Background
The Global Library for ISCA Members is a service provided to those who join the International Swim Coaches Association. Join ISCA! The library is a course of more than 200 lessons and topics that can be freely navigated. See Read.SwimISCA.org.
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Swim Drills (3)
Breastroke (6)
Backstroke (2)
Butterfly (4)
Freestyle (3)
Free Flip Turns
Paddles
Swimming Turns and Starts Guide to Glide and Depth (3)
Thoughts regarding Lactate Tolerance Testing
Swimming Science — Review and Links (1)
Athlete Heart Rate Variability with Dr. Martina Maggioni, Ph.D.
Hydrodynamic Forces During Freestyle
Inertial Sensors in Swimming
Dryland Training, podium talk by JR Rosania
Effects of Oxygen Levels on the Brain
Analysis of a swimmer’s hand and arm In steady flow conditions using computational fluid dynamics
Swimming Sensory Integration
Placebos and Performance with Dr. Ramzy Ross
More Research on Altitude Training for Swimmers with Dr. Ferran Rodríguez
Hand and arm acceleration and deceleration
Skill Acquisition and Injury Prevention, podium talk from Rod Havriluk, Ph.D.
Resume practices after Covid-19 with Wayne Goldsmith (1)
Sports Psychology for Swimming Coaches from Wayne Goldsmith
Building confidence
10 to 1 countdown from Zen Zone Digital
People and Performance under Pressure by Wayne Goldsmith
Goal Setting
Attitude Adjustment
Stay happy and healthy. Wellness tips for coaches from Wayne Goldsmith
Season Planning for Mental Training
Mental Prep for Swim Racing (short video promo)
Motivational gimmicks (1)
Motivation in Swimmers with Francisco Javier Fernandez Rio
Mind Body Readiness, podium presentation from Dr. John Heil
Developmental Program: Transition from lessons to swim team
Common myths about successful training program by Baliaev
Sports Nutrition for Swimmers
Little Rock: A look at club organization, LRRC
Water Polo with Bruce Wigo (1)
Open Water Swimming (1)
Tom Jager, 3-time Olympian, interview on his training
Changes with the aging faces of swimming
Masters swim team (3)
Researching Full Body Suits in swimming
Swimming Hopes Dashed
Smoke and Mirrors: When a Swimmer has False Expectations
Putting Together a Championship Team from Mike Bottom of Michigan
Gregg Troy on “Garbage Yards and Other Things that Work."
Effect of Strength Training on Shoulder Proprioception
Swim Practice Protein Intake (1)
Looking back, from graduation to an earlier moment in time with the home pool
Lean Body Mass Predicts Sprint Success in Youth Swimmers
Heart Rate Variability and Sprint Performance
Visual Feedback in Swimming
Australian Success: Observations of Pre-Olympic Preparation by Wayne Goldsmith (2000)
Marketing Your Program
We, not me! Article by Wayne Goldsmith on selflessness making swim teams great.
Calling USA, is anyone listening?
Coach Owned Club
Swimming Efficiently — Womb to the Tomb
Benefits of Learning to Swim from a Young Age
Benefits of Having a Swim School
High School mixing with club swimming with Jon Urbanchek
Getting Better at Getting Better
Coaching the Team’s Parents (3)
Leadership. Anyone can lead. Article by Wayne Goldsmith
Balancing Participation and Performance: How to build and grow successful client-focused programs
Race Analysis of Olympic Events
Middle Distance Swimming
Gracie Belmonte 200 Fly World Record
Why Katinka Hosszu Went Out so fast at World Championships in the 200 Butterfly
End of Race Perception in Swimmers
Summary of Doha 2014 Swimming World Championships
Comparison of the Short Course Meters Woman’s 100 Breastroke World Record
Florent Manaudou 50m Power
Championship Meet Evaluations
Abbey Weitzeil 100 Free American Record Race Analsis and Video
Long Course vs. Short Course Swimming: Part III
Introduction to Coaching, from Wayne Goldsmith
Hannula’s Speech at the NISCA Clinic
Bits and pieces
What Makes a Great Coach?
Back to basics
Coaching Champions
Developing a coaching philosophy
Beyond the Xs and Ys
Culture
Be your coaching best
Building and Growing a client-focused swim program, by Wayne Goldsmith
Choices
Coach Dave Ling: The Art of Making Mistakes
The art of swim coaching: Connecting, Engaging, Inspiring, Changing
Sports Coaching in 2030
Diversity lesson
Shoulder stress and injury, podium highlight from John Mullen
Goal Attainment form from the Lady Eagles
Coaching Intangibles (1)
Coaching Clinics
Deliberate Practice. Podium presentation from Dr. Rod Havriluk
Paper by David Pyne
Starting again and building a successful coaching career
Communicating with swimmers and beyond (1)
Coach and Manager
Swim Coaching 101
Season planning (3)
Maximizing Tapers from FINA podium talk (1)
Broken 200s. Let’s count the ways.
USRPT Science and Standards of Evidence
Notes from Gregg Troy ASCA Lecture (“Garbage Yards and Other Things that Work”): Part II
Proprioception Training
Dryland Training
25 things you can do to stay in ‘The Zone’ and get fighting fit when you can’t swim
High Intensity Swimming, More Positive Research, Have you Tried it Yet?
Pull-Up Progressions and Regressions, Part II
Heart Rate Variability and Sprint Performance
4 Strategies for the Prevention of Swimming Overtraining
Overtraining by Maglischo
Hell Week and Swimming: Part III
Individualize Your Training
Expectations of swimmers ages 13 to 18, from Mark Schubert (1)
Strongman Training for Swimming Dryland Workouts: Part II
7 Ways to Reduce Swimming Low Back Pain
More Information on High Intensity Swimming Training
HIT for Swimmers
High Intensity Training for Swimmers
Cyclical Training (1)
Aerobic Training Sets from a number of coaches
All You Need to Know about Partial Squats
4 Fundamental Shoulder Exercises for Swimmers
Aerobic Contribution in Sprint Swimming
Dryland Mistake: V-Ups
SprintSalo ebook with practices and insights from David C. Salo, Ph.D.
Sprint Training with Paul Blair (1)
Warm ups
Injury Rates in College Swimmers
Dealing with hypermobility in swimmers
Injury Prevention and Skill Acquisition (1)
A Swimmer’s Guide to Pain
Abstract: Sport Advocacy: Challenge, Controversy, Ethics & Action (1)
Drug Busts
Puddle Jumpers = Hell No!
Breath Holding, Hypoxic Training, Shallow Water Blackout (1)
Slow death of play (2)
Cutting and Contractions with Collegiate Swimming Programs (2)
No Hazing! Never in Sports
Rohan Taylor, Head Swim Coach, Australian National Team
Thank You, Coach! Bob Gillett passes away.
Inverview: Mark Schubert
Meet Karlyn Pipes, master swimmer with a substance abuse comeback story and world-records
Interview with USA Swimming’s Brendan Hanson
Jim Steen Interview
Interview with Doctor Rod Havriluk, biomechanist
Yash Daryanani, Coach in Suriname
Interview with Doc Counsilman
Chad le Clos of South Africa
Optimizing the use of technology in effective sports coaching
Heart rate and stroke tempo with wearable tech
TritonWear: Real Data in Real Time
WHOOP: Improve your recovery skills
Effective Use of Video Equipment (1)
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