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College Swimming
With “back to school” time creeping up, all of our
seniors-to-be are hopefully looking forward to a fast senior year
of swimming and considering continuing their careers in college.
Something you might find interesting is a series of articles on
www.collegeswimming.com, that detail the various stages of
the recruiting process. Also on the same site is a blog being
maintained by a high level recruit, detailing her experience in the
recruiting process. Anyone considering swimming in college should
check these articles out and get an inside look at what it
takes.
BBSC Blog
For all of our college swimmers, we would like to stay in contact
with you. Please log into brownsburgswimclub.blog.com to
communicate with your club coach. Let us know some of your times,
successes, complaints, hard/fun practices, etc.
Floswimming.com
There’s a new swimming website out there with a lot of cool
content, www.floswimming.com. The site has interviews with
coaches and swimmers, articles and news from around the swimming
world as well as meet results and other features. The best part
about the site, however, is a section called “workout
videos.” This section features 6 to 8 minute videos shot at
practices from various elite level programs around the country. The
videos show the swimmers training, but also feature explanation
from the coaches regarding the training sets the swimmers are
doing. It offers a lot of insight, and a glimpse into the training
environment of world class athletes. Check it out, and see if you
have what it takes to be the best!
Website Worth Checking Out
There’s a new swimming website out there that is worth
checking out for anyone interested in the sport. Deckpass.com is a
weekly internet radio podcast / broadcast hosted by Nathan Jendrick
(husband of Olympic medalist Megan Jendrick) and U. S. Olympian
Scott Goldblatt. The duo cover a number of subjects from training
to coaching philosophy or just discussions about swimming in
general, and frequently have guests. The latest show featured an
interview with Paul Yetter, the coach of world record holder Katie
Hoff. The episodes of Deckpass range from 45 to 90 minutes
long and can be downloaded for free into iTunes and other internet
media players. If you’re interested, check out
Deckpass.com for your weekly dose of news from around the
swimming world.
Action Accents
With so many new swimmers on the team this season, we want to make
sure everyone gets outfitted in the team suit for our competitions.
Part of being a team is looking like a team! To that end, please
visit Action Accents
online. Our custom team page is now password protected.
Team suits are available on our team page as well as practice suits
and training equipment, and team caps are available from the
coaching staff. If you’re looking for an additional good deal
on practice suits, the website www.discountswim.com is
offering the “Ugglies” practice suits (bright colors,
floral prints) for $19.99 each.
Podcasts
For all of you swimming fans with iPods out there, the American
Swimming Coaches Association (ASCA) and United States Swimming
(USAS) have both begun providing free podcasts, available
from their respective websites that you can download into iTunes.
On the ASCA site (www.swimmingcoach.org) the link to
subscribe is on the upper right portion of the page. On the USAS
site (www.usaswimming.org) the link is on the upper left.
The subjects of these podcasts range from interviews with the
USA’s brightest starts, to coaches discussing philosophy,
goals and other topics. If you’re interested, check it
out!
Create a My USA Swimming Page
All registered athletes have the opportunity to create their own
personalized USA Swimming account. You will have access to all of
your times from all of the meets you have swum, a season summary
and your IMX scores.
Links:
Many folks have asked about collegiate recruiting rules, and for
advice for their swimmers in making a collegiate choice. The
NCAA Guide for the College-Bound Student Athlete is a good resource
for rules and recommendations:
http://www2.ncaa.org/index_students_parents.php
Another resource for parent education---a book on everything from
the lifelong benefits of swimming to preparing for meets to letting
the coaches coach: The Parents’ Guide to Swimming by
Alan Arata, Ph.D., can be found here:
www.swimmingparent.com
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