Background
The Global Library for ISCA Members is a service provided to those who join the International Swim Coaches Association. Join ISCA! The library is a course of more than 400 lessons and topics that members can freely navigate with search and indexes. The learning management systems is a Read.SwimISCA.org.
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Communication Systems at ISCA
Meet ISCA's LAP, a way to rebuild your swim team and aquatics, lapping the competition
ISCA had Certification Courses
Coaching 101, the Basics
Introduction to Coaching -- Quiz on Purpose
Art and Science of Swimming
Fundamentals of Fast Swimming by Gary Hall, MD, and Devin Murphy of The Race Club
Swim Drills (8)
Breastroke (11)
Backstroke (5)
Butterfly (4)
Freestyle (5)
Free Flip Turns
Swimming Turns and Starts Guide to Glide and Depth (4)
Paddles (1)
Thoughts regarding Lactate Tolerance Testing
Deliberate Practice, Podium presentation
Swimming Science — Review and Links (1)
Athlete Heart Rate Variability
Hydrodynamic Forces During Freestyle
Inertial Sensors in Swimming
Dryland Training, podium talk
Effects of Oxygen Levels on the Brain
Analysis of a swimmer’s hand and arm In steady flow conditions using computational fluid dynamics
Swimming Sensory Integration
Placebos and Performance
Hand and arm acceleration and deceleration
Skill Acquisition and Injury Prevention, podium talk
Resume practices after Covid-19 with Wayne Goldsmith (1)
Athlete Mental Health in the time of Covid-19 with Coach Sergio Lopez Miro and others
Returning to training and activities after getting hit with Covid-19. What coaches and athletes need to understand.
Sports Psychology for Swimming Coaches (4)
Building confidence (2)
10 to 1 countdown from Zen Zone Digital
People and Performance under Pressure by Wayne Goldsmith
Goal Setting (1)
Goals -- Team Meeting -- Support Notes (1)
Discipline
Stay happy and healthy. Wellness tips for coaches (2)
Attitude Adjustment (6)
Affirmations
Season Planning for Mental Training
Brain Performance (ebook)
Mental Prep for Swim Racing (short video promo)
Mental Prep for Swim Racing (short video promo)
Motivation in Swimmers with Francisco Javier Fernandez Rio
Mind Body Readiness, podium presentation from Dr. John Heil (1)
Developmental Program: Transition from lessons to swim team (2)
Motivational gimmicks (4)
Common myths about successful training program by Baliaev
Sports Nutrition for Swimmers and Athletes (3)
Little Rock: A look at club organization, LRRC
Water Polo with Bruce Wigo (3)
Open Water Swimming (1)
Tom Jager, 3-time Olympian, interview on his training
Changes with the aging faces of swimming
Masters swim team (3)
Researching Full Body Suits in swimming
Swimming Hopes Dashed
Smoke and Mirrors: When a Swimmer has False Expectations
Putting Together a Championship Team
Garbage Yards and Other Things that Work. (1)
Effect of Strength Training on Shoulder Proprioception
Swim Practice Protein Intake (1)
Looking back, from graduation to an earlier moment in time with the home pool
Lean Body Mass Predicts Sprint Success in Youth Swimmers
Visual Feedback in Swimming
Australian Success: Observations of Pre-Olympic Preparation (2000)
Marketing Your Program
We, not me! Article by Wayne Goldsmith on selflessness making swim teams great.
Calling USA, is anyone listening?
Coach Owned Club
Swimming Efficiently — Womb to the Tomb
Benefits of Learning to Swim from a Young Age
Benefits of Having a Swim School
High School mixing with club swimming (1)
Manage Your Inner Circle, plus Mentoring (1)
Learning What Makes People Tick
Getting Better at Getting Better (1)
Coaching the Team’s Parents (4)
Sleep -- Hidden Training (3)
Time Management (ebook) (1)
Leadership. Anyone can lead. Article by Wayne Goldsmith
Balancing Participation and Performance: How to build and grow successful client-focused programs
Race Analysis of Olympic Events (1)
Readiness for swimming competitions (1)
Races of History - a different course at Read.SwimISCA.org
Middle Distance Swimming
Gracie Belmonte 200 Fly World Record
Why Katinka Hosszu Went Out so fast at World Championships in the 200 Butterfly
End of Race Perception in Swimmers
Summary of Doha 2014 Swimming World Championships
Comparison of the Short Course Meters Woman’s 100 Breastroke World Record
Florent Manaudou 50m Power
Championship Meet Evaluations (1)
Abbey Weitzeil 100 Free American Record Race Analsis and Video
Long Course vs. Short Course Swimming: Part III
Introduction to Coaching (1)
Core Principles for Success
Hannula’s Speech at the NISCA Clinic
Bits and pieces (1)
What Makes a Great Coach?
