Swimming at the Olympics

I think I would want to be either a coach or Information Technology consultant. In high school, I swim for four years along with being on a year-round team. Swimming was a big part of my life and still is. With the experience of being a high school and year-round team I feel like I could be a good coach. I would like being able to help new swimmers improve on strokes and be able to get faster. A lot of times when planning a swim meet and choosing events for the swimmers to participate in can be…

and swimmers are blocked out, as I focus all my attention on the water. Once my teammate touches the wall, I jump off the block and the nerves that I felt before, goes away as my body pierces through the ice cold water of the St. Francis College swimming pool. Finishing my two laps and being able to out touch my opponent brought me a rush of excitement and pride. In that moment, I felt relaxed and relieved because I…

in two sports a day wore me out and took a tool on my body. I was offered to swim with a lower class that was at a later time in the day, by my coach. However, my father insisted that I keep swimming and accepting the offer would only slow me down. Additionally, I was given another option, to put my swimming on hold considering it was a year long event. Again my father urged me to decline.…

Swimming is fun for both parents and children. However, there are things that you will have to do in order to keep your kids safe while swimming. Below is a list of safety tips for parents: Supervise Your Children At All Times Children who are between the ages of one and four are at the greatest risk of drowning. That is why it is important to supervise children at all times while your child is in the water. Children who are under the age of five should be within arm's reach of an adult at all…

how I felt and he suggested swimming again because it was my favorite activity. So, to test if the strange emptiness in my summer came from my lack of swimming, I went to the pool the following week. This was the first time since my race that I was getting back in the water and upon entering the pool, not only was I rushed with a stream of water from underneath, but also rushed with my good memories of swimming and at that moment I realized I truly did enjoy swimming and that it was something I…

do. For example one of my favorite hobbies is I swim and even thought is cold I still go swimming. For me swimming is not just a thing for fun is a thing I have to do and that I love. You can say I am addicted to it, the reason I feel like that about swimming is because it calms me down. This is why when I buy my house it will have a pool. Not just any pool a one of a kind pool. Usually when I finish swimming we play poker. Who’s we you might wonder,’’ we’’ is usually the people I go with who is…

outdoor pool catered towards family fun with a kitty pool, slides, and a diving board, the indoor pool focused on competitive swimming. The length of the indoor pool is twenty five meters long, and twenty meters wide, allowing for eight lanes that are 2.5 meters wide each. Out of these eight lanes, the team used four lanes, each containing assigned swimmers based off their swimming abilities. Sitting nearby the main pool is a hot tub, lifeguard posts, and an entrance from each locker room. The…

makes a huge move on the field, outsplitting Kromowidjojo by 0.3 seconds and Manuel by 0.2 seconds. Over this distance all the swimmers had a reduction in their distance per stroke, but B. Campbell was the only swimmer to increase her stroke rate, swimming at 115.38…

Swimming is a professional sport that requires some high qualifications in fitness, commitment to training hours, etc. Many people who seek this sport are starting as amateurs and then moving to be professionals. Swimming includes many styles, such as backstroke, butterfly, etc. In this article, you will view a list of the top 10 greatest swimmers. 10- Mark Spitz Mark is deemed one of the greatest swimmers of all times. He gained 11 Olympic medals, so he is the fourth highest medalist in the…

Swimming has become an extremely popular and well-enjoyed sport or activity. But what most people do not know is the origin of this unique sport. Swimming can be dated all the way back to ancient times as prehistoric men had to swim in order to cross large bodies of water, but there were also many written works related swimming in the Early Modern Era and moreover, swimming eventually became a competitive sport during the 19th century. The competitiveness of swimming has translated into…