Swim Parkas in Stock for the 2012 Fall Swim Season

Swim Parkas in Stock for the 2012 Fall Swim Season

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Stay warm at the pool with Swim Stuff swim parkas.

Swim parkas are an essential piece of equipment, though it is often overlooked by parents and swimmers alike. When you are swimming, whether in competition or at practice, it can feel quite cool when you get out of the pool. If you will be swimming again in another race, you need a way to keep your body warm until you enter the pool again. This is why you need to make sure you have a swim parka, which are available now for the 2012 fall swim season.

Best Selling Swim Team Parka

The Swim Stuff swim parka has been the best-selling swim team parka available. This is because of the quality and durability of the parka to ensure swimmers stay warmed up until their next race, no matter what the weather is like outside. These swim parkas feature a water-proof outer shell to protect you from a damp coat. The coat is then lined with arctic fleece to provide the greatest level of warmth to the swimmer. Even the pockets are lined for the greatest warmth possible. It’s no wonder these swim parkas are among the best-selling parkas.

Customize Swim Parkas

The Swim Stuff swim parkas are fully customizable so you can make them fit your team. They are available in 12 different color combinations so you can choose the one that is the best match for your team’s colors. This will provide even more unity for your team, allowing your team colors to shine through in every aspect of the pool. In addition to choosing the right colors for your team, you can also have the swim parkas printed with your team logo. When you purchase these parkas for your entire team, you may worry about mixing them up. To prevent this from happening, you can order each parka with the name of the owner printed on it so everyone will know exactly which one belongs to them.

Swim parkas are an essential part of any swimmer’s necessary gear, both at practice and during meets. The best-selling Swim Stuff swim parka provides all the advantages of warmth and water resistance so you can easily use them around the pool. In addition, you can order them in your team colors, as well as imprint them with your team logo and even the names of your team members. The benefits and ability to customize make this swim parka the best choice for many swim teams.

The Benefits of the Speedo Kicking Coach

The Benefits of the Speedo Kicking Coach

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The Speedo kicking coach is an important learning tool.

Children often learn the basics of swimming at an early age. However, when they have their early lessons, the proper form for swimming isn’t emphasized as much as it is when they are learning how to swim competitively. This is why a swim coach will use a variety of other equipment to train the child to swim the proper way to ensure the greatest success during competition. Without the proper form, the child will not learn how to swim effectively enough to do well in meets.

Positioning

The Speedo kicking coach product is specifically designed to help young swimmers learn the proper way to position their legs as they are swimming through the water. When most people swim without the formal training necessary for competitive swimming, they often bend their knees to increase the strength of their kick. However, this causes too much resistance in the water. With the use of the kicking coach, young swimmers learn to kick with their knees straight for the proper positioning.

No Restriction

When you first see the kicking coach, it may look as though it would restrict movement. While these braces are meant to keep the knees straight, they do not restrict any other movement. The braces are thin enough they won’t rub together as the swim student kicks his way through the water. This is a great benefit because it allows the child to learn to swim the proper way with no further restriction.

Lightweight

The kicking coach is lightweight, allowing anyone to use this important tool without even realizing they are wearing it. This makes it a great tool for anyone to use to improve their technique for a variety of swim strokes. If you try to force a child to wear something that is uncomfortable, they aren’t going to want to wear them. Because these braces are so comfortable, you won’t need to deal with complaining while they use them.

The Speedo kicking coach can be a great asset to anyone who is trying to teach young children how to swim properly for competitive swimming. These braces are lightweight and comfortable, allowing children to learn to swim more effectively without discomfort. These devices are designed to keep the knees straight to teach effective kick techniques without restricting the movements the child must make to learn to swim through the water more efficiently.

New Nike Cut-Out Tank Designs Available

New Nike Cut-Out Tank Designs Available

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The new Nike cut-out tank designs are fun and attractive.

