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Industry News: United States Masters Swimming and College Sw

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Industry News: United States Masters Swimming and College Swimming Coaches Announce New Program I like the concept and have always felt that there was an opportunity to coordinate more with colleges when they are in the vicinity of masters teams...will be interesting to see how it works out. I still however believe that just as big of an opportunity exists to partner with High School swimming. My impression is that high school grads who don't go on to swim in college generally have no idea that masters swimming exists. www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/.../19073.asp
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  • Yeah, I quit my freshman year in college. I knew there was a Masters team out there but like was mentioned previously, I though it was for much older people (of which I am one now! LOL!). I don't know if I would have continued or not. I was pretty burnt toast at that point and needed a break. But it would have been good to have a better understanding of the opportunities out there once I was out of age group. This is an example why I think high school swimmers (who are not recruited for college) are a far more likely group to get involved with masters swimming...so many college swimmers leave very burnt out and need a break...high school kids who were not top tier USS swimmers and did it more for social and fitness reasons would seem to me to be a very recruitable group.
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  • Yeah, I quit my freshman year in college. I knew there was a Masters team out there but like was mentioned previously, I though it was for much older people (of which I am one now! LOL!). I don't know if I would have continued or not. I was pretty burnt toast at that point and needed a break. But it would have been good to have a better understanding of the opportunities out there once I was out of age group. This is an example why I think high school swimmers (who are not recruited for college) are a far more likely group to get involved with masters swimming...so many college swimmers leave very burnt out and need a break...high school kids who were not top tier USS swimmers and did it more for social and fitness reasons would seem to me to be a very recruitable group.
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