Loved the home page feature on the USMS website today...
www.usms.org/features.php
Since the NCAA Championships are all around us these two weeks, who hasn't thought about our outstanding collegiate swimmers?
But have any of us considered inviting them to join us at masters in their near future?
Masters Swim Clubs in college areas could do all kinds of great things to inspire a retiring collegiate swimmer to join them.
Invite them to talk to the team at a social event would be an easy no-brainer.
But even beyond.
How about asking them to hold a clinic for your club?
And pay them since now they can accept the cash - and probably need it?
What else can we do to entice them to join our clubs (rack up points at the championship meets) and begin the rest of their healthy fit lives?
I am pretty sure that these swimmers will need a break from the pool if they aren't Nationally ranked(top 2% percentile or something) and trying to make a World or Olympic team in the future. When I left college swimming, I didn't want to be nowhere near a pool. Of course, I did the occasional lap swimming once every 6 months. Heck, I didn't want to compete ever again. But, after watching Phelps in the 2003 World Champs, I sort of got the urge to compete again and did in 2004.
I am pretty sure that these swimmers will need a break from the pool if they aren't Nationally ranked(top 2% percentile or something) and trying to make a World or Olympic team in the future. When I left college swimming, I didn't want to be nowhere near a pool. Of course, I did the occasional lap swimming once every 6 months. Heck, I didn't want to compete ever again. But, after watching Phelps in the 2003 World Champs, I sort of got the urge to compete again and did in 2004.