The Nike cut-out tank competitive swimsuits have been one of the best-selling suits on the market. This version of the competitive swimwear is famous for its variety of colors and designs to allow you to choose just the right swimsuit to express some personality in the water. While most often used for training, these attractive suits can provide you with a splash of color in the pool.

Foil Skin

The foil skin design provides you with a variation of traditional stripes. Instead of solid horizontal stripes as you often see, this design provides you with horizontal stripes that vary in thickness across the stripe, creating a rippling effect across the suit. The colors available include black, green, red, royal and grape, pairing each color up with a complementary color to complete the effect. The patterned colors actually provide a scaly look.

Bound

If you are looking for another variation using stripes, the bound design provides colorful lines that crisscross their way across the suit. These stripes feature several colors to create a fade effect with the suit. Available in green, black, blue and red and navy, you will be able to find the right combination to fit your style.

Rio Geo

Geometric shapes are popular today, making the rio geo design the perfect option for many swimmers. This Nike cut-out tank is available in several color schemes, including green, blue, magenta and crimson, providing a beautiful combination that is sure to attract attention in the pool.

Tie Dye

Tie dye is another style that has found itself back in the graces of competitive swimsuits. It is also one of the newest designs for the Nike cut-out tank suits. You can relive the old days with the purchase of a tie dye swimsuit in shades of blue, turquoise, magenta and pink.

Many swimmers enjoy the fit of the Nike cut-out tank competitive swimsuits. These quality swimsuits provide the perfect fit to hug your body and help you cut through the water more easily. With the open back and thin straps, you will experience less drag on your back, as well as less restriction in your movements. All of these features can help you make the most of your natural abilities so you can perform even better than ever. Not only that, with the new designs, you will stand out in a crowd, keeping the attention on you instead of on your competitors.

Ways to Keep a Competition Swimmer Motivated

Ways to Keep a Competition Swimmer Motivated

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A swimming medal is the perfect way to motivate your swimmers.

Everyone suffers from a lack of motivation at certain periods in their life, even Olympic swimmers, believe it or not. Competitive swimmers, no matter how driven they might seem, suffer from burnout or a lack of desire to continue competing. The various reasons include a serious loss in a competition, being overworked by a trainer and general burnout. There are various ways coaches can help swimmers gain their motivation back.

Incentives

Offering incentives to swimmers works just as well as in other areas of life. Incentives give swimmers a reason to want to try their hardest, whether in practice or at actual meets. Coaches who use tactics, such as awarding a swimmer of the week or month based on various themes, motivate swimmers to want to do well. There does not have to be an actual prize at the end of the period, but if you do wish to give a prize, there are several swimming medals available to use as incentives. There is nothing better to swimmers than to have a decorated bag filled with all their achievements to help ignite motivation.

Set Goals

Setting goals that are achievable is key to keeping motivation levels up. When swimmers try to achieve a goal that is too far out of their reach, it is easy to lose the desire to try. Taking baby steps is a better choice for swimmers of all levels. Whether you set a goal that has to do with shaving time off a race or reaching a certain endurance point, giving swimmers the opportunities to reach their goals will give them their passion and desire to swim once again.

Positive Reinforcement

No one likes to be yelled at, even competitive swimmers. Even if your swimmer is having a bad day, finding a positive point in their race will help them not to lose their motivation. Coaches that dwell on the negative, make swimmers not want to try harder in their next race. Focusing on the positives allows swimmers to see the best in themselves, keeping their self-confidence up and their motivation to continue swimming strong.

If you coach swimmers or are a swimmer yourself, understand that losing motivation is normal. Finding positive ways to gain the motivation to swim back is the key to your long-term success. Finding ways that work for you and your swimmers will yield everyone the best results.

Choosing the Right Youth Swimsuits

Choosing the Right Youth Swimsuits

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Youth swimsuits offer the same benefits as those for the adults.

