Blog Category: Category: Core Values

A swimming instructor in a black swim shirt supports and encourages a young child wearing pink and white goggles in a swimming pool. The text overlay reads "SIMPLE" and "don't be afraid of" with a dotted design pattern in the background.
Adult Swim

Don’t Be Afraid of Simple

Hi, Mike Walker from the Gold Medal Swim School. Our staff has been working for a long time on putting together a curriculum that is amazing, different and industry leading.
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A swimming instructor sits in the pool, engaging with a group of five attentive children sitting on the pool's edge. Text overlay reads, "SIT, LISTEN, AND WAIT" with a subheading, "KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE IS EVERYTHING." The background displays a colorful poolside area.
Baby Swim

Sit, Listen, & Wait

You might notice in the video below, I’m sportin’ a little bit of the Michigan Blue as they head off to the Big 10 Championships for swimming. GO Blue! Swimming
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A young swimmer, wearing a swim cap and goggles, smiles while holding onto a metal bar at the edge of a pool. Beside her, text reads from top to bottom: “TROY,” “SPITZ,” “ADRIAN,” “FRANKLIN,” “LEDECKY,” “ME,” and “JOIN THE LEGENDS” on a blue background with yellow accents.
Core Values

Join the Legends

Hi, Mike Walker from the Gold Medal Swim School. You know, it’s 2019 Registration Shirt time. I always love the shirts. I think they are fun and cute. However, this
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An image with vibrant colors and geometric shapes featuring a coach and a young swimmer at a pool. Text reads "The Secret to Coaching Up: Stretch Great Moments." The coach is wearing a hat with the text "Gold Medal Swim School.
Adult Swim

The Secret to Coaching Up

When we think about how we teach, encourage, and coach people up, the attention is usually put on the areas which need improvement. Instead, let’s talk about how to capture
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A person swims underwater, inverted with their head at the bottom and feet at the top. Text reads: "Breathing. What does deep, relaxed breathing do for us in our daily life and before races?" A logo in the bottom left reads "Soul Medicine School.
Adult Swim

Breathing

In 2003, I watched one of my athletes struggle with finishing her races as she prepared for the Sydney Olympic Games. Regardless of how much effort she put in or how
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