Minnesota Swim and Vibe

If you’re a captain or a coach and it’s your responsibility for ordering the team suits for the upcoming season, you’re gonna want to pay attention because there is nothing worse than stressing out about this stuff after the season starts. It’s the worst…and it’s totally avoidable! Second thing you need to do is email

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Sets By Juliet: The Joy of Flipturns

Coaches Corner / By Mark Seguin

Any time a swimmer hears, “Today we are going to work on turns,” they are filled with joy – and maybe do a little “celly” as my son would say. I’m truly ok with that. Why shouldn’t they get excited about a skill that can single handedly affect the outcome of a race? A secret

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Dear Dan: Prepping for High School Season

Coaches Corner, High School / By Mark Seguin

by Dan Anderson Question: Based on all of your experience as a high school coach, what should I be doing this summer to prep for my first season as a girls high school coach? –Newbie Newbie, Even if you have a few years of experience behind you, I hope some of this will make your

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MSV Summer Focus #5: Embrace New Technology

Coaches Corner, College, High School, The Club Scene / By Mark Seguin

Sometimes the simplest things are the most difficult. Technology in swimming definitely falls in this category. There are tools available out there that make coaching more impactful, communication easier, and low and behold, running a meet simple. Yet we don’t change. The first issue is that swim coaches typically aren’t comfortable with technology. We like

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MSV Summer Focus #4: “Looking Up” – Understanding Our Role in the Health of the Sport

Coaches Corner, College, High School, The Club Scene / By Mark Seguin

This one is going to come off a little critical, but I’m ok with that. Let me start out with a simple hierarchy that was drilled into my brain as a young swimmer. There is the sport, the team, and the individual. Without the sport, there are no teams, and without teams, there are no

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