what percentage of active swimmers are members of USMS?
Former Member
I have thought about joining, but can`t come up with a good reason why I should. My schedule conflicts with every team in my area and I really don`t have a strong desire to compete anyway. Already a member of the NRA and the discounts trump anything USMS can offer. Not a whole lot of equipment needed for swimming, so store discounts don`t really seem all that important. I wonder what percentage of active swimmers are members of the USMS?
Doug,
Didn’t your membership dollars fund project to identify swimming pools in Arizona? And didn’t USMS membership dollars fund club development in AZ? Are these valueless?
And thanks for bringing up Dallas Aquatic Masters; USMS membership dollars made it possible for Jim, Bobby and coaches like them around the country to make a living coaching Masters Swimming programs. If it wasn’t for USMS and our members there would be no adult swimming as we know it today and there would likely not be any masters swimming programs or masters swimming coaches.
Obviously from your comments, we have done such a poor job of getting this message out to our local leadership. USMS is more than a magazine, a web site, discussion forum, discounts and swim meets; it is the adult aquatic fitness organization which is trying to provide our members with programs and services to promote health and fitness through swimming.
:applaud: Well said.
Doug,
Didn’t your membership dollars fund project to identify swimming pools in Arizona? And didn’t USMS membership dollars fund club development in AZ? Are these valueless?
And thanks for bringing up Dallas Aquatic Masters; USMS membership dollars made it possible for Jim, Bobby and coaches like them around the country to make a living coaching Masters Swimming programs. If it wasn’t for USMS and our members there would be no adult swimming as we know it today and there would likely not be any masters swimming programs or masters swimming coaches.
Obviously from your comments, we have done such a poor job of getting this message out to our local leadership. USMS is more than a magazine, a web site, discussion forum, discounts and swim meets; it is the adult aquatic fitness organization which is trying to provide our members with programs and services to promote health and fitness through swimming.
:applaud: Well said.
