Swim Parents

Florida Swimming Swim Parents Page

This page is the responsibility of the Florida Swimming Office.

Questions should be directed to the Florida Swimming Office at FLSOffice2@aol.com.


Swim Parents Info.

The majority of these parent education articles are reprints from the Swim Parents Newsletter, a monthly publication by the American Swimming Coaches Association.  It was published from 1987 through 1991.  Most of these articles were written by Guy Edson, John Leonard, or by volunteer Editor Terry laughlin.  Other Swim Parent Newsletter articles were written by an assortment of coaches and other experts  and in those cases we have given credit to the specific authors.

The purpose of this collection of parent education articles ids to give parents an authoratative outside voice on a wide range of educational topics.  These include Athlete Development, the Swim Program, Practices, Swim Meets, coaching, Parenting, Motivation and Nutritional/Medical information.  You may not agree with all the opinions expressed in the following articles, but it will give you an idea of  what some experts in the field of swimming believe.

New articles will be added to this section periodically.


Florida Swimming Parent Information Directory

FS Code of Conduct

USA-S Parent Web Page

USA-S Parent Tip of the Month

FS Glossary of Swimming Terms

Development Articles

Program Articles

Practice Articles

Swim Meet Articles

Coaching Articles

Parenting Articles

Motivation Articles

Nutrition/Medical Articles

USA Swimming Info.

Lanelines Newsletter

 




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