cookygirl202, Swim team was awesome!!!!!!!! Our Coach was not too hard on us either. Because we had all not been in the water in awhile it felt heavy. LOL! Anyway it was a really fun first practice and I can't wait for today! -Sidnee#8
swim4ever513, all the little kids would love that and it would be cute, but me and the older teens saying that would just we weird! LOL! Thanks for the cheer! -Sidnee#8
Swimgrl911, and cookygirl202, thanks girls! We have more then 150 kids on our team and our coach is always trying to get us to put our hands in and then throw them up, but there is way to many people for that!!!!!!!!! -Sidnee#8
sidnee#8, ok , hears a cheer that i learned at a cheer camp in first grade. (i worn u, it's kinda stupid) ok, it goes: The cookie monster says that the (your team's name) are that great big cookies at the top of the jar. the cookie monster says that the (your competition's team name) are that itsy bitsy crumbs at the bottom of the jar! (ok, i know that was kinda stupid, but it was cute when we did it is first grade! LOL
sidnee#8- I can never remember our cheers (my cousin whose like 15 but he's on my team, he's no one of the coaches, usually makes them up!) but we get all pumped up and at the end of every cheer, we're all like "VGP ROCKS! GO PIRANHAS!!!!! we are Piranhas j2tu... but the cheers, I dunno!
Sidnee#8, hears a cheer: 1,2,3,4 we declare a swim war,5,6,7,8 touch the wall and concentrate!!!!! it will rly help ur team get pumped b4 the begining of a meet. Good Luck!!! -swimgrl911
swim4ever513, Oh I will I'm totally pumped!!!!!!! lol! I just can't wait!!!!!!!! -Sidnee#8 P.S. Does anyone have a good chear our team could do? You know like before we start a meet? If so please share!
I just wanted to post here to say that all you swimmers and divers and such... good job! Swimming is a hard sport, and I think that you all deserve some appreciation. Good job, girls!
I love to swim! Swimming is really fun! I think that some day I want to be in the Olympics as a swimmer, but I also like tennis too! (Too many sports I can't decide!)So, if you like sports, then click the HEART! And write what your favorite sport is! (although it swimming ROCKS!) Love ya! ~Rubykangaroo
I LOOOOOVE SWIMMING! i went off the high dive for the first time the day after I got my ears double peirced! I had to hold my ears so it didn't rip or anything, and it still hurt! I want to learn how to dive better!
H20101, Cool what is your breast or fly time in a 50 or 25 meter pool? I hope your foot feels better and I hope your not to down that you can't go to the Olympics! -Sidnee#8
JonasForLife, I think you should join swim team! You don't have to be fast to have a good time. Swim team is not about winning all your races it's about beatting your own times. I was not fast when I started swim team, but now I'm an awesome swimmer! So you should try it out and see how you like it! -Sidnee#8 P.S. Tell me what happens!
i like to swim. but mostly underwater. i think someday i will try surfing. but i don't live near an ocean so i'll just have to wait. but right now i'm just gonna keep exploring underwater and go tubing. ttfn!
I love swimming, but most of the time I just walk around in the pool, because I can't bring my feet up, but I love to jump/dive into the pool. I can swim underwater, but not for a long time, because I need to catch my breath. I'm going to the water park on Sunday and I'm wearing a pink halter bikini and a pink sarong under my green/white bandeau dress from Aeropostale, a light pink waterproof watch, white flip flops, and a gold charm bracelet. I'm bringing googles, underwear, a towel, and sunblock. I'm wearing my hair in braids. In late June/ early July, I'm getting a new bandeau bikini/tankini from Steve & Barrys, Delias, Macys, or Pink by Victoria's Secret.
I remember when my mom taught me to swim. Once I got really good, this 3 years old was drowning in the pool. I was sooo worried. Someone had to do something. His mom was in the jacuzzi and it was in a different part of the pool area, and it was soundproof, but she could still see him. His water wings were decreasing in air, fast. He went under so I did what my first impulse was: go underwater and save him, adn that's just what I did. He wasn't breathing so I had to do CPR and I had just got my card so, I had permission to do CPR on him, and I saved a life. It was the first ever. Now I'm a lifeguard in the summer.
