Diving medicine

Over the 12-year span of my swimming career, I faithfully trusted my coaches when they told me competitive swimming would take me places. At six-years-old, I dreamed of competing in the Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal, and seeing my face on the cover of a Wheaties box. However, at six-years-old, I never envisioned the mental and physical roller coaster that would define my future in the sport. I would experience numerous mental blocks and physical plateaus; I would sometimes go months and

Elite Training Program for College Swimmers It is important to first understand the complex and structured program that college swimmers have to follow with discipline in order to meet the high expectations of elite athletic departments. According to research, the amount of physical training for swimmers has greatly increased over the last decades (Bompa, 1985; Murphy, Fleck, Dudley & Callister, 1990). A combination of intensity, duration and frequency of training stimuli is a key characteristic

Since the age of 4, playing sports has been apart of my life. I started out as a young boy playing soccer, and then transitioned to swimming year around. I started swimming around eight years old, and currently still swimming now. More specifically, I am in my last swim season of my life, as I am writing this paper. Because of swimming for such a long time, the sport has influenced me to work hard in and out the pool in order to be successful in anything I do. Swimming has taught me to never be satisfied

The Geelong College boys swimming season began in Term 4 2016, and it was evident within the first handful of Saturday competitions that it was going to be a good year with many successes. The season was filled with commitment and enthusiasm, with majority of our team attending many hard and physically demanding training sessions being set day and night, Monday to Friday. With the help and dedication of our coaches Dean Alchin and Mitch Norton the college swim team was ready to take on the GISSA

Watching the screen, many children and adults are glued to the swimmers that race each other in the Olympics. The swimmers are young and strong, but many do not know who these swimmers are. Adding on to what they do not know contains the history of swimming in the glorified Olympics. The backstory of this sporting event shows the progression and improvement of swimming because swimming evolved through the Olympics. This includes the beginning, improvement, and modern Olympic swimming sport. The

One of my favorite places to go to is michigan me and my family try to go every year and we go to a michigan game. The michigan football stadium is the biggest and best stadium in the united states and it is so loud in there and so fun everyone talks to everyone and everyone is so nice. michigan is also very fun because it is a very good place to go fishing. There are charters that you can go fishing off of in the great lakes. We also go to cedar point and that is the biggest amusement park in

Imagine that you’ve just finished an amazing race and you hear your teammates explode into cheers, and when you turn to them they are all screaming and jumping around. The feeling of pride from contributing to a team is something that many swimmers experience at meets. Summer swim teams are composed of exceedingly benevolent and outgoing people who are constantly encouraging you to thrive and improve at the sport. The commitment of practices and meets may seem overwhelming, but in reality, practices

Do you have a pool already? Are you looking into installing a pool? Just dreaming and want to make your dreams real? Do you have a major remodel in mind and just don 't know where to start? Who wouldn 't love to have a relaxing pool, maybe even a stylish pool deck? Having an amazing pool in your backyard is the well deserved get away everyone looks forward to at the end of a long hard work day or even work week. Who doesn 't love to come home to a relaxing oasis to unwind and let go of the day,

Overcoming my Fear: Battling the “Big Blue Monster” Within Imagine a small boy, probably six or seven years old, who was relishing his life, playing with his friends, playing video games, playing with toys. You undoubtedly understand it by now, a lot of playing! But one morning was a lot different from all others, it was a gloomy, autumn morning, where the life of trees was draining away as their leaves fell onto the dead grass. That day, his dad excitedly said “Son, we will be going somewhere

On November 1, 2016 the staff of Blue Mountain Community College opened up their pool for use of two more years by the local swim teams. This summer, the local swim teams including Pendleton High School, Hermiston High School and the town club, Pendleton Swim Association were concerned they would not have a pool for this winter’s season and for future seasons. After attending many conferences meetings and fighting for their pool, the swim teams managed to persuade the college board to keep the Pendleton