Category: Organization
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5 Things To Consider With A College Swimming Career
As a high-school swimmer, you may have enjoyed a fair degree of success, and really enjoyed the thrill of being part of a team and living a healthy lifestyle which has motivated you to achieve your goals. Now you have graduated high school and you are taking the plunge (swimming-based pun alert) which is going…
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ISSS 2020 Singapore Peak Performing Swim Schools Seminar
Hear from Keynotes Avi Larin and Daniel Lee on some of what to expect on last day of this ground-breaking event for SwimSchoolers from around the World. Includes a short piece on the Conference Hotel – situated perfectly at Clarke Quay. See also the event page
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Novice Meet Swimming Tournament 2019
Over 250 Kids from different parts of the country came for this event. This is an opportunity for the swimming coaches to find and build their program. Check out more of the Novice Meet Swimming Tournament here on Home Base Plus. Home Base Plus, one of Team MMPI’s eight original shows airing on GMA News…
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Anger Over Resignation of Swim Coach
Hey, hey, ho, ho Coach Beth should not go. Balloons, a petition, and signs of support, all for Beth Cholish. Families gathered outside the greater Scranton YMCA, protesting the former swimming coach’s resignation. “It just feels like Coach Beth was treated so unfairly that she could not even exist so she had to resign,†John…
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Can Tokyo’s efficient rail system handle Olympic strain?
First, Tokyo Olympic fans will have to find scarce tickets and pay the price. Then there’s the quandary of landing a hotel room with rates that are being inflated due to unprecedented demand. And the summer heat and humidity will be off-putting for some. Then there’s one more hurdle: getting around, or even finding a…
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The Olympics Are Coming To Tokyo, And So Is The Movement To Kill The Games Forever
This gathering of activists is unprecedented in the history of the Games. In recent years, the Olympics have been consistently and successfully rejected by specific cities, but those anti-Olympics efforts always focused on what the event would do to one place. What this gathering aimed for was a coalescence of the disparate anti-Olympics movements for…
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US Olympics body may sanction athletes for Trump protests
Athletes are facing possible sanctions for protesting Donald Trump at the Pan American Games. Gwen Berry and Race Imboden tried to draw attention to social issues in the US that they feel are spiraling out of control. The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) will evaluate consequences for athletes who protested President Donald Trump…
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Everything you need to know about USCG Rescue Swimmer School
I interview my friend Aviation Survival Technician, AST1 Mark Peer, who is a Rescue Swimmer Instructor at Coast Guard Training Center Elizabeth City, NC. We find out what it truly takes to pass Rescue swimmer school and what you can expect.