Advanced Swim Parents

Signs Your Swimmer Just Isn't That In To It

Signs Your Swimmer Just Isn’t That In To It

Why do your kids swim?  There are lots of possible answers to this question, and for most kids it is a combination of reasons.  One essential reason should be because they want to and they love it . All too often, unfortunately, it is actually because mom or dad love it and will do anything […]

Eight Habits of Good Swim Parents

Eight Habits of Good Swim Parents

I’ve been a swim mom for 16 years now and in that time I’ve seen lots of swim parents come through the various teams my kids have been on.  Some are absolutely amazing and some seem…misguided.  What’s funny is occasionally some of the worst swim parents have the fastest swimmers, so many people around them […]

6 Signs Your Swimmer Should NOT be Wearing a Technical Suit

6 Signs Your Swimmer Should NOT be Wearing a Technical Suit

Updated: 2022 There is always grand debate over who should wear technical suits and when.  In fact as of September 1, 2020  USA Swimming has banned higher end technical suits for 12 and under swimmers.   But there are still certain suits they can wear, for more info on that rule check out this article from […]

10 Mistakes Swim Parents Should Avoid

10 Mistakes Swim Parents Should Avoid

I’ve been around the swimming world for more than 15 years now, and it continues to amaze me that while the faces change the mistakes I see parents make always seem to stay the same.  So I present to you 10 mistakes swim parents should avoid…. Not Participating in Meets: Every year I see a […]

Technical Suits

Technical Suits

Updated: 2022 Technical suits are always a big topic of discussion in the swim world.  So what exactly are they, when should you wear them, and what else do parents need to know about them before you break out the big bucks? What are technical suits and how do they work? Technical suits are specially […]

Why Parents Should Let the Coaches do the Coaching

Why Parents Should Let the Coaches do the Coaching

Leave the coaching to the coaches! There, if you haven’t read me say it before, you have now.  One of the hardest things for swim parents to learn is that it is not only OK, but essential to your swimmer’s success that you learn your place in their swimming careers.  That place is to be […]

Signs You Might Be A Swim Parent

Signs You Might Be A Swim Parent

1. Your car is less than 4 years old but the odometer is already inching toward 200,000 miles. 2. You find yourself looking forward to Monday, because after a weekend of non-stop swim meets, work seems relaxing. 3. You have more swim suits than clean towels hanging in your bathroom. 4. You just read #3 and […]

11 Ways for Swim Families to Save Money

11 Ways for Swim Families to Save Money

If you’ve been around the swimming world for any length of time you’ve undoubtedly noticed that swimming is an expensive sport!  There’s not a lot you can do to get around some costs because at the end of the day pools must be rented, coaches and life guards must be paid, equipment and suits must […]

What's the difference between Yard Pools & Meter Pools

What’s the difference between Yard Pools & Meter Pools

A lot of people new to competitive swimming don’t realize that there are different types of pools which are actually different lengths that your swimmers compete in. To the average person a yard and a meter are about the same thing…to a swimmer they are most definitely not the same thing when it comes to […]

 People Swim Meet Directors Secretly Hate

People Swim Meet Directors Secretly Hate

This post is dedicated to my husband who recently acted as meet director for his 16th major meet and is already knee deep in planning the next one.  This is also dedicated to my friends from other teams who have taken on this noble role. If you are not familiar with what a meet director […]