Tidal Waves Blog

How do I get started with a swim team? (a real story)

Nov 27, 2021

There are a lot of questions parents have when thinking about getting their children involved…

Swim team at practice in Brunswick

Where to start: summer vs club swimming.

Nov 27, 2021

If you ever get to watch professional swimmers, its easy to wonder how they got…

Why are there flags over swimming pools?

Nov 23, 2021

If you’re here, you’ve noticed that there are flags hanging over almost every public pool…

Teach swimmers to take less freestyle strokes with this one easy drill.

Nov 23, 2021

Coaches often look for the best drills to improve their swimmers’ strokes and swimming ability.…

Rescue your leaky goggles with one easy trick.

Nov 23, 2021

For swimmers, goggles are the most important piece of swim equipment that you can have.…

The three styles of swim races.

Nov 22, 2021

Like track and gymnastics, swimming has dozens of different events that swimmers all have the…

The most important part of a swim race isn’t above the water…its below.

Nov 22, 2021

When you think of swimming, you almost always picture swimmers kicking, splashing, and moving their…

The secret of the axis.

Nov 22, 2021

I started swimming the summer I was 6 years old for the Tidal Waves. After…

How to train the most important swimming muscle (and why).

Nov 22, 2021

As swimmers will tell you, the sport requires the use of practically every muscle in…