sweating chlorine

University Aquatics Center Minneapolis, Minnesota

xoxoktg — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 10:16:39 -0400

University Aquatics Center

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Texas A&M Natatorium College Station, TX

xoxoktg — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:02:25 -0400

Texas A&M Natatorium

College Station, TX

Gabrielsen Natatorium at the University of Georgia Athens, GA

xoxoktg — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:01:45 -0400

Gabrielsen Natatorium at the University of Georgia

Athens, GA

Is swimming in college worth it if I don't plan on being a coach? What college do you swim for?

xoxoktg — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:38 -0400

Of course, absolutely! I work with 9 other people on my summer league staff and only three of us currently swim in college. College swimming has benefits that go way beyond the physical aspect. It gives you friends for life, teaches you respect for others, helps you make connections (even for non-swimming jobs), teaches you how to push yourself to the limit, helps you learn time management with academics, and gives you a totally unique college experience. I swim for Rollins in the SSC in Florida.

-sc

University of North Texas Denton, TX

xoxoktg — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:02:33 -0400

University of North Texas

Denton, TX

Who Do You Swim For?

xoxoktg — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:30:00 -0400

Dear fellow swimmers/swammers,

I got a recent ask about looking for swim clubs in the United States- I’m going to use this post as a resource for making a list of clubs around America. If you live in the USA and swim, or have swum, on a club team (not summer league/high school), take a second to reply to this post with your club team and where in the country it is located. And then we’ll have a bangin list.

Who do you swim for?

CenturyLink Center Omaha, Nebraska

xoxoktg — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:06:41 -0400

CenturyLink Center

Omaha, Nebraska

Solano Community College Vallejo, California

xoxoktg — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:01:26 -0400

Solano Community College

Vallejo, California

Cal Tech Pasadena, California

xoxoktg — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 10:25:24 -0400

Cal Tech

Pasadena, California

Franklin & Marshall College Lancaster, Pennsylvania

xoxoktg — Sat, 25 May 2013 14:09:09 -0400

Franklin & Marshall College

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA

xoxoktg — Sun, 12 May 2013 11:21:38 -0400

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

Crystal Palace London, England

xoxoktg — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:05:18 -0400

Crystal Palace

London, England

Spire Aquatic Center Geneva, Ohio

xoxoktg — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:44:00 -0400

Spire Aquatic Center

Geneva, Ohio

Denison University Granville, Ohio

xoxoktg — Fri, 10 May 2013 13:09:03 -0400

Denison University

Granville, Ohio

One of the aspects of my swimming which I take a lot of pride in is my technique, my individual medleys are my strongest events. However, I feel like I have some kind of block, most likely mental, holding me back when I swim, which hinders my speed. Any suggestions?

xoxoktg — Tue, 07 May 2013 00:16:00 -0400

This is kinda a tough one to answer, because there could be a number of things holding you back depending on your specific life/your own situations. Some of the things I’ve seen happen when it comes to plateauing are either just straight up too much training, too much of the same kind of training, performing well in practice but not in competition, or stress outside of the pool transferring over to stress in the pool.

I don’t know you, but I’m sure there are other people out there reading this who are in the same place. (Or experiencing some kind of plateau.) If you’re pretty sure it’s a mental block holding you back, you probably want to work on race visualization and prepared-ness outside of the pool. Organize your mind. Set your goals, and then write out the exact things that you’re going to do to achieve them. If your college training is becoming mentally taxing because it’s too repetitive or boring, talk to your coach or teammates to see what you can do to work around that. (Yoga also helps for decreasing anxiety if that’s a thing for you)

For anyone else feeling the plateau, I’ll share a little personal opinion- I literally plateaued for at least 3 years when I was in high school…and part of it just might’ve been obviously putting academics/social life first and just swimming on the side. But plateaus happen, and if you really love swimming, sometimes you might just need to ease up on the training for a while until you get that burning need to come back to the pool. I’m not an age-grouper anymore, and I’m by no means an Olympian, but I’m still getting faster because of what I’m learning from NCAA swimming. Keep the sport fresh, keep your mind strong, and learn about what makes you physically the way you are.

-sc

Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois

xoxoktg — Mon, 06 May 2013 23:59:45 -0400

Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois

Photo

xoxoktg — Thu, 02 May 2013 18:08:27 -0400

what is the best drugstore mascara for practice? I've tried so many but they all run!

xoxoktg — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:29:05 -0400

I use neutrogena and it doesn’t run except in the shower if you wash your face too aggressively or whatever

xoxoktg: Art for feeling at home

xoxoktg — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:14:19 -0400

xoxoktg:

Art for feeling at home

xoxoktg: Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, Florida

xoxoktg — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:44:05 -0400

xoxoktg:

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida