I recently became a high school swim official in Maine (USA), and I just attended my first high school swim officials live training by shadowing an strokes and turns official at a swim meet. I will start out my officiating... Read More

How I Create a Masters Swimming Workout Over the years I’ve become good at creating Masters Swimming workouts. I workout on my own and also swim with some groups that are not coached. So I’ve had to get creative about... Read More

Things I Can Control I have found that by focusing on things I can control that I feel better and swim faster. There are many things in life I can’t control, like the hours in a day for example. But I... Read More

How I Stay Motivated Swimming By Myself When I started competitive swimming again about 6 years ago I was traveling a lot. My schedule was pretty crazy and in order to swim consistently I had to swim by myself. It... Read More

Should You Take Time Off From Swimming? One of the questions I’ve often asked myself is “Should I take some time off” from swimming. Well this spring I did just that. Over the winter I had felt a little run... Read More