
September-October 2007 Issue
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COVER STORY:
It Takes a Village to Build a Team
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Water Polo Fundamentals
Cross-Training Drills to Enhance Your Swimming Strength
by Cav Cavanaugh, Michael Heather >>> Photos by Peter Bick
Besides being an invigorating Olympic sport, water polo is viewed as effective crosstraining for swimming, and often provides a relief from routine team workouts. The moves with water polo use a wide variety of muscle groups, making the sport a valuable workout alternative for Masters swimmers of all types.
Speed and Grace read>>
Charlotte Davis is a Master of Synchro and Racing
by Raena Alexis Latina-Lawson >>> Photos by David Balch
Most of us are happy to splash around to some degree in just one of the four main aquatic sports. But Seattle native Charlotte Davis excels at two: synchronized swimming and racing. SWIMMER profiles this USMS member's life of coaching, competition and community service.
Don't Go Head-to-Head With a Sailfish read>>
What are the Fastest Swimmers on Earth?
by Jim W. Harper
"You swim like a fish" seems the right thing to say to natural-born swimmers, but with 30,000 species of fish, the compliment leaves much to the imagination. Some fish are fast; some are not. So if you really want to compliment a swimmer, tell her she swims like a sailfish.
- From the Editor
- SWIMMER is for Swimmers by Bill Volckening
- Letters
- Executive Address
- Trends for Our Future by Rob Copeland
- Training & Technique
- Five Fast Facts -- 100 Freestyle
- Pace Yourself
- Keep Your Goggles On!
- Slippery Situation
- Readers Ask: When to Hit the Gym
- Training Boost
- Web Workout by Roma Hunter
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- My Favorite Practice by Margie Hutinger
- Healthy Swimmer
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- Perfect Protein
- Reader Recipe: Black Bean Hummus
- Bathroom Scale vs. Tape Measure
- Combat Headaches with Exercise, Relaxation
- Back-to-School Cleaning
- Join the USMS Health Network
- Swim Bag
- In-Pool Training
- Inside USMS
- USMS Holds Strategic Planning Workshop
- Anziano Named USMS Fitness Chair
- SWIMMER Holds Annual Planning Meeting
- Columbus Sharks Win NIKE Grant
- Swimming Life
- One-Mile Open Water Championships
- Swimmers Shine in USMS 5K Open Water Championships at Fort Myers Beach, Fla.
- Torres Breaks American Record
- Swimming Together to Make a Difference
- 10K open water Championships
- LumberJax Toast Teammate's 80th
- Selden Sets USMS 2-Mile Cable Record
- All in the Family
- On Deck
- Splashback
- Fleishhacker Pool: An Extravagant History by Melissa Minetola
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