to be a part of the human race...and in this case certain members of the swimming community:
Wounded soldiers in pool row
Horrifically wounded British servicemen were jeered and abused as they used a public swimming pool as part of their recovery treatment.
www.mirror.co.uk/.../
They didn't mention whether the wounded soldiers were using noodles or not. If they were that lady's derision may have been deserved. Kidding, of course, but I bet there's another side to this story we're not hearing. The whole tone of that article was meant to inflame. If the woman actually took her anger out on the soldiers that was wrong, but maybe she simply complained to the facility that they should tell people if they change the schedule or something like that. I think most of us would agree we don't always get the full or accurate story from the media.
About Paul's discussion of mixing things up/the mental component of swimming. There's a good interview with Bob Bowman on the Floswimming site where the interviewer asks him about the mental component in swimming. Bowman says for elite athletes it's close to 100% (so agrees with GH), but is much less of a factor the further down the ranks you go. You do have to have the talent and the technique. It's a great video. This is in part one of the interveiw, there's also a part two where he has a funny story about what he learned from Paul Bergen.
They didn't mention whether the wounded soldiers were using noodles or not. If they were that lady's derision may have been deserved. Kidding, of course, but I bet there's another side to this story we're not hearing. The whole tone of that article was meant to inflame. If the woman actually took her anger out on the soldiers that was wrong, but maybe she simply complained to the facility that they should tell people if they change the schedule or something like that. I think most of us would agree we don't always get the full or accurate story from the media.
About Paul's discussion of mixing things up/the mental component of swimming. There's a good interview with Bob Bowman on the Floswimming site where the interviewer asks him about the mental component in swimming. Bowman says for elite athletes it's close to 100% (so agrees with GH), but is much less of a factor the further down the ranks you go. You do have to have the talent and the technique. It's a great video. This is in part one of the interveiw, there's also a part two where he has a funny story about what he learned from Paul Bergen.
