MAY 3rd & 4th, 2024Butler Machinery Education Center – 3401 33rd Street – Fargo, ND 58104 This will be the 16th year of the Dakota Swim Coaches Clinic. The goal is to raise the level of coaching and swimming through education. The clinic has provided a lot of great speakers and this upcoming year we […]
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by Kirk Erickson We all have our favorite foods and recipes; but, I wanted to provide a few keys to being successful with your nutrition. Follow these tips to keep what can be a very complicated topic as simple as possible! #1 – Have a strategy While you don’t need a strategy per say, you
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by Natalie Strauss Early morning practice? Up early for meet warm ups? This egg bake is the perfect make ahead meal to get you going and fuel your swims. Featuring ingredients that are often on hand or shelf stable it makes for easy meal prep and warms up great for days. One of the best
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It’s that tome of the year again folks. The MSHSCA has posted the nominees for athlete and coach of the year. One award is given out for both Class A and Class AA and for girls and boys. Here’s a list of your nominees! For a full list including nominee bio (biography not biology) info
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by Sam Engel Both Sauk Rapids and Sartell high school swim teams have maintained their competitiveness after moving from Class A to Class AA in recent years. Each of those teams has a Top 10 State or True Team State finish, and several athletes with All State honors despite being some of the smallest schools
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You want to make certain a meet is fun, then let the kids run it! That’s exactly what the Athlete Swim Meet is ….it’s run by the Minnesota Swim Athletes Committee!! The meet is on Sunday April 14th at St. Kate’s and is for 14 & under. Here’s the fun part. The event is limited
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Question: Did you ever coach your own child? If so, what advice would you have for me coaching my own child? Yes. I have coached my own children. I never coached my sons at the varsity level but I have some great friends who have so I reached out to then and got some great
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Dear Dan, I am having a really hard time finding a diving coach for the upcoming girls season. I know nothing about diving to be honest. I’ve had the school post the position on the schools website, but have had zero inquiries about it over the last 6 months. What should I be doing to
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Great opportunities for amazing summer swim experiences
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Hi! My name is Juliet Parlette, and I am the head coach of the Rochester Mayo Girls Swim and Dive team. I have held this position since 2010. I have also coached at the Rochester Swim Club, and high school and club teams in Pennsylvania and New York. I am happy to share with you
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