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Swimming Pool, Jail Among Texas' Endangered Places (KCEN-TV Temple)
DALLAS (AP) - The most endangered historic places in Texas range from a county jail to a drive-in theater. The list of seven was released Thursday at an Austin news conference by Preservation Texas Inc., a nonprofit group that raises money and awareness for saving historic places.
Swimming in cash: Pursue pool sponsors (New Hampshire Union Leader)
Officials in Concord, of all places, are moving forward with a plan to save taxpayers money by moving some public swimming pool expenses out of the general fund.
YMCA closes swimming pools (Boston Herald)
WEST BARNSTABLE - The only YMCA on Cape Cod closed its two pools this week after the state Board of Health found...
High school swimming: Mustangs riding mighty high in 4A pool (Deseret News)
Even though Mountain Crest High School's boys team entered this weekend's 4A meet with a virtual lead of 46 points over...
Swim Skills for Swimmers to Master for Better Swimming Swim Skills for Swimmers to Master for Better Swimming originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 at 02:43:27.
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. Swimmers find it difficult to get results from applying more muscle power to the water if they are not doing it the right way. The first steps to faster swimming are positioning, grabbing, pressing, and rotating, things that everyone can learn. Here are a few things to check before trying to put more muscle power into your swims.
YMCA closes swimming pools (Cape Cod Times)
WEST BARNSTABLE — The only YMCA on Cape Cod closed its two pools this week after the state Board of Health found unhealthy water and air quality at the facilities.
Swimming with Fins Swimming with Fins originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 at 02:02:59.
Swimming with fins is a way for swimmers to improve kick strength, ankle flexibility, body position, and go faster during a swim practice. Swim fins or flippers come in hundreds of shapes, colors, fastenings, and sizes; different fins will do different things for (and to) you.
Fitness Swimming by Emmett Hines (Book) Fitness Swimming by Emmett Hines (Book) originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Thursday, January 21st, 2010 at 00:15:00.
This book, Fitness Swimming, is a great resource for a swimmer with a little lap swimming experience that needs more direction, or a lap swimmer with a lot of swimming experience that wants to try some new ideas (of course, that assumes that the ideas in the book are new to that swimmer). It focuses on freestyle technique and fitness swim training from developing skills through swimming fast.
French Town Heats Swimming Pool With Sewage (Fast Company Magazine)
Sometimes swimming in public pools can seem a little unsanitary, but one French town in the suburbs of Paris really puts the poo in pool. Sophie Deschiens, the Environment Councilwoman for the town of Levallois-Perret , was bugged by the wasted energy of hot water getting dumped down the drain. The water in city pipes averages a temperature of 68 F, she thought, so why not put it to good use ...
Movie Review: Swimming Pool (1969) (Blogcritics.org)
The beautiful people are boring.
Swim Lesson Teaching Time and Space Issues - Keep Parents and Others at a Distance? Swim Lesson Teaching Time and Space Issues - Keep Parents and Others at a Distance? originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Friday, January 29th, 2010 at 04:04:54.
A swim teacher and swim coach in England, Shev Gul, is trying to get people to realize, respect, and formally make the teaching of swim lessons a health and safety issue that needs to be done in a secure, uninterrupted environment. What this means in the long run is that people should be kept a certain distance away from the swim lesson teaching area. In other words, keep parents and others back from the side of the pool; they should wait and watch swim lessons or swim practice from a distance.
Swimming: 'Supa Sid' no slouch in pool (Otago Daily Times)
Eighty-year-old Sidney Salek (Mount Maunganui) displayed the enthusiasm and aggression of a teenager when he punched the air with his fist after breaking a New Zealand record at Moana Pool this week.
How to Teach Swimmers the Back Float in 60 Seconds or Less? How to Teach Swimmers the Back Float in 60 Seconds or Less? originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Monday, January 25th, 2010 at 00:27:14.
When it comes to teaching swimming to true beginners who are at least 3 year of age, the back float can be taught in 60 seconds or less. Am I kidding? No, I am not. But let me explain an approach that will not only allow you to teach preschoolers to float on their back in 60 seconds or less, it will also help you teach preschoolers to swim sooner too.
(Photo by Jim Reiser)
Breaststroke Swimming Technique Thoughts Breaststroke Swimming Technique Thoughts originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Thursday, February 4th, 2010 at 03:13:36.
What is your mental picture of a breaststroke swimmer? This is one result from a mental exercise to quickly describe different elements of breaststroke swimming.
Swimmers To Do List - Improve Your Swimming Swimmers To Do List - Improve Your Swimming originally appeared on About.com Swimming on Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at 01:31:00.
There are many things that swimmers can do to swim better. This to do list of 10 ways to better swimming could help any swimmer improve their swimming. Get this to do list done and swim on!
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