Helpful Links for Parents

Stunned, Shamed, Thankful and finally...Helpful, a newsletter from the American Swim Coaches Association.

How Mom and Dad Might Talk to Their Child at a Swim Meet, a newsletter from the American Swim Coaches Association.

Swim parent information page at USA Swimming, a fantastic resource for parents to learn about swimming, nutrition, training, understanding your swimmer, and much more.

New to swimming? A subset of the link above, but very useful for new swim parents - so I included it.

The Top Ten Questions Every Swimming Parent Wants to Know, an article from Swimming World Magazine.

Swim Parent Survival Guide, an article written to help parents and swimmers make competitive swimming fun and rewarding.

Ten Ways for the Swim Parent to Sabotage Their Child's Swimming Career, written for swimming parents from an experienced coach's perspective.

Resort Resources: Introduction to Swimming, an article published for new swimmers and parents of new swimmers, with links to some very helpful "learning how to swim" resources.

ASCA Newsletter - Volume 2010, Issue 11: go to page 24, "Because They MUST Fail" by Rick Boucher, for healthy advice on how to handle swim meets and support your swimmer.

Feel For The Water: How Your Catch Should Feel To You: This is a great article about freestyle catch in the water and how it should look and feel.