A quick question for the knowledgeable readers out there. This NYT magazine called Play recently contacted me about writing a piece for a section they call "Master Class" -- they want me to go someplace warm and get some swimming instruction of some sort.
I know that USMS used to have some kind of program where masters swimmers could apply to go out to Colorado Springs for intensive coaching, stroke analysis in the ICAR flume, etc. Is this still going on, do any of you know, and would it be possible to just do a "lite" version of this (a day or two; bypass the application process; not actually need to be an elite swimmer; etc.)
The other possibilities would be one of Terry's TI camps (though, God help me, front quadrant swimming really hurts my shoulders, and I feel this dog is just too old to learn that particular new trick).
Or--and this might be my favorite of all--didn't Gary Hall, Jr. start some sort of Sprint Club training camp down in Key West or the Bahamas or some similar place that would prove the perfect antidote to Pittsburgh this time of the year, especially if I don't have to pay for it?
Please let me know the details of any such possibiities--the editor did specify he'd prefer me to go someplace "warm and outdoors-y." Which makes two of us.
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I guess because I'm one of those opinionated women (and somewhat guilty of trying to get the last word) I can't just leave it be......
Self-Moderation is the best means of control. The Advertising industry is almost entirely self regulated. Yes, they have the higher powers of the FCC and what not, but before it even gets to that level it goes through an intense self-moderation process. A process done by everyone, not just a select few. The majority has to agree before action can be taken, and no one group, or organization or person has supreme control or more sway than any other. My point is we have to take into account the will of everybody rather than a select few and no one should try to assert precedence over another, whether it be the sillys trying to lighten it up or the diehards trying to keep the content.
I think we're all in agreement that this is a swimming forum first and for most, and it does at times sway off topic. But IMHO the non-swimming related is greatly outshadowed by the swimming related. At times the NSR may reign supreme, but it always goes back to real swimming issues. And the NSR isn't running rampent in every thread that is posted here (from what I've seen).
IMHO I think having to slog through the pages upon pages of agruing about which side is better HUGELY outweighs any skipping that might have been done when this first become an issue about having too much NSR on these forums.
It seems obvious that the moderators want us to work this out on our own, which I think is a good idea. People don't always inherently get along and you have to make things work. So let's be the civil adults we can all be, stop the mudslinging and come to a peaceful conclusion. There's enough other real issues going on in the world right now to have such a heated and never ending debate over to much NSR on a voluntary forum.
Just my :2cents:
*I shudder to think what would happen if this were a politic forum. ;)
I guess because I'm one of those opinionated women (and somewhat guilty of trying to get the last word) I can't just leave it be......
Self-Moderation is the best means of control. The Advertising industry is almost entirely self regulated. Yes, they have the higher powers of the FCC and what not, but before it even gets to that level it goes through an intense self-moderation process. A process done by everyone, not just a select few. The majority has to agree before action can be taken, and no one group, or organization or person has supreme control or more sway than any other. My point is we have to take into account the will of everybody rather than a select few and no one should try to assert precedence over another, whether it be the sillys trying to lighten it up or the diehards trying to keep the content.
I think we're all in agreement that this is a swimming forum first and for most, and it does at times sway off topic. But IMHO the non-swimming related is greatly outshadowed by the swimming related. At times the NSR may reign supreme, but it always goes back to real swimming issues. And the NSR isn't running rampent in every thread that is posted here (from what I've seen).
IMHO I think having to slog through the pages upon pages of agruing about which side is better HUGELY outweighs any skipping that might have been done when this first become an issue about having too much NSR on these forums.
It seems obvious that the moderators want us to work this out on our own, which I think is a good idea. People don't always inherently get along and you have to make things work. So let's be the civil adults we can all be, stop the mudslinging and come to a peaceful conclusion. There's enough other real issues going on in the world right now to have such a heated and never ending debate over to much NSR on a voluntary forum.
Just my :2cents:
*I shudder to think what would happen if this were a politic forum. ;)