P.s. H20101 That's really cool! I'm really happy for you (not that you had to drop out though). It's a good thing your friend got to go, though! You'll totally get in a few years.
Hey guys! My mom had me take swimming lessons until I reached "Level Four". They were okay, but I was relieved ti be finished. I still go swimming, and I love it so much!! My friend does this Swim Team thing at a pool near my house, and she says I should do it too. But I'm not a fast swimmer, and they have a ton of meets and races and whatnot. I don't think I should sign up, though. What do you guys think? Are you on Swim Teams? Thanks!
H2O101, Are you for real? If so cool if not that is a cool thought! I wish I was that good! But then again I'm happy just the way I am! -Sidnee#8 P.S. Is your foot okay? How did you break it?
swim4ever- that stinks, I HATE it when they r mean!!!!!! but usually 4 my team the parents volenteer to do that, so yeah it's usually nice. BUT THAT stinks!!!!!!!
cookygirl202, Well, the official wuz REALLY tough! all my friends said i should not of gotten DQed. the same lady even DQed my friends 9 year old bro 4 doing a free kick on his dive!
cookygirl202, If your getting DQ in breast stroke you either not doing the right turn. Kicking wrong. Or pulling to much when you start before you come up! -Sidnee#8
swim4ever,provincials are a meet where all the people who made a certain time compete against each other.It's like a meet against the 16 fastest swimmers in your state/province.
Swimmermae123, , i got the q1 4 the longcoarse 50 free! YAY YAY YAY YAY and i'm .2 .2 off in my 50 breast! YAYYAY. how's camp? what r your rommies like?
cookygirl202, Yes butterfly is the same way you have to do a two hand touch all the swimmers that go to the Olympics have to do a two hand touch and stuff like that too you CAN NOT do a flip turn on butterfly or breast! That is why you do the breast turn or the butterfly turn. -Sidnee#8
Hey girls i really stink at fly any ideas on how to improve it. Im 12 and im stuck with the nine and ten year olds (no afense to the nine and ten yearolds here) because i cant do it our lanes for practice are spilt up by ability and age and even thou im older im with the younger kids!!! last year there was two kids i know in mi lane but most likly theyre moving up next year cuz one can swim the whole length of the pool in two breaths and the other can do all 4 strokes pretty well. the one who can swim a length of the pool in two breaths made it to states last year in breaststroke!!!! they're both boys who r mi friends now ill be alone with the younger kids and the 15 year old who can barley swim!!!!!!!!!!!
I have 3 provincials (100 fly,200 back and 400 free).I also have 200 fly for 11 year olds but I am 9 so it doesn't count.This my first year in swimming.
hey peoples I have a tip for any of u swimmers! when doing the breast stroke(my personal fav.) ALWAYS try to do a flip turn....EVEN IF U R SCARED! It helps tramendously! trust me on this one! I am here to help!
I am REALLY good at breaststroke and freestyle, but I'm not so good at butterfly and backstroke! Anyone have tips on how I can improve? On my team, when we have meets, we get DQ'd if we touch the bottom of the pool, and one of the pools is like, 2 ft. deep in the shallow end! We are starting on June 16th, and we end on like, Aug. 29th. We have practice everyday for an hour, but we don't have to go if we don't want to. We have 2 hour meets on Saturdays. I do swim team w/ my BFF and IT ROX!
sidnee#8, Thanx! i CANT wait till the 50 free. My bff, she has the fastest time 4 the 200 free (8 laps) out of ALL the 11-12 year old girls. she is so fast!!
What the is -Back crawl -Front Crawl -Standing dive -Whip Kick -breast stroke -Encurance Swim -Egg beater -Stride entry I swim on a year round competive team and I've never ever heard of a egg beater! What is it? Well here is my advice-
On back crawl (It's really called back stroke) keep your head back! On front crawl(Really called freestyle) burry your head Yea, I'm a nationally ranked freestyler and I don't think there's a event for egg beating!
cookygirl202 : OH! NOW I GET WHAT U MEAN when u said flipturns.... ok, well, when you take your last stroke and you are almost at the wall, flip over very fast. while you are flipping, your feet should touch the wall. when they do, push off from the wall. streamline underwater, and then start your stroke. 4 backstroke flip turns. its the same thing exept on the last stroke before you start your flip, flop onto your stomach and make your last stroke a freestyle stroke. Hope this helped. and i hope i wasny confusing!
