Think it’s hard for you to get back into the swing of things heading into a new school year, Coach? It can be even harder for your prospects

o build endurance in the 20 yard pool, we think about changing a set over a few weeks.

It is important for swimmers and coaches to understand how their body moves through the water and how it reacts to gravitational forces.

Forming friendships with other swim parents will enrich your sport experience.

If this is something that is important to a head coach, then it becomes important to the rest of the staff.

To all the instructors and coaches out there with explorers, this can challenge your patience to experience this phase with your swimmers.

If you really want something, persevere. If some strategies don't work, try others. Don't be afraid of the effort.

Written By: Sean M. Tedesco As the focus, excitement and energy of winning our Swimming and Diving Conference Championship subsides, a...

Whether working with beginners, intermediates or advanced swimmers, I always evaluate and teach freestyle in a specific order.

For those who want to continue to improve and achieve the fact is, timing is everything.

We get much more value from taking a breath, it's okay to take a step back from the physical growth to take care of the mental growth.

Get creative with what is known as the “dead space” when the water sits still and the lanes are virtually unused.

We all have had an experience with a parent, coach or swimmer who has been adamantly opposed to what we do as coaches.

This piece is not meant to address how one sees themselves, but how others (particularly the swimming world) see an individual.

Learning why and how to provide or obtain insurance will help the profession of swim coaches collectively raise the bar for compensation.

How can you adjust your perspective in your coaching to promote better boundaries and expectations of yourself?

One of my favorite practice structures growing up was the scarcely used, but always eagerly anticipated "Get Out Swim".

In the sport of swimming, and especially college swimming, women seem to be paid significantly less than their male counterparts.

I believe community should be the backbone of a quality college program as it pulls together all of the involved groups toward a common goal

Swimming is often the first fear that children have to face on a regular basis until they conquer it.