Competitive swimming is extremely expensive. In Connecticut at the 13&over level, it costs well over $12,000 a year per swimmer. Here is the cost for Gretchen to compete just for the short course season (September to early April): program fee: $2400 team dues: $425 Y membership: $744 required equipment: $97.50 required team suit: $66.25 meet […]
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Make It Easy To Raise The Training Bar
Long-term development in swimming is my goal as both a parent and swim coach. My objective isn’t to get my own children or the kids I coach to be as fast as possible as soon as possible. A full scholarship at the best possible college program is not the goal. Longevity is. The potential for […]
I Feel Like My Old Swimming Self Again
If I had to choose the one thing that has had the biggest impact on my life, it would be the sport of swimming. I’ve been involved with swimming in some capacity for forty-one years. I started swimming when I was ten years old. Many swimmers had already been on the team for two or […]
More Life Lessons Through Swimming
I’m sitting in the lobby right now, while Number 3 and 4 are in the pool warming up for the second night of finals at a four day swim meet. Last year I was at this same meet, losing my mind. COMPLETELY LOSING MY MIND. Last year I had little (to no) perspective. I was […]
Why Competitive Swimming Is AWESOME
Let me tell you why I love the sport of swimming SO MUCH. After being on the same swim team for six years, we switched to a new team about six months ago. This came as a surprise to our former team, and some people were really understanding and supportive of our decision, and then […]
The Thrill Of Victory… The Agony Of Defeat… The Human Drama Of Athletic Competition
I can’t imagine what direction my life would have taken had I never discovered swimming. By swimmer standards, I started later than many kids. I didn’t join the swim team until I was ten years old. By this time most of the kids I swam with had been swimming for at least two years already. […]