Every year thousands of swimmers make the decision to become collegiate athletes. Though these athletes are well versed in the swimming world, many lack knowledge of the strength and conditioning component that ties heavily into collegiate swimming.
Read MoreThe University of Chicago Medicine has announced this summer’s group of Ted Mullin Scholars who will join cancer research teams at Comer
Read MoreWorld Clinic Rates Go Up on July 15
We have a special offer for CSCAA members who are not current ASCA Members of a $50 rate for your first years’ ASCA membership. (Normally $80 annual membership.) You can join at
https://swimmingcoach.org/new-member/ . Use the promotional code of CSCAA2016. This offer is good until 12/31/16
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Starting in 2016-17, Fork Union Military Academy in Fork Union, VA will expand their swimming program to include postgraduates who are looking to improve academically or just get stronger and faster in the water before attending college.
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2016 CSCAA National Collegiate Open Water Championship
Join Kansas swimming and diving and the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association for CSCAA National Collegiate Open Water Swimming Championships at Lone Star Lake near Lawrence, Kansas this summer. The top collegiate men’s and women’s distance swimmers with qualifying times from NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA competition are invited to the 5K open water races scheduled for Sept. 17, 2016.
Read MoreThe College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has selected a record 853 swimmers and divers for its Scholar All-America team. The selections recognize students that have achieved a grade point average of 3.50 or higher and have participated in their respective NCAA/NAIA/NJCAA Swimming and Diving Championships.
Read MoreSwimming’s Championship season has ended. Hail to our Champions! Oh My,
what a Championship Season this was! At the very top, this was a Championship Season
that re-defined for us the meaning of “fast.” Throughout the field, this was a Championship Season that taught us over and over again that times we once thought were “fast,” are no longer as “fast” as they used to be. Message received. Meaning communicated. We “got it.” We have been “enlightened.”
With Spring graduations having passed, the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has designated 658 swimming and diving teams, representing 388 colleges and universities as Scholar All-America teams. The recognition comes as a result of each team's classroom performance in the past semester. It is only the second time in the program’s 30+ year history of the program that more than 600 teams.
Read MoreAs many of you are aware, on May 18, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced its Final Rule revising the “white-collar” exemptions from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) minimum wage and overtime requirements.
Read MoreDear Coaches: Need Some Inspiration to Swim 15 Minutes?
Since 1987, Swim Across America—a CSCAA partner—has been hosting benefit swims to raise money for cancer research. Over the past two decades, SAA has granted more than $65 million to fund doctors finding new cures and treatments to defeat cancer.
Read MoreIt is important for us to recognize the key ingredient to our success in this endeavor… the student-athlete.
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CSCAA Track at the ASCA World Clinic
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Read MoreThe College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) takes great pleasure in announcing the 2016 recipients of six annual major awards. The awards will be presented at the CSCAA Annual Banquet on Thursday, May 5, 2016 held in conjunction with the CSCAA Convention at the Hilton Doubletree Washington DC-Crystal City
Read MoreEver wonder about where college swimming teams are? Here's a visual.
Read MoreAs the summer of 2016 approaches, two things are on my mind: the Olympic Games and how darn hot it’s going to be in Florida in just a few weeks. At the warmest part of the afternoon, our young club swimmers who are running as part of a conditioning and athletic readiness program join me on the trails that surround the National Training Center.
Read MoreOne of the things that strikes me as I watch (too much) basketball is listening to commentators refer to a coach who is talking to a player, usually one who has just come out of the game, as someone who is “always teaching.” Of course the coach is “always teaching.” That is what coaching is. Coaching is Teaching.
Read MoreIn addition to multiple sessions for coaches of both swimming and diving, for the second year we have sessions geared specifically for diving coaches.
Read MoreThe Coach Academy was the compass I needed to develop a total team philosophy unique to our swimmers. It is a valuable resource that inspires coaches and brings further purpose to a program.Read More
