The Importance of Offering Swim Lesson Refresher Courses
Written By: Ashley Graves This is a concept that I've seen be missed in many programs. These courses are not only a great way to keep...
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Streamline Teams
Mar 9, 20232 min read
Developing "Feel" For The Water
The biggest challenge for the adult swimmers we see in our program is developing "feel" for the water.
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Streamline Teams
Feb 14, 20233 min read
Asking Your Swimming and Diving Recruits ‘Super Qualifying’ Questions
“It’s a done deal”, you think. Then it happens. You find out that the prospect that you’ve worked so hard for just committed to another team
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Streamline Teams
Jan 17, 20233 min read
Coaching Your On-Deck Facial Expressions
Have you ever thought about how an Age Group Swimmer is impacted by your expressions?
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Streamline Teams
Nov 15, 20223 min read
Importance of Setting Practice Goals
Goal Setting at practice is just as important as setting performance goals.
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Streamline Teams
Oct 25, 20224 min read
Get To Know Your Athletes
Getting to know athletes as people can help coaches connect complex concepts to each athlete and bridge the gap between generations.
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Streamline Teams
Oct 6, 20223 min read
Building Technique Feedback Into Practices
Here are three things that I do to help streamline technique focus without cutting out other aspects of training!
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Sep 1, 20224 min read
The Power of Rest
“There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.”
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Streamline Teams
Aug 30, 20224 min read
How Do Great Swimming & Diving Coaches Manage The Grind Of Recruiting?
In truth, recruiting is hard. It can be a grind. And it’s definitely not the reason most college coaches got into the business.
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Streamline Teams
Jul 8, 20222 min read
Depth Perception & Refraction
Many children have lost their lives and continue to do so around the globe due to water toys.
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Streamline Teams
May 26, 20225 min read
Exploring Boundaries & Natural Consequences
To all the instructors and coaches out there with explorers, this can challenge your patience to experience this phase with your swimmers.
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Streamline Teams
May 17, 20227 min read
The World Is Our Campus: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Written By: Sean M. Tedesco As the focus, excitement and energy of winning our Swimming and Diving Conference Championship subsides, a...
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Streamline Teams
May 5, 20224 min read
A Checklist For Your First Open Water Practice
So you’re planning your team’s first open water practice…maybe it’s the first open water practice of the season.
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Pam Swander
May 4, 20223 min read
Vacation In June: The Coach Was Not Happy
For those who want to continue to improve and achieve the fact is, timing is everything.
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Streamline Teams
Apr 15, 20223 min read
The Modified Get Out Swim
One of my favorite practice structures growing up was the scarcely used, but always eagerly anticipated "Get Out Swim".
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Streamline Teams
Apr 13, 20222 min read
Are We Closing The Gender Wage Gap For Swim Coaches?
In the sport of swimming, and especially college swimming, women seem to be paid significantly less than their male counterparts.
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Streamline Teams
Feb 7, 20223 min read
The Break: An Introduction To Open Water Swimming
As both an athlete and a coach, I actually have found that Open Water has an incredible ability to make everybody feel like a beginner.
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Streamline Teams
Jan 21, 20223 min read
Race Preparation
I believe that imagination is the catalyst for optimizing and maximizing every second of each practice.
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Streamline Teams
Jan 12, 20222 min read
The Women's Voice
We need to prioritize our relationship building, continually work on connections, amplify and raise each other up...
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Streamline Teams
Jan 4, 20223 min read
The Importance of Language
Coaching is about transferring knowledge and language is integral to our everyday lives...
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