We???re six whole days into the 2016 Olympics in Rio and the GladiatHers?? of the world have not disappointed. They???re setting personal, Olympic and world records+ADs inspiring us with their stories of perseverance and triumph+ADs and even disappointing us in heartbreaking losses. The Olympics are … [Read more...]
How UCLA swim alumna Karen Moe turned the tide for women’s sports
The Games have Begun! Masters and Teens CrossFit 2015
The silence before the storm has finally ended. Wednesday morning, the Official CrossFit Games will begin for the individuals at Hermosa Beach in the ocean and on paddle boards.??The Masters (40-60) and the Teens (14-17) have already begun to show the World what they are made of. Champions and … [Read more...]
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+ACY-nbsp+ADsAJg-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs +ACY-nbsp+ADs Deciding on a university is a pivotal moment for many young people. Where you want to live, what you want to study, and the community you enter for four (or more) years can define the rest of your life. When you take elite athleticism into account, the … [Read more...]
Do you get bored with the basics? by Erica Quam @coachquam
FEATURED ARTICLE+ACY-nbsp+ADs-by Erica Quam Do you get bored with the basics?Every fall, a new season begins for coaches and teams. A new+ACY-nbsp+ADs-school year begins for teachers and students. Now in my life, a new quarter of yoga begins.At the beginning of a new season, year, or quarter - it seems appropriate … [Read more...]
The Moment is NOW by Erica Quam @coachquam
FEATURED ARTICLE+ACY-nbsp+ADs-by Erica Quam The moment is NOW+ACEAJg-nbsp+ADs Tomorrow. Next week. Next time. When will I ever get there? One day. Sometime. I should do that. In 5 years... That's on my bucket list. I am going to do that someday+ACE Too often we live+ACY-nbsp+ADs-in the past or in the future. We are obsessed … [Read more...]
Part V of Vice’s Five-Part Series on Sexual Abuse in Women’s Sports
Talking with Dara Torres and Swim Today about The FUNNEST Sport - Swimming
If you ask kids what the FUNNEST sport is, you will get a lot of different answers +ACY-ndash+ADs from soccer, to gymnastics, softball and everything else in between. Not a lot of them will raise their hand and say swimming. But if you ask the question a different way, like +ACY-ldquo+ADs-what is the best part … [Read more...]
A Splash-Free Life?
What would it mean to lead a splash-free life? To splash is+ACY-nbsp+ADsAJg-ldquo+ADs-to cause water or other liquid to move in a noisy or messy way.+ACY-rdquo+ADs In swimming, leading a splash-free life means gliding smoothly forward, without wastefully dissipating one+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s own energy in messy, noisy, random … [Read more...]