2day i have a double swim practice. the first one 2day is from 10:00am to noon. the second one is from i think 4pm to like 5:30pm...............yhea. i got a meet this weekend.................
softballdude108: well its ok that we dont have a middle-school swim team, beacause we have a year-round-competitive swim team that anybody who tries out and makes it can do.
i need help with flip turns! i CAN"T wait until june 16th me and my friend start swimteam! i luv water click heart if u agree! later till the flip turns, CT
softballdude108, I wish the school around here would have a swim team!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm mad that they don't the school that does is 2 1/2 hours away from my house!!!!!!! -Sidnee#8
unicorn~princess: no, u r never 2 old 2 learn 2 swim. i agree with swimmer mae, if u want to learn, maybe try like the YMCA or somthing, or some other kinds of lessons.
unicorn~princess, It is never too late to learn how to swim! It's not that hard you just have to get in the water and practice! I hope you learn! -Sidnee#8
Swimming is the best sport ever! Hey, Swim4ever513, do you want to exchange swimming tips? Heres one of mine: When doing the 200 FR in long corse just swim as fast as you can on the 1, 3 and 4 lap. Good luck Swim buddy!
PS want to be friends? I have to go to a private school
leaftoria, I would wear a really cute one piece. Bring: goggles underwear towel sunscreen clothes snack bathing suit brush ********** Hope this helped. Pointe♥
leaftoria if your talkin about swimming competively u have to wear a one piece. swim4ever513 u r soooooooooooooo lucky!! i wish it was summer for me. idk my times but i post them next time. my team is the Home Of The Lightnning what is yours
And I hate one-pieces so please say tankini,but if I must I'll wear a one-piece because once I went to this indoor public swimming pool and I was wearing a two-piece and diving boards and two-piece equals two-piece top go up.
Can somebody here help me with stride entry?! How do you clap at the right time?And I'm going to a water park for my class field trip and we're only allowed to wear a tankini or a one piece.What should I wear and what should I pack?This trip is going to take up most of my day and I want to be prepared for any situation.
Hey people!! my school got out yesterday!!! so 4 me, its SUMMER!!!! Oh, guess what? since I'm on a year-round swim team, the short coure season just ended (short coarse is in the winter, fall, and spring and its when u swim in the 25 meter pool) anyway, I have my first long coarse meet next weekend!! (long coarse is when u swim in a 50 meter pool outside. its in the late spring, summer, and early fall) WISH ME LUCK!!!!
I take swimming classes and I'm just learning to swim.Thoses are the basics.It depends on what kind of swimming you do.Competitive swimming is more advanced than swimmer4 so yeah.
Hey swim4ever513, yes i looooovvveeee to swim and i can tell you so to! and yes i am on a competitive team, were called the Titans, what are you called? i can do: butterfly front crawl back stroke breast stroke back dives front dives front flip-turn back flip-turn and my fastest record for doing a 50yrd front crawl is 38.2 seconds! write me back pretty please! and i am so not trying to show off i p! ~yodude~
Hey everyone it is so true! sbdude is so fast! she can almost beat me but she doesn't know how to breath quite yet! And i know this because she is my next door neighbor and we are B.F.F.S!!! it is totally awesome! And she will do swim team in 7th grade! and dyou won't be able to see her she is going to be so fast!!! and i figured out the hard way, don't ever show off in the pool you might end up nearly getting drowned, or a new boyfriend!! ~yodude~ p.s. she was not bragging
kgdq so does my coach. we cant breath off of the flipturn u have to take 2 strokes b4 1 breath. i have like the worst lung compacity in the world though!
back crawl front crawl standing dive encurance swim egg beater stride entry?
wht the heck r this is swim on a club theam never heared of these. im with cookygirl202. omg yesterday at practice i got a charile hore in my calf and it hurts and its sore and in gym before that at like 200 i had to run a mile!!! ughh im soooooooooooo sore!