Competitive swimming, whether for youth or adults, requires the perfect competition swimsuit to maximize the compression of the body without reducing the range of motion the swimmer needs. High-quality youth swimsuits allow even the youngest competitor to perform with the best results in swim meets.

The idea behind competitive swimming suits is to mimic the skin of a shark, allowing the youth’s body to work with the water, rather than against it. Speedo has a large variety of competitive swimsuits for youth available. All swimsuits are created with the highest quality materials that are chlorine resistant. This allows youth who swim several times a week to have long-lasting swimsuits without fading or stretching.

Youth Speedo Swimsuits for Females

The Speedo Fastskin FSII Recordbreaker provides youth with the least amount of drag in the water, allowing them to show off their incredible swimming skills without being slowed down by the drag of their own body. The technology behind this youth Speedo swimsuit is the ability to provide the body with the most compression in the right areas. Children who take advantage of this latest phenomenon in swimwear will experience the least amount of skin vibration to slow them down, while expending the least amount of energy, keeping them as competitive as possible.

The Speedo Aquablade Recordbreaker Youth also provides females with a minimal amount of drag but also has the benefit of giving the skin the smooth feeling like a shark, allowing her to glide right through the water with seamless movements. The stripes on this youth Speedo swimsuit cause the water to move away from the body, helping to increase the speed.

Youth Speedo Swimsuits for Males

The Speedo Optik Splice Jammer offers an innovative fit for youth males that provides them with more skin coverage to reduce the amount of drag and resistance they experience in the water. Made from high-quality Xtra Life Lycra, this suit lasts much longer than many other youth swimsuits and offers a secure fit throughout the life of the suit. Male swimmers will not experience unpleasant sagging or excessive stretching even after many uses.

The Speedo Fastskin FSII Recordbreaker provides male youth swimmers with the same benefits the female version offers, such as the least amount of drag in the water, as well as compression in all the areas imperative for the best times in competitive swim meets. Made from nylon and Lycra spandex, this swimsuit is one of the most technologically advanced youth swimsuits available.

Essential Swim Team Gear for Training

Essential Swim Team Gear for Training

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Providing your team with essential training gear is important.

When you are the coach of a swim team, you want your team to be the best it can be. This means providing your team with all the tools they need to increase their endurance and enhance their skills as they work toward greater things. When planning for what you need to train your team to be the best they can be, there are certain pieces of equipment you must invest in. This will ensure your swimmers will grow stronger and improve continually.

Swim Fins and Paddles

Swim fins and paddles can be an excellent tool to build strength and endurance in swimmers. Because of the wide flaps on the fins and paddles, there is more resistance against the water. This increased resistance causes a swimmer to have to kick or stroke harder for the same results. When you work harder, you will be building your muscles and increasing their endurance so you will have an easier time swimming through the water when you aren’t wearing them.

Pull Buoys

Another important training tool for your swim team gear is the pull buoy. These devices are kept between the swimmer’s legs to restrict their use. When you are using a pull buoy, it will force you to use your arms to propel you through the water as much as possible, helping you to strengthen the muscles in your arms. This increase in upper body strength is crucial to your swimming success.

Stretchcordz

Stretchcordz are yet another useful tool to keep in your swim team gear arsenal. These stretchcordz come with a belt that wraps around your waist. You then hand onto the handles at the ends of the elastic cords as you swim. The cords move freely around the belt, giving you free range of motion. However, the resistance the cords create will allow you to increase your arm and upper body strength to improve your swimming.

Providing all the swim team gear your team needs to train will ensure they have all the tools necessary to be successful swimmers. It is up to you to ensure your swimmers are trained in the best way possible. With the help of these important tools, your swimmers will see great improvement as they go through their training exercises. When they hit the pool, they can be confident in their strength, endurance and skills so they will do the best they can against their competitors.

