The Finis Swimmer Snorkel — An Essential Practice Tool

  Finis Swimmer Snorkel We want to encourage all of our swimmers to purchase a Swimmer Snorkel this fall and bring it to practice on a regular basis.  We’ve found in our teaching that the snorkel is an incredible tool for working on swimming mechanics without being encumbered by the…

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Social: Brunch after 09/20/09 9am Practice

Our next social event will take place on Sunday September 20th after the 9am swim practice (around 10:30am or when everyone’s hair dries). We’ll target a nearby restaurant. Fitz suggests Meli’s Cafe in Greektown at Halsted and Jackson, his favorite brunch place in Chicago. Stella Tate, his daughter, likes it,…

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Michael Phelps on “60 Minutes”

Even though this interview aired two weeks ago (probably to promote Tuesday’s release of No Limits: The Will to Succeed, which each member of the CBD coaching staff got as a gift at today’s holiday party), I’m suddenly only just now hearing about it from everyone I know: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASEsFEoDAn0] Some…

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