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5 Reasons Why Swim Parents Are the Best

Swim parents get a bad rap for being overly involved, interfering, overbearing and for being plain crazy.

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VIDEO, PHOTO VAULT: Snyder Completes Alcatraz Swim For Sight

Video highlights courtesy of The Foundation For A Better Life, video edit courtesy of Coleman Hodges: The following is a press…

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An Ode to Swimming

We sit on the edge, observing our kingdom, staring down our competition, eyeing our victim. Not leaving the pool until we’re the winners. And the reason is simple. It’s because we are swimmers.

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Are You Swimming Faster in Practice than Competition? Here’s Why.

It can be infuriating and mystifying for swimmers to swim faster in practice than competition. Here is the simple reason for why this happens.

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Avoiding Low Back Pain in Swimming | BridgeAthletic

Low back pain (LBP) can greatly hinder both performance and mobility.

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Hope College Hype Video: The Flying Dutchmen “Get the Job Done As1”

The Hope College Flying Dutchmen men’s swimming and diving program, like most any college team, is rich with tradition.

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Excelle Sports Travel Talks with Elizabeth Beisel and Allison Schmitt

Olympic swimmers Elizabeth Beisel and Allison Schmitt have some travel stories to tell.

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Mack Horton Has Fan To Thank For Possibly Averting Health Scare

Gold medalist in the men’s 400m freestyle in Rio, Australia’s Mack Horton, possibly averted a health scare thanks to a fan’s keen eye.

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China’s Sun Yang Fathered Child Amid Controversial Career

China’s Sun Yang continues to make headlines for what he does outside the pool.

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Watch: Sarah Thomas 56 Hour Historic Lake Swim

Sarah Thomas, the world record marathon swim – Lake Powell, AZ, completing in 56 hours and 5 minutes. This video shows…

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Rio Reflections with Olympic Open Water Head Coach Catherine Vogt

Open water head Olympic coach and associate head swim coach of University of Southern California, Catherine Vogt, knows how to get results.

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Shouts from the Stands: D3 Swimming is Not a Seasonal Sport

The NCAA mandates that division 3 sports cannot practice officially as a team outside of their respective seasons.

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Lochte Set To Make Hollywood Film Debut Alongside Sharon Stone

We may be seeing a formerly silver-haired Ryan Lochte gracing Hollywood’s silver screen.

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Miller’s Court: Christain Foti Represents Iona For Red, White & Blue

Those who attend Iona College know what “Certa Bonum Certamen” means. The short Latin phrase meaning “Fight the Good Fight”…

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Donna de Varona Paves the Way for Women in Sports

Courtesy of Kim Vandenberg / Excelle Sports and Mutual of Omaha BREAKOUT Swim Clinic, a SwimSwam partner.  In mid-September in…

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