The Diet of a Competitive Swimmer

The Diet of a Competitive Swimmer

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If you have ever seen or heard about the type of diet Michael Phelps follows, you will understand the importance of the diet to a competitive swimmer. Swimming uses up a large number of calories and energy, making it necessary for a swimmer to follow a proper diet to give his body the fuel it needs to have the strength and endurance necessary for competitive swimming.

Calories

While it is probably not a good idea for anyone to consume the 12,000 calories a day Michael Phelps consumes, it is necessary for swimmers to increase their calories by a few thousand calories per day. The most important components of those calories are carbohydrates and protein, both of which fuel the body to handle the strength and endurance swimming requires.

Carbohydrates

You are probably familiar with carbohydrate loading, which was popular for swimmers in years past. This is not always necessary as long as you follow a proper diet most of the time. Your diet should consist of more than 50 percent healthy carbohydrates. Fruit juices and dairy products can provide you with simple carbohydrates, while whole grains, such as whole grain pasta or bread, and vegetables high in starch, such as potatoes and beans, can provide you with complex carbohydrates.

Protein

Protein is necessary to build the muscles you need for swimming. Every time you swim or workout, your body breaks down muscle tissue. In order to build that tissue back up, you need to consume protein, which contains the amino acids necessary to repair the torn muscle tissues. Without the proper amount of protein, your body will not repair the tissue fast enough to allow you to swim as competitively as you could.

Swim Bags
Having a swim bag that can carry snacks will keep you energized at meets and practices.

Getting the Right Food

Before you head out to your swim meet, you should pack your swim backpack with all your necessary gear, including food to keep you energized. Keeping a stash of healthy carbohydrates and the proper fluids with you will allow you to properly fuel your body during the few hours before your meet. Finding the right swim bag that will allow you to carry your food, as well as your necessary swim gear, will allow you to be the most successful.

Learning the proper diet, along with practice and exercise, will help you have the most successful swim team season. Healthy carbohydrates, protein and fluids are the most important things to fuel your body with before and after your swim team meets and practices.

Water Aerobics Equipment Makes Your Workout Fun

Water Aerobics Equipment Makes Your Workout Fun

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Water aerobics accessories can provide you with an additional workout.

Water aerobics makes it possible to lose weight and have fun at the same time. Water aerobics is one of the best cardio exercises you can do while protecting your body. The water provides the perfect amount of resistance to increase your muscle mass but is not overly intensive on your joints to make your workout painful. Because of the nature of this type of exercise, it is easy to use every day. When you add water aerobics equipment to your workout, you can personalize the intensity of your workout.

Resistance

Adding more resistance than the water provides during your water aerobics workout provides you with an even more intense workout. If your goal is to build muscle mass or lose weight, adding barbells, such as the Speedo Aqua Fitness Barbell, gives your body floating support, while also providing resistance. You can choose to use one or both barbells during your workout to greatly increase the effectiveness of your workout. For those who do not need the flotation support and simply want the resistance, the Speedo Hydro Resistance Water Weights provide the perfect amount of resistance in 1 or 2 pound weights. They are also ergonomically designed with grips to reduce the number of times the weights slip out of your hands.

Gloves

Experience the resistance you get when you lift weights without holding weights at all. Water aerobics gloves, such as the Speedo Aqua Fitness Gloves, are made of neoprene, the material wetsuits are made of, and have webbed fingers to provide the perfect amount of resistance when you move your arms back and forth in the water. Different water aerobics classes will use different techniques to help you gain the benefits of your water aerobic gloves.

Jog Belts

Jog belts are another popular piece of water aerobics gear to help you increase resistance and stability in the water. Jog belts, such as the Speedo Aqua Fitness Jog Belt, offer the perfect amount of stability in the water, while increasing your ability to tone your muscles and burn more fat.

All the water aerobics equipment available, including water weights, water aerobic gloves and jog belts, allows you to participate in cardio workouts, while remaining low impact. This is the preferred method of exercise for anyone with an injury, the elderly or those who wish to protect their body from the dangers of high impact exercise.

