Splash!

Former Member
Former Member
I'll say one thing for this magazine, interspersed between all of the hero-worship articles are some that cover subjects with real meat. In the last few issues are articles about foreign swimmers with American college scholarships, the conflict between USS and high-school swimming, eating disorders among swimmers, and (the lack of) racial diversity in the sport. These are real issues to the sport. Wouldn't it be nice if this group discussed some of these?
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  • Former Member
    Former Member
    As a sidenote, even though we are in Tennessee where my daughter has the opportunity to swim both USA and High School at the same time, this year she chose to not swim High School. She puts in up to 27 hours a week in USA Swimming workouts and did not attend enough "mandatory" high school workouts last year to earn her varsity letter, despite being on two third place relays and scoring individual place points at the State meet. The extra time and lack of recognition by the High School coach made her decide to give it a rest this year. So, the lesson is, even if it's not screwed up by beaurocrats, there's still the opportunity for others to do so.
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  • Former Member
    Former Member
    As a sidenote, even though we are in Tennessee where my daughter has the opportunity to swim both USA and High School at the same time, this year she chose to not swim High School. She puts in up to 27 hours a week in USA Swimming workouts and did not attend enough "mandatory" high school workouts last year to earn her varsity letter, despite being on two third place relays and scoring individual place points at the State meet. The extra time and lack of recognition by the High School coach made her decide to give it a rest this year. So, the lesson is, even if it's not screwed up by beaurocrats, there's still the opportunity for others to do so.
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