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This handbook will help familiarize you with all facets of BSL and competitive swimming in general. As you look through the following pages you will be introduced to our history, philosophy, team policies, and basic information concerning your day-to-day participation in the BSL program...Read Full Article
So You Want to Swim in College?
The best site to begin your search is the Harvard University website. It contains direct links to almost all of the major college swim teams. As you visit each college's swimming web page, look for things such as their Freshman Records or their All-Time Top 10 (or 20) list. From these times you can determine where you would fit into their program...Read Full Article
The last two weeks I have been at our LSC Junior Olympic Meet and our LSC "Division II" meet, which is a
nice way of saying, "the last B meet where you can qualify for Junior Olympics", without making any of
our supposedly delicate children swoon upon hearing that they are in a "B" meet. (but that's another
story.)Read Full Article
attendance at workout is a CRITICAL feature in making physical progress in the program. When an athlete misses a workout, they upset the delicate balance of "how much of what" stresses they apply to their body. In worst cases, athletes attend the recovery workouts, and miss the stressful workouts and thus never apply increasing stress to their systems. In the next worst scenario, athletes miss a series of recovery workouts...Read Full Article
Most Olympians didn't start out with gold stars on their foreheads. In fact, many of them were just like you when they were younger, working hard at practices and having fun in the pool. So just because you might not be at the top of the heap right now doesn't mean you should give up your hopes and dreams. That next big swim could be just around the corner...Read Full Article
Chris Johansen has been swimming year-round since he was a freshman in high school. In that
time, nearly seven years now, he has come to accept the notion that competitive swimming
enhances academic performance...Read Full Article
Recovery based training is a new way of looking at training for swimming. It is based on the
principle of recovery and is sensitive to each individual athlete's on the principle of recovery and
is sensitive to each individual athlete's ability to deal with the stresses and loads of training and
preparation for competition...Read Full Article
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