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Rocket Launchers for more Swim Start and Turn Speed
Plyometric exercises are a great ways to improve power, speed, and strength. Doing "Rocket Launchers" can increase your power off the blocks and off every wall. Rocket Launchers are specific training for the muscle groups used in starts and pushoffs....
Swimming in Antarctica - A Triple Attempt
Lewis Pugh will be attempting three different swims in the frigid antarctic waters. If successful, Lewis will become the only person to have completed a long distance swim in both the Arctic and the Antarctic....
Swimming teams open pool, sink competition (The Lantern)
The Ohio State men's and women's swimming and diving teams both won their respective meets this past weekend.
Stop Supporting 'Illegal and Cruel' Dolphin Captures and Dolphin Swim Excursions
Besides the cruelty involved, swim-with-dolphins programs can also be dangerous to the public. Because they are ill-suited for captivity, dolphins can become agitated and aggressive from forced interaction with humans. In Japan, dolphins are captured by driving entire pods ashore...
Vandals damage swimming pool (The News-Messenger)
A man reported his above-ground pool was damaged after someone threw landscaping rocks against its side walls. The man in the 1400 block of Port Clinton Road said the large rocks appeared to have come from his lawn, he reported shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Pre-planning for High School Swim Training Plans
Data must be gathered and factors considered before a season training plan for high school swimmers can be constructed. Without certain information, like starting and ending dates, athlete ability levels, and notes from past plans, a new plan will be,...
Swim for Croatia or Qatar - Will Draganja Go for the Million Dollars?
Croatian swimmer and Olympic silver medallist Duje Draganja might become a citizen of Qatar. If he does, he may earn 1 million dollars for the nationality switch, along with bonuses for world championship and Olympic medals. (SLAM)...
Swimming pool, reading net action by council (Baldwin City Signal)
It was a mixture of swimming pool and preschool reading program for the only action items for the Baldwin City Council Monday.
Children's swimming pool forced to close (Belfast Telegraph)
A Northern Ireland leisure centre's swimming pool has been closed as health chiefs investigate the source of a bug that has struck down 11 children since the beginning of October, it emerged today.
Special Needs Swim Gear
Keeping kids safe and happy in the pool is a challenge for most parents, but the parents of children with special needs may have extra dilemmas to deal with -- finding swim diapers for older kids, keeping ear tubes dry,...
Swimming pool fundraising a splash in Spring Grove (Winona Daily News)
After a dry summer, residents of Spring Grove, Minn., may be swimming in a bigger, splashier pool next summer.
MR. FIX-IT: How to get swimming pools blue again (Miami Herald)
The storm has passed, but your pool has suffered. The water is green, there's scum on the bottom, top and sides and it's full of leaves and branches and the lawn furniture you put there pre-Wilma for safety.
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