Prescription Swim Goggles Are Essential

Prescription Swim Goggles Are Essential

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Prescription swim goggles allow you to see well as you swim.

Even swimmers can have imperfect vision. However, everyone knows that when you swim in the pool, you aren’t going to be able to wear your glasses in the water. While you can still wear contacts with regular swim goggles, not everyone is comfortable with wearing contacts. Others simply don’t want to risk wearing their contacts in the water. For these people, wearing prescription swim goggles becomes essential for a variety of reasons.

Visibility

It is extremely important for swimmers to be able to see while they are swimming. Someone who typically wears glasses or contacts aren’t going to be able to see clearly in the water when they remove their glasses or contacts and put on their goggles. This is why some companies actually offer prescription swim goggles so those with imperfect vision can still see where they are going in the water. This is extremely important, especially as they reach the ends of the pool to make turns or finish a race.

Ease of Use

When you choose to use prescription swim goggles instead of the typical swim goggles, you won’t need to worry about keeping track of your other eye care items while you are at the pool. If you take your glasses off and set them off to the side so you can swim, it can become easy to forget to pick them up again or even forget where you put them. When your goggles are already prescriptions, you won’t need to bring your glasses out to the pool at all. Leave them in your locker instead.

Style

When you choose to use prescription swim goggles instead of the typical goggles with your contacts or with no corrective eye wear, you will have just as much style at the pool as anyone else. The styles of the optical goggles are very similar to the styles of the other swim goggles available. In fact, if you put a prescription and a non-prescription pair next to each other, you likely wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.

Wearing prescription swim goggles when you typically wear glasses or even contacts can be extremely beneficial to you in the pool. Not only will they allow you to see where you are going in the pool, they will also allow you to keep your glasses away from the pool completely so they don’t become lost or damaged. With these optical goggles, you will have all the style and flair as the other swimmers, while still being able to see well.

Learn How to Perfect Your Swimming

Learn How to Perfect Your Swimming

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Swimming is one of the most beneficial exercises anyone can participate in. Whether you swim competitively or simply swim for the benefits of weight loss and muscle building, it is a perfect sport to learn to enjoy. If you are unsure about your swimming skills, there are various things you can do to perfect your skills even without a coach telling you what to do.

Swim Training Gear
The proper swim training gear can help you learn to swim more efficiently.

Focus on One Component

Rather than jumping in the water and trying to focus on all aspects of a stroke, such as freestyle, focus on one component. Use a kickboard to stabilize your upper body while you focus on your kick. Take the time to truly build up your endurance through the use of a kickboard, experimenting with your kicks to determine which method gives you the best times and least exhaustive workout. You want to make sure your muscles do not tire prematurely, but you also want to swim lengths in the shortest amount of time. Once you perfect your kick, you can use pull buoys to stabilize your legs while you perfect your arm movements. This will allow you to slowly put all the pieces together to achieve one fluid freestyle stroke.

Build Endurance

A major component of perfect swimming is endurance. Swimming a couple of laps is fine, but if you want to truly feel the benefits of swimming, you will need to be able to swim a large number of laps comfortably. Through the use of exercise and the proper swimsuit, you will be able to build that endurance. Choosing to wear a competitive swimsuit, rather than a regular swimsuit, will reduce the amount of drag you experience in the water, allowing you to build your endurance without experiencing unnecessary exhaustion.

Time Yourself

Through the use of a waterproof lap counter and timer, you can time yourself on your laps. This allows you to push yourself harder each time, consistently trying to beat your own time. You can also count the number of strokes you use to complete each lap. Trying to reduce the number of strokes it takes to complete each lap will help you perfect your swimming even further.

If you wish to perfect your swimming skills, take it slow. Break your strokes down into individual components to truly understand how your strokes affect your swimming. By building up endurance and speed, you will find yourself perfecting your swimming and even gaining the ability to swim competitively in a short amount of time.