This past summer I worked as a head lifeguard at the local YMCA. In addition to my regular responsibilities, I volunteered to make the bi-weekly staff schedule. Not only were we heavily understaffed, but the available team members were typically occupied with the swim lessons that dominated the summer’s budget. My task was to split the responsibilities for two pools, a water park, and weekday lessons between thirty lifeguards and roughly six swim instructors while accommodating availability and
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newspaper discussing the Paralympic Swimming Trials. The meet was being held at the University of Minnesota Aquatics Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Still coping with her new disability, Weggemann found one thing unchanged, her love for swimming. While attending the meet as a spectator with her sister, she met several of the US National Team coaches as well as her current coach, Jim Anderson. The following Monday, Weggemann returned to the pool and has been swimming since. She touts her Paralympic
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“Swimmers take your mark,” as the referee says. A loud “BEEP” and a flash indicate that you dive off the block and start swimming your race. Gretna's swim team has a huge bond that can not be broken. We all are individuals swimming as a team to bring home these awards that we earned for our hard work. If the school had taken away our team, we would be devastated about it as a whole and we would do everything in our power to get our team back. I will be starting three topics on why we should be able
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The Female Athlete (2009). The Olympic Textbook of Science and Sport, The Encyclopaedia of Sports Medicine An IOC Medical Commission Publication. Chapter 23 382 -397 Wiley- Blackwell , Chichester, UK Introduction Since women’s first involvement in the Olympic Games in 1900, great progress has been made in increasing the participation rates of women across most events. In 2000, women represented 44% of the competitors at the Sydney Summer Games, although this was not matched by coverage of women’s
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[pic] [pic] [pic] [pic] Competitive, enjoyable, great fun THE BARBADOS AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION PRESENTS THE 24th ANNUAL AQUATIC CENTRE INTERNATIONAL INVITATIONAL GARFIELD SOBERS SPORTS COMPLEX AQUATIC CENTRE WILDEY, ST MICHAEL TEL # 246-429-7946; FAX: 246-436-2272 The Barbados Amateur Swimming Association extends a cordial invitation to you to participate in The 24thAquatic Centre International
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You are the Lifeguard Coordinator at the Swimplex, a local indoor public pool located within the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex in Waterloo. The Swimplex includes an eight-lane swimming pool, with a competitive area and spectator seating that accommodates up to 300 people. There is a concession area, as well as a male, female and alternate-need change room. The pool has a three-storey waterslide, springboards, a five-metre tower, and a separate shallow play area for young kids. Additionally
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SEMESTER 1 2015/2016 Co-cu No: MPU-24L2 LOG BOOK CO-CURRICULUM SWIMMING |photo | Personal Information Name : NG JU YI Student’s Reg. No : 14ABD00994 I.C No : 961210-33-5013 Telephone No : 012-2281306 E-mail : jy_1210@outlook.com Course of study : DMK Current address : NO.Block C-308,Taman Kolej Perdana
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Finny, as I stand over your grave, an overwhelming sense of emptiness comes over me. I have so much I want to say to you. As I think about you, three distinct memories of you stand out in my mind: when you broke the swimming record, the moment when I jounced the limb, and our last conversation in the Infirmary room. I truly was shocked, Phineas. It was the first time I realized that you simply didn’t just perform these daredevil antics to show off; you went through the motions to prove yourself
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OUTLINE Swimming: the lifelong sport Thesis Statement: Swimming is a healthy life long sport. Specific Purposes: To describe competitive swimming To inform classmates of the health benefits of swimming To describe to classmates how to do a swimming workout Introduction: 1. How many students have waited for more than 15 minutes to use one of the machines at the gym? Go to the pool. 2. Explain what talk about in speech THESIS: Swimming is a healthy life long sport Body: 1. Competitive swimming does not
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University Athletic Association Philippines (UAAP) Season 76 Swimming Competition 2013 at TRACE College Submitted by: Yuri L. Matias BSHRM - 4th yr. TRACE College Los Banos, Laguna, 1st Semester School Year 2013 - 2014 University Athletic Association Philippines (UAAP) Season 76 swimming competition was held at TRACE College, Los Banos, Laguna Acquatic Sports Complex where an olympic size swimming pool is located. The compettion was lasted for 4 days, from
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