Catlover111,Stride entry is still harder than it looks.The clapping part does work but when I do it I always clap either before I hit the water or when I'm under the water.How do you get timing perfect?
leaftoria, I'm good at all the things you mentioned, so I'll try to explain stride entry. Just kind of walk into the water and push your arms together when you hit the water(It's kind of like clapping). Hope I helped, Catlover111 p.s. I hate whip kick
Does any one here have any advice to pass swimmer 4?I plan to accually pass swimmer 7 or 8 before grade8 which is like around 3 years away and that seems impossible so HELP.In swimmer4 there's -Back crawl -Front Crawl -Standing dive -Whip Kick(It's a miracle I passed this) -breast stroke -Encurance Swim -Egg beater -Help!Stride entry(I always SINK) If you have any advice please comment cause I'm going back soon as school starts again next year.(But first of all,HAVE A GREAT SUMMER EVERYONE!even though it's still may
I have asthma 2 and u should bring ur inhaler 2 meets & practice so after ur lap u can take a couple puffs. When i joined i told my coach about my asthma so he could watch it when i'm swimming.
yankeefever, the way 2 fix ur flipturn is 2 NOT breath in the flags and to focuse on the wall. It wked 4 mine. Coach HATES it when we don't do that in our flipturns.
i luv swimming! i am a naturally good swimmer i am as fast as my neighbor who has been in swim team fr 2 yrs! and i have never been on a team! (i m so not tryin to brag) ~sbdude
soccer*, Put your arms up in the air now put one hand on top of the other one (like you are about to dive) But make sure your arms are behind your head not in front of your head that way your head can't come up! Does that make since? I hope so! If not tell me and I will try to explain it better! K! -Sidnee#8 P.S. Cool friends it is then! Yea!
cookygirl202, cool thanx! I know what to bring I was just talking about something that is not on the list just something you have for fun. Thanx anyway! -Sidnee#8
HELP! Hey guess what?!?! I'm going to a swim camp this summer for 1 week! Is there anything I should remember to bring? Oh and my swim team has time trials the same day as my birthday! I don't know weather to be pumped or sad that I will be swimming, but I love to swim so idk! -Sidnee#8
I am a pretty good swimmer.Ihave been swimming for 6-7 years. When you dive,try to picture yourself falling in.Make an arched C shape.Then splash hit the h2o
Hey ilovejustin5456, I want to be your friend cuz i loooovve water and i do an almost year round swim team!! Here's a swim secret: When doing your front flipturn tuck your knees up close to prevent your knee hitting your eye!!! hey can i call you ilj5456? let me know please! Now it';s your turn to trade a swim secret with me!!! p.s. write back ~yodude~
I love the show H20 on Nickolodeon every swunday at 7:00 or 7:30!I love the show H20 because it reminds me of swimming and water!They both rule!!!!! , add hearts if u agree!
I'm so psyched, I LOVE the H2O, but don't have anyplace to swim at the moment, but I am going to Florida, where I can swim as much as I wanna cuz of the pools and ocean and stuff. I heart vacay!
Heeeey! If anyone wants 2 be friends! just ask!!! but does any of u actually swim for a year round club team?? cuz i do?! because if were gonna "trade swim secrets" u kinda have 2 have some!
my FAV sport is gymnastics (the username) but my second favorite sport is DEF swimming. its so much fun. last summer, in the championships, i swam the IM and got 1st place!!!yay.well anyways, swimming is SO much fun. but so is gymnastics. o well, i cant choose!lol...
Swimin dude, I wrote to you on the other page, but yes I do swim team only in the summer though because where I live you can't do it all year around because it snows. But I would LOVE TO DO IT ALL YEAR AROUND!!!!! lol! -Sidnee#8
the comment above? VOTE!
Someone had to do something. His mom was in the jacuzzi and it was in a different part of the pool area, and it was soundproof, but she could still see him. His water wings were decreasing in air, fast. He went under so I did what my first impulse was: go underwater and save him, adn that's just what I did. He wasn't breathing so I had to do CPR and I had just got my card so, I had permission to do CPR on him, and I saved a life. It was the first ever. Now I'm a lifeguard in the summer. 
Swimming is the bestest sport ever!!!! 
