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?
Rick,
To directly reply to your statement, I agree with in for the most part. The school has the right to require you to do things. They don't have the right to prevent you from doing things when you are not under their supervision. The problem we have with the Missouri and many other state's rules are that they prohibit swimmers from maintaining their training in what is truely a year round conditioning cycle. In Missouri, for example, my daughter can't go to the Benko clinic we are hosting unless her coach comes along. If the high school can't or doesn't want to rent pool time over spring break, she can't practice with her USA-S team. We don't want her to skip HS practice, we are just looking for ways to do what she would like to do outside of school.
Leo
Rick,
To directly reply to your statement, I agree with in for the most part. The school has the right to require you to do things. They don't have the right to prevent you from doing things when you are not under their supervision. The problem we have with the Missouri and many other state's rules are that they prohibit swimmers from maintaining their training in what is truely a year round conditioning cycle. In Missouri, for example, my daughter can't go to the Benko clinic we are hosting unless her coach comes along. If the high school can't or doesn't want to rent pool time over spring break, she can't practice with her USA-S team. We don't want her to skip HS practice, we are just looking for ways to do what she would like to do outside of school.
Leo
