Last Year I got the opportunity to create a youth swim program out of a Toronto master’s swim club. After swimming with the club for three years and having my own swim instructing experience‚ I approached the head coach with an idea for a new youth program. I pitched that the program would run alongside the master swim to accommodate for parents who desired the convenience of having their children swim at the same time and location. The head coach was receptive to the idea and contacted the athletes
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Freestyle Stroke The freestyle is also known as the front crawl or the sidestroke. It is used in competitions but there are no real regulations on how it has to be swum. Most swimmers choose to swim front crawl during freestyle competition because it is the fastest technique. For individual freestyle competitions‚ however‚ a swimmer can use any stroke they want‚ but during medley competitions they cannot use the breaststroke‚ butterfly stroke or backstroke. The freestyle stroke involves: coordination
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Sport Management Independent Study Leadership and its effects on part time Coaches “To have long term success as a coach or in any position of Leadership‚ you have to be obsessed in some way.” Stated by - Pat Riley American professional basketball executive‚ and a former coach and player in the NBA. Introduction For my independent study I will concentrate on Leadership in Sport Clubs & Organisation‚ and what it takes to be a leader. Will look at how one person
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Our Nations Little Secret Within every gym and athletic practice across the United States there are secrets. These secrets are kept by public gyms‚ membership health clubs and even high school sports. This secret is killing our youth and disrupting the sportsmanship of not only the United States‚ but also on an international level. What I am referring to is the use of anabolic steroids. This epidemic is spreading through our country like a wildfire. It is going unnoticed and misunderstood
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because I was a four year varsity swimmer for Blue Valley High School‚ and am now bound to a wheelchair. Swimming was one of the most important things to me before my accident I have a rather diverse athletic background; before I even thought of swimming to be my sport‚ I grew up as a football and baseball player. Winning tournaments‚ receiving trophies with my team mates ‚ and earning medals was part of my childhood. It wasn’t until highschool that I became a swimmer‚ and I walked onto the varsity
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surfer Ben Gerring‚ who was surfing at a popular beach break near mandurah earlyer this year. Five days later a sixty year old women‚ Doreen Collyer was taken while diving of the coast of mindarie‚ north of perth.. Raised concerns about the safety of swimmers is an issue that needs to be addressed. . HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE KILLED BY SHARKS? whilst the Australian media continues to sensationalise the threat of shark attacks to human lives‚ the statistics do not support their claims. According to the
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The famous legend “The Lochness Monster” is a well known mystery that has puzzled people since it’s first sighting in 1933. The Lochness Monster is said to be living in the Loch Ness lake of Scotland‚ where it remains to be discovered. Nessie‚ the official nickname of the Loch Ness monster‚ has gained popularity by being photographed by tourists and locals. However‚ there is no way to tell if the images are fake or not. There are speculations about the existence of Nessie. Researches and Nessie enthusiasts
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Flesh-eating bacteria strikes in Florida On June 16th‚ 26 year-old Cason Yeager went for a swim in Florida in Hernando County and later died from contracting the flesh-eating bacteria‚ Vibrio Vulnificus. This bacteria can be found worldwide‚ most particularly in the warm coastal regions but there have been reports in other parts of the world in non-warm waters. According to the CDC in 2013‚ the case count of the vibrio vulnificus was 104 in thirteen states with six hospitalizations. No deaths‚ but
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convicted. Soon‚ however‚ Corey has a more personal interest in the witchcraft trials. In act two we find out his wife has been accused‚ and he tells Hale he never meant to cast any doubt on her with his questions about her reading. He says Mr. Cheever will “burn in Hell” for cooperating with the court (35) and wails to Hale that the accusations “are a fraud” (37). In act three‚ Giles begins to take action to defend his wife and others. He presents the court with a petition of good citizens attesting
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Essay Topic #1: The Growing Distance between Family Members Louise Erdrich’s “The Red Convertible” and John Cheever’s “Reunion”‚ both use symbolism to reveal the growing distance between the main characters. However‚ this fictional technique is used and appears uniquely in both works. In the “Red Convertible” the car is one solitary symbol that represents the brothers’ relationship but in “Reunion” the places the father and son visit resembles their growing distance. Even though the symbols
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