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Summer Injuries for Kids
Summer is the time of year where parents often make trips to the emergency room. Some doctors call this time of year, "trauma season." Find out what some of top summer injuries are and how to prevent them. Resources such...
Rubber Band Freestyle Kick Drill
The flutter kick with a rubber band drill challenges you mentally as well as physically. It is resistance training applied to just the legs and hips. (Glenn Mills/GoSwim)...
Swimming Terms Glossary from USA Swimming
USA Swimming has a list of swimming terms from "A" to "Z"ones - and what these terms mean to a swimmer....
Upside-down Breaststroke Drill
Glenn MIlls of GoSwim has an intersteing breastroke drill that will make you think about how you recover your arms - and make you hold your breath. Try the upside down breaststroke drill....
Planning Ahead Helps Swimming-Pool Company Survive Katrina (TechWeb via Yahoo! News)
For SPC Pools, a remote data center located outside of Hurricane Alley made the difference between survival and going out of business.
Swimming Pool Parasite Has 180 Sick (WLWT ChannelCincinnati.com via Yahoo! News)
There are now 180 probable or confirmed cases of cryptosporidiosis in the Tri-state, News 5 reported. The illness is mainly water borne and it has been going around local swimming pools, affecting mostly children under 5. Health officials in Ohio and Northern Kentucky have started working together to stop the spread.
Practice those Flip Turns
Most swimmers don't spend enough time practicing flip turns. Instead, they use flip turns as simply a way to get turned around and headed the other way. But a great turn can be a huge competitive advantage no matter the...
Dolphins moved from hotel swimming pools to Panhandle marine park (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. - Six bottlenose dolphins evacuated to swimming pools at two Mississippi hotels when Hurricane Katrina threatened a marine park there have been moved to a similar facility in the Florida Panhandle.
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