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Changing Attitudes, Changing Environments: The Journey to a New Club

Recently I made the decision to switch swim clubs. This was a very difficult process for me, and I don’t wish to dwell on it very much.

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The Key To Success: Trust Your Coach

Most of the success as a swimmer comes from how hard they train and how motivated they are to reach their goals, but a huge factor in how well you train and compete, comes from your coach.

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A Letter to My First Love: How We’ve Grown Apart

I fell in love at a very young age, not with a person, but with a sport, with swimming. Most people think of their first love as a person, someone who they couldn’t imagine living without, but for me that was swimming.

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Funkita Announces the 5 Winners from their Halloween Giveaway!

Australian Commonwealth Games swimmer Koti Ngawati wears Safari Spirit from the new Funkita collection.

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BridgeAthletic November Olympic Trials Preparation Tips

As the anticipation builds leading up to the US Olympic Trials in June and the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, we will stoke the excitement with high performance tips and training techniques on an ongoing basis.

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Schuyler Bailar To Debut With Harvard Men Friday Vs. Bryant

The Harvard Crimson men will open their season this weekend with a home meet against Bryant University, and the meet will also serve as the NCAA debut of Schuyler Bailar, the first transgender NCAA swimmer in recent history.

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Water Polo Saved My Swimming Career

“For those of you like my freshman-self who continue to stare down aimlessly at that black line, please consider giving water polo a try.”

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A Letter to My Swim Coach

Some of us have that great coach early on and never let them go while others find them later in their careers. Whatever the case, they end up leaving a clear footprint on who you become as the years progress.

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Selfies With SwimMAC

Lots ‘o smiles in Bolzano, Italy, as several SwimMAC Elite team members meet their Italian fans.

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Katinka Hosszu Answers Playboy Magazine’s Readers’ Questions

As a follow-up to yesterday’s story of Katinka Hosszu appearing in Playboy, get the scoop on how the Hungarian Olympian responds to the magazine’s reader-submitted questions.

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Workaholics Star Anders Holm to host 2015 Golden Goggle Awards

Collegiate-swimmer-turned-actor Anders Holm will serve as host and singer Andra Day is scheduled to perform at the 2015 USA Swimming Golden Goggle Awards on Sunday, Nov. 22, at the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE.

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Katinka Hosszu Poses For Playboy Hungary

Hungarian swimmer and World Record Holder, Katinka Hosszu, wows in November’s issue of Playboy Hungary.

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Video: A Day In The Life Of A Professional Swimmer

This video comes to us from Dutch swimmer Maarten Brzoskowski, who is a professional swimmer at the National Training Center in Eindhoven.

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SwimSwam Pulse: 52% Support Long Course Focus For All NCAA Athletes

More than half of respondents said that NCAA coaches should push long course for all their athletes, regardless of their realistic Olympic hopes, and only 13.5% supported a full focus on yards and NCAA swimming.

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The Three Year Swim Club – Book Review

The Untold Story of Maui’s Sugar Ditch Kids and Their Quest for Olympic Glory. By Julie Checkoway

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