Resetting Goals After a Successful or Maybe Not So-Successful Season
Coming off the short course season and starting Long Course is a perfect time to take a deep breath and ask yourself as a swimmer “OK. How am I doing? [...]
“That Swim Stunk”
How to Evaluate a Swim Race at a Non-Focus Meet When asking a swimmer how they thought a swim went or how they would rate their performance, coaches often hear [...]
NAC Interview with Silver Medalist Alex Walsh
Who is your role model? My biggest swimming role model is Melanie Margalis. We have been racing each other for a few years now, and she has always been so supportive [...]
Progression of the Athlete: NAC SwimFit
How is SwimFit split up? SwimFit is split into 3 levels, SwimFit 1, SwimFit 2 & SwimFit 3. Each level offers a number of days and length of practice appropriate [...]
NAC… Who Are We? (part 3)
Team Preparation and National Team The last two phases of the NAC Competitive Team are Team Preparation and the National Team. These two phases makeup the NAC Senior Program. Here [...]
NAC… Who Are We? (part 2)
Team Discovery and Team Imagination The first two phases of development of the NAC Competitive Team are Team Discovery and Team Imagination. These two phases make up the NAC Age [...]
NAC… Who Are We?
The Nashville Aquatic Club philosophy focuses on long-term athlete development, which allows for gradual development of swimmers at the early stages and adaptations as they progress to help them reach [...]
NAC Navigates 2020
What a year it has been so far - and 2020 is far from over! The COVID pandemic has created exceptional challenges for our organization the likes of which we [...]
NAC Recognized as GOLD MEDAL CLUB in 2020
Dear NAC Families - NAC is proud to have been recognized this year as a USA Swimming Gold Medal Club of Excellence! There are over 2,800 USA Swimming club teams [...]
How Parents Can Handle Their Swimmer’s Failures and Mistakes
I remember every detail of the first time I ever really failed. I was 15. It was the Ohio High School State Swimming Championship and I was seeded first in [...]