115 swimmers from all over the Southern Pacific Masters Swimming Region (and beyond!) showed up on Saturday and Sunday to compete. Teams also participated in 200 Medley and 200 Freestyle Relays over the two days.
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No matter how committed we say we are with our goals, the big difference maker with elite swimmers and average swimmers is how they tackle main sets.
Some swimmers just naturally don’t fear the hard sets.
They are willing to dive into the water and go full-tilt. No Sammy Save-Up. No playing it conservative. Straight-up swimming like their hair is on fire.
Katie Ledecky is such a swimmer.
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Swimming has it's own special language. This glossary will help new swimmers understand that odd sounding jargon they might encounter during a practice session And no the coach is not talking in tongues
Swimming, like every other vocation and specialized subject, has it's own jargon, it's own lingo. If you've been swimming for a while, that jargon has become second nature to you.
Take for example, the sentence:
We did a set of 10x100 on the 1:30, negative-splitting each 100 and descending the set.
Huh?
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Thanks for everyone who participated in this year’s USMS Virtual Championships!
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LA Times Book Club features a book about swimming!
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