We asked a few Olympians when they have laughed the hardest during practice. Their answers: Julia Smit 2008 Olympian  “My first week at Stanford we did this relay after practice. At one end of [...]

Partnering with Multiple Sclerosis Swim for MS is the national fundraiser for the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA), providing a fun and easy way for swimmers of all ages and skill [...]

By: Jayme Deerwester, FitterandFaster.com When it comes to putting a fright into swimmers, zombies and ghosts have nothing on these terrors: 1.  Your first 200 fly or 400 IM race. Practicing the [...]

By: Fitter and Faster Staff The Value of Attending Multiple Clinics Swimmers throughout the United States are attending multiple swim clinics annually.  We had the opportunity to catch up with [...]

About the Author: Kim Brackin–former Fitter and Faster Swim Tour Coaching Consultant and founder of Brackin Elite Swim Training–has coached swimmers from the ground up. She was the [...]

About the Author: Chelsea White was a former USA Swimming Communications Intern. (Article re-printed with exclusive permission from USA Swimming) Using Video as a Tool to Improve When it comes to [...]

Pursuing the Dream There’s a young swimmer on every single pool deck around the country that decided that they were going to finally take a leap of faith and join the local swim team.  Arriving [...]

About the Author: Stephanie M. Wildman is the mother of ’08 Olympian Ben Wildman-Tobriner and Starfish Aquatics founder and coach, Becky Wildman-Tobriner. Being “Good” Swim [...]