Back to basics (3)
Coaching Champions (2)
Developing a coaching philosophy (1)
Athlete Development Model, ADM, from USA Swimming (1)
Beyond the Xs and Ys
Culture
Social Justice -- Taking a knee before a sporting event
Laws of Success in Coaching, Swimming and Beyond
Be your coaching best
Building and Growing a client-focused swim program (1)
Choices
The Art of Making Mistakes
The art of swim coaching: Connecting, Engaging, Inspiring, Changing
Sports Coaching in 2030
Diversity lesson
Shoulder stress and injury, podium highlight from John Mullen
Goal Attainment form from the Lady Eagles
Coaching Intangibles (2)
Coaching Clinics
Paper by David Pyne
Starting again and building a successful coaching career
Communicating with swimmers and beyond (3)
Coach and Manager
Swim Coaching 101
Practice Principles
Season planning (5)
Maximizing Tapers from FINA podium talk (3)
Training Protocols Simplified (1)
Broken 200s. Let’s count the ways.
USRPT Science and Standards of Evidence
Proprioception Training
Dryland Training
Rowing as cross-training for swim teams
Things you can do to stay in ‘The Zone’ and get fighting fit when you can’t swim
High Intensity Swimming, More Positive Research, Have you Tried it Yet? (1)
Pull-Up Progressions and Regressions, Part II
4 Strategies for the Prevention of Swimming Overtraining
Overtraining (2)
Individualize Your Training (1)
Expectations of swimmers ages 13 to 18 (1)
Strongman Training for Swimming Dryland Workouts: Part II
7 Ways to Reduce Swimming Low Back Pain
More Information on High Intensity Swimming Training
History of Swim Training (1)
High Intensity Training for Humans and Swimmers (12)
Cyclical Training (1)
Aerobic Training Sets
All You Need to Know about Partial Squats
Fundamental Shoulder Exercises for Swimmers
Aerobic Contribution in Sprint Swimming
Dryland Mistake: V-Ups
SprintSalo ebook with practices and insights from David C. Salo, Ph.D. (1)
Sprint Training (3)
Cardio Fitness
Warm ups
Swimmers Shoulder Injuries (1)
Dealing with hypermobility in swimmers
A Swimmer’s Guide to Pain
SafeSport Policies & Coach-Athlete Boundaries at a glance from Champion Women (3)
Abstract: Sport Advocacy: Challenge, Controversy, Ethics & Action (1)
Drug Busts (2)
Puddle Jumpers = Hell No!
Breath Holding, Hypoxic Training, Shallow Water Blackout (1)
Play -- and its slowly diminishing status (2)
Understanding Anemia, presentation called: The Tired Athlete with Tri Coach Academy
Eating Disorders
Concussions in Sports with Tri Coach Academy
Heat, and a medical view on the imacts on the body in training, competitions (1)
Cutting and Contractions with Collegiate Swimming Programs (4)
Death, the departed, suicide (1)
No Hazing! Never in Sports
Rohan Taylor, Head Swim Coach, Australian National Team
Interview: Mark Schubert
Meet Karlyn Pipes, master swimmer with a substance abuse comeback story and world-records
Interview with USA Swimming’s Brendan Hanson
Jim Steen Interview
Interview with Doctor Rod Havriluk, biomechanist
Yash Daryanani, Coach in Suriname
Interview with Doc Counsilman
Interview with Chris Martin, Coach of the Mythical High School Champions
Interview with Doug Fonder, ISCA President
Presentation by Steve Bultman
Interview of Sean Kelly, incoming coach to Spain
Interview about College Swimming - College Swim Coaches Assn's Matt Zimmer
Victorious NCAA D1 Women's Team Coach, Todd DeSorbo, University of Virginia
Interview with Nathan Adrian
Vic Moore, head coach of the Jets Aquatic Club in Arkansas
Coach Brent Archey's Interview with Steve Friederang
Readings from the Book of Coach Mark (ebook in PDF format)
Chad le Clos of South Africa
Optimizing the use of technology in effective sports coaching
Heart rate and stroke tempo with wearable tech
David McCagg's GMX7 device
AutoCoach
TritonWear: Real Data in Real Time
WHOOP: Improve your recovery skills
Presentation, Chris Morgan, Katzu insights
Effective Use of Video Equipment (1)
Overall understanding of the ISCA Web Sites
Looking at Read.SwimISCA.org
