LONG AIXS AND SHORT AXIS DRYLAND EXERCISES - added 6/7/11
Dr. David Swensen, a certified strength and conditioning specialist and an assistant coach for the YMCA of the North Shore in Beverly, Mass. Swensen offers some specific dryland exercises for long axis and short axis strokes.

PRESERVING ENERGY WITH BUTTERFLY - added 6/7/11
Speedo Tip of the Week comes from Russell Mark, USA Swimming’s director of biomechanics. Mark offers some advice on preserving energy in the butterfly.

KEYS TO SUCCESS - added 6/7/11
Olympian and 2010 Pan Pac gold medalist USA's Chloe Sutton’s Keys to Success:

MULTI DAY MEETS - added 6/7/11
How can a swimmer possibly remain focused over a 5-6 day meet? How can you be positive about swimming a final tonight if you've only qualified in the heat in 4th place this morning? The answer to these questions is this: Switch on, then switch off. ... more

HYDRATION AND RACE DAY NUTRITION PLAN - added 16/1/11
Swimming NZ have a great race day nutrition plan and also hydration information check, anything to help parents to get the athletes to drink water and eat correctly to enhance performance.

NUTRITION - added 10/1/11
Correct Foods and Nutrition- check out USA Swimming Nutritional Info and Eating at Competitions for a great article on competition and training nutrition

SCULLING - added 10/1/11
Sculling is an important skill to develop the catch in your strokes watch this video to give yourself a couple of drills and practice them before or after training and see how well you can do them!!

NUTRITION
Nutrition is important especially in swimming where you have to maintain the ability to perform over a long period of time and with a high intensity training schedule. The NZ Millennium Institute have some fabulous resources visit their site for more info - Swimming Nutrition

PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT
The mental side of athletic competition is just as challenging as the physical side. Below are some frequently asked questions and discussion topics that can guide you to help guide your swimmer. - A Swimmers Mind

PHYSICAL GROWTH
Growth plays a huge role in how we develop in the pool and when and how we will achieve. Biological ages can vary up to 5 years in children exactly the same age. Learn More

INJURY PREVENTION
Swimming USA have a great article about shoulder injury prevention giving stretches and exercises to strenthen those important shoulders.Find it here

SWIMMING LINGO
PB's, Circle Swimming, Blocks is this all strange lingo to you check out this to help explain some of the language specific to swimming

XLR8 PROGAMME
Heard people talking about XLR8 and strategising what races to enter their children in. This flyer from NZ Swimming explains it all.

SWIMMING.ABOUT
Swimming.about is a website with a wealth of information about swimming, training and much more.

SWIM-CITY
Keep yourself well informed about the latest developments in swimming: The latest news about swimming, stroke information, forums and much more - Learn more here

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