Swimming Pool Headlines
Residents want end to 'swimming pools' in their basements, power loss (Stoney Creek News)
Stoney Creek residents beseeched Hamilton politicians to prevent their homes from being flooded from an ongoing sewer problem.
Here's what school swimming pool, track, etc. would cost (The Islands' Sounder)
When a survey conducted by the Orcas Island Education Foundation indicated that parents, students and staff members would like a swimming pool, a track and a performing arts amphitheatre constructed on school grounds, Interim Superintendent Jeff Van Handel decided to sharpen his pencil, pull out his calculator, and figure out the projected price tag, including the cost to local property owners.
Recall of Children's Arm Band Pool Floats Sold at CVS Stores
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Recall of Children's Arm Band Pool Floats...
Hurricane Katrina - Relief Information
A partial list of relief organizations and other information on hurricane Katrina available on the Web. (NY Times)...
The 22 Mile Lake Tahoe Swim Challenge
Looks like there are more folks doing open water swims for good causes these days. Ken Harmon plans to swim the length of Lake Tahoe - 22 miles - without a wetsuit. His swim will help raise funds for a...
60,000 Meter Swim - Polar Bears Can Do It
Polar bears are good swimmers among land animals, but some recent research shows that they may be among the best long-distance swimmers in the world. The WWF has a polar bear tracking site that lets you follow the progress of...
Imitation Swimming on Dryland
Imitation exercises create the correct kinesthetic perception for a swimmer. The exercises include imitation of various swimming positions - why should the positions be imitated?...
Porter splits over special water rate for filling swimming pools (Chesterton Tribune)
Swimmers hoping to fill their backyard pools early won’t get an additional break on special summer sewer rates in the town of Porter next year. Town Council member Paul Childress and President Bill Sexton were outvoted by members Sandy Boothe, Jennifer Granat and Sandi Snyder.
Short Individual Medley (SM) Swim Training and Racing
Let's look at some ideas on a new swim training and competition category for individual medley (IM) events swum as long axis (LA - freestyle and backstroke) and short axis (SA - butterfly and breaststroke) stroke pairs in 25/25, 50/50,...
Safety Turtle Swim Alarm System - Protect Your Child from Drowning Accidents
The Safety Turtle is a personal wireless alarm system designed to protect young children from drowning or serious injury in backyard swimming pools, lakes and other water hazards. Unlike other alarms that are triggered when a person enters a swimming...
Swimmer's Body Rotation - Save Time and Energy
Developing greater rotation on freestyle is one of the laziest things you can do to make you a faster swimmer and to make swimming easier. Just remember, too much of a good thing isn't so good. (Glenn Mills/GoSwim)...
Swim or Splash with Your Apple iPod or iRiver iFP with These Waterproof Cases
I used the h2oaudio SV iMini waterproof case with my friend's Apple iPod Mini MP3 player while jogging, swimming, and splashing around in the swimming pool. No water got to the iPod - thank you h2oaudio for this waterproof case...
Swimming Pool Q&A (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
(KRT) - Q: Our pool is screened, has an automated vacuum unit and is maintained by a professional pool-cleaning service every week. Still, the pool always has small black specks and other unidentifiable particles floating on top of the water, even after a cleaning.
Four Swim Skills for Swimmers to Master for Faster Swimming
Swim coaches like to talk about how swimming gets harder as a swimmer goes faster because of an increase in drag. The swimmer must decrease the impact of that drag or apply a great deal more muscle power while swimming....
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