swimming

MHSAA Director Says ‘Hundreds’ of Kids Playing Out of State Sports
The Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) released a statement this week reaffirming its commitment to play winter sports once the current restrictions are lifted by the state's department of health. At the moment, all winter contact s...

Hawaii Cancels March State Championships
The Hawaii High School Athletic Association (HHSAA) is forgoing its March 2021 state championships under their modified calendar, affecting air riflery, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross country, outrigger canoe paddling, soccer, swimming and ...

Ivy League Cancels Winter Sports, Delays Spring
The Ivy League became the first NCAA Division I conference to officially cancel its winter sports season, according to an ESPN report. In addition to canceling the winter sports season, the Ivy League also announced the postponement of spring spor...

MHSA Shares Guidelines for Basketball, Swimming & Wrestling
With the fall athletics season coming to an end in the Montana High School Association (MHSA), the attention has turned to the guidelines and parameters for the winter sports season. The MHSA had previously announced that practices for winter spor...

Battling overuse injuries in swimming
The general approach to training is that more is better, but that’s not always the case. Athletes at all levels understand the risks of overuse injuries, and that’s no different in swimming than it is in other sports like track and field or ba...

Dry land programs for swimmers
Not every swimming program is fortunate enough to have its own pool, and that forces coaches to find innovative ways to train their athletes without stepping in the water. Because so many teams have been forced to adapt, coaches across the country...

Pollnow: Teacher By Day, Coach By Night
Sponsored By:Teacher By Day, Coach By NightJennifer Pollnow, head girls swim coach at Arrowhead High School (Hartland, Wis.), finds that many of the things she does as a teacher apply to her role as a coach....

Jenkyns: Defeat Complacency With Athletes
Sponsored By:Defeat Complacency With AthletesThis three-video clip from Arrowhead boys swim coach Bob Jenkyns provides his take on overcoming complacency in high school athletes who already have achieved so much. Plus, he provides tips on getting the...