GENERAL SWIMMING LIBRARY
Lessons from the Olympics
10 clear messages that were learnt from the Sydney 2000 Olympic games for swimmers and teams at all levels.Read the full Lessons from the Olympics article.
What does READY feel like?
The overall aim of warm up is to get your mind and body "READY" to race fast. How many times has your coach or your swim team friends asked "So, are you ready?"Read the full What does READY feel like? article.
Sporting Parents
Parents love their children and want nothing but the best for them. Behaviours that others may see as "pushy", sporting parents see as "lovingly supportive".Read the full Sporting Parents article.
The Values of a Good Swimmer
Here are 16 values that children gain from swimming, and how they gain them.Read the full The Values of a Good Swimmer article.
Wayne Goldsmith
Wayne was appointed to drive the highly innovative and successful sports science/sports medicine program of Australian Swimming in the lead in to the Sydney Olympics.Read the full Wayne Goldsmith article.
Bill Sweetenham
Bill Sweetenham was born in 1950 in the country part of Australia and grew up in a small mining township. He swam competitively himself before turning to coaching at an early age. He progressed from country to city to elite level coaching, and was Australia's national coach for many years.Read the full Bill Sweetenham article.
John Leonard
John Leonard has been the Executive Director of the American Swimming Coaches Association in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, since assuming that position in January of 1985.Read the full John Leonard article.