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Surprise: Hard Workouts Make Us Grouchy (and What We Can Do About It)

Breaking news you already knew–tough bouts of training make you cranky. Here’s how to cope during hard stretches of training.

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2021 Mizzou Swim Camps – Dates Are TBA

All pool sessions are held at the Mizzou Aquatic Center. Sports Illustrated ranked the Student Recreation Center #1 in the United States.

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Building Kick Recovery Muscles (Glute and Hamstring Muscle Chain Development)

Historically kick muscles are defined as propulsive or recovery, but science shows our ‘recovery’ muscle chain can provide over 30% of our leg propulsion.  

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See 6 Swim Camps in Winter 2022 and Summer 2023 You Might Love

These swim camps are headed by some of the best coaches in swimming. Stay tuned. More swim camps will be listed soon….

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Practice + Pancakes: NC State Sprinters Suit Up, Mid Group Goes for Power

You’ve seen what some of the NC State postgrads were doing on the Tuesday we were there: now see what the undergrads were up to.

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Shaine Casas Has Changed His Technique, Diet, and Habits While Chasing Olympics

Casas came into the meet with a 1:39.84 best. His 1:38.21 tonight makes Casas the #7 performer all-time in the NCAA, and currently leads the NCAA this season.

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Tritonwear Black Friday Hot Buy

Make sure the latest Tritonwear tech is all wrapped up for the swimmer on your list. Tritonwear Black Friday offer starts November 29th, 2019.

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Competitor Coach of the Month: Jay Holmes, Texas A&M

Coach Jay Holmes and the Aggies boast nation-leading times in eight events and top-3 ranks in all five relays in a stellar fall season.

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FINIS Set of the Week: Easy Recovery Set

This week’s set of the week comes from Kyle Coan, FINIS team sales representative. It is a short workout to take it easy for the day.

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Practice of a Postgrad: 3 NC State Post Grads Compete in Power Towers

The game is simple. They had to get the weight to the top of the rack in under 6 seconds. If they went over 6 seconds, they have to drop weight.

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Biology of Swimming: Everything You Need to Know About the Swimming Machine

Looking for a winter read? Try the picture book that was recently added to the ASCA bookstore and get a copy of The Biology of Swimming today!

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James Gibson on the Swim Coaches Base Podcast

During this episode of the Swim Coaches Base Podcast Coach Gibson talked about encouraging his athletes to fail. This shouldn’t be lost on coaches

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Commit Swimming: Why we refund customers no questions asked

You can cancel with the click of 1 button + 1 confirmation message. No need to email in. No need to call in. No need to speak to anyone.

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Burden, Clark Sign 3 Unit Deal to Bring Big Blue Swim School to New Jersey

Premier swim school franchise Big Blue Swim School is coming to northern New Jersey next year as part of a deal signed by Chris Burden and Penelope Clark.

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Correcting Three Common Errors in Freestyle Technique

Keeping things simple is often the key to learning how to correct some of the most common errors in freestyle swimming technique.

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