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?
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Former Member
I just graduated from college last may and I really didn't take any time off from when college ended to beginning post collegiate swimming career...As soon as school was done, I watched the olympics and I just knew I had to be back in the water competing.
But I do feel kind of out of place at meets...Usually being the youngest or one of the youngest there really limits how much participation you want to do with masters swimming. If there was more geared to our age group then I could see the 18-24 age group growing in numbers, and having a larger turn out. If they keep the appeal up for the younger crowd then you would have more ex college kids comming out.
I agree with this. A lot of people have the attitude that if you're in your 20s you're not a "real" Masters swimmer. Very unwelcoming. But if we got more young people competing, there would be a snowball effect, where you feel more like you belong at the meets, which would bring in even more people. Getting the process started is the hard part.
I just graduated from college last may and I really didn't take any time off from when college ended to beginning post collegiate swimming career...As soon as school was done, I watched the olympics and I just knew I had to be back in the water competing.
But I do feel kind of out of place at meets...Usually being the youngest or one of the youngest there really limits how much participation you want to do with masters swimming. If there was more geared to our age group then I could see the 18-24 age group growing in numbers, and having a larger turn out. If they keep the appeal up for the younger crowd then you would have more ex college kids comming out.
I agree with this. A lot of people have the attitude that if you're in your 20s you're not a "real" Masters swimmer. Very unwelcoming. But if we got more young people competing, there would be a snowball effect, where you feel more like you belong at the meets, which would bring in even more people. Getting the process started is the hard part.
