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HELPFUL HINTS
These "helpful hints" are designed to help make
your experience on our swim team the best it can be. As we get more
"hints", we'll post them in the appropriate category.
You may also want to look over the topics in the
Swim Parents Newsletter section,
provided by the American Swimming Coaches Association.
SWIM MEET PREPARATIONS
* Swim Meet Primer: What
to know for your first meet
NUTRITION
*
Active.com Sports Nutrition Page link
* Recommendations before.
during, and after workouts
* Nutrition on the Deck:
Packing for Meets
* Nutritional Timing for
Recovery
* Chocolate milk for post-exercise
recovery
* Negative Effects of Alcohol
Consumption on Performance
* What about eating right before
exercise?
* What to eat before a
morning practice
* Snacks
* Fluid Replacement
During Exercise
* Breakfast on the Run
* Carbohydrate Loading (not
really good for swimming)
PARENTING
* Parental Roles
as a child progresses from one competition level to another
* Why does the
team need my help to be successful and what can I do?
* Being a Good Swim
Parent COLLEGE SEARCH
* How to Find
a Great College Scholarship COMPETITION AND KIDS
* "Bringing Back
Competition for Kids is a Winner"
* Being Olympian without
going to the Olympics OTHER TOPICS
* Backpacks can be injurious to
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