Read More

They say the best way to learn is to make mistakes; As a newbie and Clydesdale, in my first year of competing in triathlons, I've made my share of mistakes. ... Read More

USA Swimming has updated swimsuit rules to match the recent FINA list of approved swimsuits. The official letter from the USA Swimming Rules and Regulations Committee, dated 1 June 2009, ... Read More