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Rolling on the river

Proud Mary (song) with some great swimming moves from the dancers to the end. Enjoy.

Slow down, you move to fast. Feeling groovy on the 10th Street Bridge.

Post-Gazette reports on the dino-geese. http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/art-architecture/2018/10/14/Dino-geese-10th-Street-Bridge-Tim-Kaulen/stories/201810140208

Another local bird that flies around these parts.

Friday events at Mt. Lebanon swim pool for water polo and SKWIM with guardians

Lifeguards, triathletes, hockey players, basketball players and coaches as well as adults, parents, teachers, guardians and kids — of course — come to a fun water workout on Friday evenings when there isn’t a home football game at Mt. Lebanon’s indoor, new, high school swim pool from 7:30 to 9 pm. Show up at 7:15 if you can so we can transition into activities and have some time to chat before we begin.

More info at this page:

https://waterpolo.cloh.org/2018/09/24/mt-lebo-hosting-water-polo-and-skwim-for-kids-and-adults/

Crisis and the churn at the pool

Some people say that there is a crisis in youth sports participation. To be sure, the levels of this crisis — or not — depend upon many factors including location, coaching, other opportunities, support from the society and culture, school district and more.

Click image for larger view. Source: USA Swimming. Chart of national retention percentages by years for swimmers in USA Swimming programs.

Overall retention has stayed pretty constant around 70%. USA Swimming had its second best year ever in 2017 with 74.2%. Basically means that 7 out of 10 athletes stay with the sport from one year to the next.

The 12-Under retention levels within USA Swimming hovers around 60%. Again 6-out-of-10 12-Unders athletes stay with the sport. Colleagues in other sports say they’d love to have that retention rate for younger kids.

And most of you already know that if a 13-Over-Swimmer is with your team, they are more than likely to stay with your team, since the retention hovers around 90%.

Come Live Over Here

Behind the scenes:

Interview about water safety and SKWIM

Also launching the site, SKWIM.us, to share our water safety quiz efforts and teach the basics of the game.

AutoCoach brochure

Two pages:

AutoCoach-final-Monday-brochure for USA-20180827

Media mentions

Tip: Click on the links or images below to go to the various articles. Some news accounts include multiple photos and videos.

NCAA Mens’ Water Polo at Highland Park Pool: TinyURL.com/water-polo-trib

Great article.

Greg Kinzler, the student athlete, is a college senior in terms of academics, but it is just the second year on the team as he went to a different PSU Campus for the first two years of his engineering studies.