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Stott best boys’ high school swimming team in Core strength and feel for the water are keys the United States. to fast swimming. Of growing significance— especially for more advanced swimmers—is 032 |WHO’S NO. 1? massage, a hands-on treatment first used by by Jeff Commings the Chinese more than 3,000 years ago. If you read this issue of Swimming World Magazine page by page, you’ll know that 022 | ROAD TO SUCCESS Carmel and Chesterton—both high schools by Jeff Commings from Indiana—were the respective top girls’ When it comes to winning, the Carmel (Ind.) and boys’ teams this past season. But who High School girls’ swimming team—winners turned in the top high school performances of Swimming World Magazine’s 2014 Girls’ of the year in each event? Read on... 034 High School Championships—knows the 041 |Q&A WITH COACH right path to take. 034 |Top 10 Triumphs & Tragedies ANNE GOODMAN JAMES by Chuck Warner by Michael J. Stott Beginning in its April issue and continuing monthly through January 2015, Swimming 042 |How They Train JORDAN DEGAYNER World Magazine is counting down the top by Michael J. Stott 10 triumphs and tragedies in the history of swimming. This month: #5 USA Turns Out TRAINING Olympic Lights. 038 |DRYSIDE TRAINING: COACHING GET STRONG...AT HOME! by J.R. Rosania 032 010 |LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDS: DON SWARTZ 039 |NUTRITION: TO CARB OR NOT TO CARB? by Michael J. Stott Republished with permission of VeloPress from “The Feed Zone Cookbook: Fast and 012 |TECHNIQUE: PULL AND KICK... Flavorful Food for Athletes” IT’S ALL IN THE TIMING by Jeff Commings 040 |Ask Dr. Shannon Many view butterfly as the toughest stroke to by Shannon McBride master in terms of getting the timing correct Here are four exercises that can be per- for the pull and kick. No matter the age, formed three times a week to strengthen 042 you’ll have no trouble finding at least a few and develop your core. ON THE COVER swimmers struggling to put the two dolphin kicks per stroke in the right place. The best JUNIOR SWIMMER Carmel (Ind.) High School girls’ swimming team way to work on this is with one-arm butterfly, dominated during the 2013-14 high school sea- progressing to regular butterfly when you 018 |Goldminds: THE 5 R’s son. It all started when the Greyhounds won their 28th consecutive state title back in February. The feel like the timing has improved. by Wayne Goldsmith times turned in there were fast enough for Carmel Focus on the top five mental skills to become to be named the overall girls’ national high school 016 |SWIMMING TECHNIQUE a more successful swimmer. champions by Swimming World Magazine for the MISCONCEPTIONS: THE GLIDE PHASE second straight year—and third in the last four by Rod Havriluk 045 |Up & Comers years. It was also its eighth national public school A common swimming technique miscon- championship. (See stories, pages 22 and 24). ception is that there is a glide phase (or a COLUMNS [PHOTO PROVIDED BY CHRIS PLUMB] longer glide phase) when it would be better to generate propulsion immediately. 008 |A Voice for the Sport SWIMMING WORLD MAGAZINE (ISSN 0039-7431). Note: permission to reprint articles or excerpts from contents is prohibited without permission from the publisher. The publisher is not responsible for errors in 027 |CHESTERTON HIGH SCHOOL’S 046 |Gutter Talk advertisements. Microfilm copies: available from University Microfilms, 313 N. First St., Ann Arbor, MI 48103. Swimming World Magazine is listed in FAVORITE SETS the Physical Education Index. Printed in the U.S.A. © Sports Publications by Jeff Commings and Kevin Kinel 048 |Parting Shot International, September 2014. 6 September 2014 A Voice for the Sport High School and Club Swimming: LET’S WORK PUBLISHING, CIRCULATION AND ACCOUNTING OFFICE TOGETHER P.O. 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