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ASCA World Clinic preview ASCA Share     The ASCA Certification Schools for Levels 2, 3, and 4 will be offered at the World Clinic at the Westin Indianapolis on Tuesday , Aug. 31, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Each is a great choice for an intensive day of either bio-mechanics, training programs or owning and operating your swim team.. These courses have no pre-requirements and are open to all coaches. This year the ASCA Level 2 Stroke School is being taught by one of the great veteran teachers in American Swimming, Coach Ira Klein of Sarasota, Fla. Coach Klein has coached club for 30 years, plus University level swimming for a decade, and has worked for USA-Swimming for half a decade, in its Club Development office. Ira has long been one of the highest profile supporters of great age group swimming through the mechanism of quality stroke mechanics and he's an ideal person to lead our "Build the Strokes" school at the World Clinic. The Level 3 Physiology School is being taught by Coach Mike Lawrence, one of the key coaches at Lake Forest Swim Club in Illinois. Mike is a long time coach at the National Level and has coached both elite and beginning swimmers throughout his career. He has also served on multiple USA-Swimming staffs, where he has had the opportunity to learn from the best athletes and coaches in the world. The Level 3 School is all about how to put together the best training program for your team, be it a 15 week high school program, a developmental program for age groupers, or an elite senior team. The Level 4 Administration School is led by the unique team of husband and wife Dave and Jennifer Gibson of Phoenix. The married pair have coached at small, medium and large programs in Indiana, North Carolina and Arizona, and done a superb job of building and administering programs in all three locations. They bring a special perspective on how to create and operate a successful organization of whatever size you choose to make it. For complete World Clinic Information go to https://www.swimmingcoach.org/worldclinic/asca2010/default.asp.
Swimming pool not ready for 2012 BBC Share
A new swimming pool in Bangor costing £40m will not be ready in time for the London Olympics. The 50m pool was due to be finished in the summer of 2012. Many sports, arts and community groups have already complained about lottery money being diverted to London. More More than 30 Olympians slated to compete at Nationals USA Swimming Share
More than 30 U.S. Olympians, including Olympic gold medalists Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Aaron Peirsol, Natalie Coughlinand Rebecca Soni, will compete Aug. 3-7 at the 2010 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships in Irvine, Calif. The meet is one of the biggest swimming events of the year. The meet will serve as the selection meet for the 2010 Mutual of Omaha Pan Pacific Championships, which will take place in Irvine, August 18-22, and will feature top competitors from Japan, Australia, Canada and more than 20 other countries. Both Nationals and the Pan Pacific Championships will also serve as the selection meets for the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China. More
Phelps preps for nationals, with eyes on London The Baltimore Sun Share
Two years away from the London Olympics—which he says could be his last—Michael Phelps plans to use the next month to gauge his mental and physical readiness. He begins his preparation this weekend by traveling to Irvine, Calif., for the USA Swimming National Championships. The U.S. team for the world championships, which take place next summer in Shanghai, will be selected after nationals next week and after the Pan Pacific Championships, which are held later this month, also in Irvine, Calif. More For blood pressure, can you be fit but fat? Reuters Share
If you're trying to bring your blood pressure to healthy levels, a new study suggests that how much you weigh is more important than how fit you are. As expected, the study found that overweight or obese people were more likely to have a high systolic blood pressure—the top number in a blood pressure reading. But for those with a high body mass index (BMI)—a measure of weight versus height—how in shape they were only had a small impact on their blood pressure. More
Man, 90, heads family swim team in World Championships BBC Share
Three generations of the same family—including a 90-year-old grandfather—are taking part in the FINA World Masters Swimming Championships. The Pratts, from Preston in Lancashire, U.K., are among 6,000 competitors to fly out to Gothenburg, Sweden, in August. Jim Pratt, 90, his son Andy, 52, daughter-in-law Heather and granddaughter Jude have all achieved the qualifying times. All of them have been hard at training, with the oldest Pratt adamant he will wear his swimming trunks from decades ago. The former RAF spitfire pilot and jam-maker, who will be doing breaststroke in Gothenburg, has been a competitive swimmer since the 1940s. More Swimming a great way to unwind in near weightlessness Earth Times Share
Who has not wished to experience weightlessness just once? While few people can blast into space, almost anyone can take a plunge into water. Swimming simulates weightlessness—so long as the technique is right. It all seems so easy. The swimmer glides through the pool, lane after lane, covering hundreds of metres without stopping. With proper instruction and a little practice, even beginners can quickly master the art of near weightless propulsion. Regular swimmers achieve a kind of meditative relaxation that helps alleviate everyday stress. More
Making the water a comfort zone The New York Times Share
"I am not going in there," said the trembling teenage girl standing at the shallow end of the pool. With her were a half-dozen other girls equally embarrassed to be paraded out in bathing suits and threatened with a swimming lesson. Down in the water was a hopelessly cheery woman, more than 50 years their senior, flipping around as fluidly as a porpoise. She was Jane Katz, 67, who has been teaching New Yorkers how to swim since the bobby socks era. Ignoring the protestations of the group, who were inmates incarcerated under the city's juvenile justice system, she urged them into the pool at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan. The teenagers, from the Marolla Group Home, a correctional center in the Bronx, were part of a swimming program that Dr. Katz helped set up 16 years ago for boys and girls in detention. She volunteers her time and pays several lifeguards to help, mostly from her own pocket. More |
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