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Phil Schuman
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We attended our son's high school swim conference champ meet
over the weekend, and I started thinking about the various boys
in the meet and where else they are in school... grade, sports, etc
I wonder if anyone else has run across this thought process,
of what makes a swimmer vs another sports person ?
Thinking pool short course here - not long course or open water
For our group - they seem to be above average in grades,
our son is 3.8GPA - but not on the nerd side -
He is in great physical shape - no tummy -
and he also runs Track, and now refs Soccer.
So - any random thoughts and traits on swimmers
vs baseball, football, soccer, basketball, hockey, wrestling, etc....
Yeah - some play more than one sport,
but at our HS they are all going on at the same time - so pick one -
It would seem they are not quite a "team" person,
but rather a single - ie, swimming and track
They do well academically, and potentially in other "mental" areas.
In our case, several peers are in Scouts, and Eagle or close to it.
Not so much involved with the physical contact sports,
and not sure how well they do in the other aspects
of social or physical contacts
And lastly, I recall a local DJ talking about the summer olympics,
and how swimming to him wasn't a sport -
in that most sports involve the potential of getting hurt....with a
stick or ball -
over the weekend, and I started thinking about the various boys
in the meet and where else they are in school... grade, sports, etc
I wonder if anyone else has run across this thought process,
of what makes a swimmer vs another sports person ?
Thinking pool short course here - not long course or open water
For our group - they seem to be above average in grades,
our son is 3.8GPA - but not on the nerd side -
He is in great physical shape - no tummy -
and he also runs Track, and now refs Soccer.
So - any random thoughts and traits on swimmers
vs baseball, football, soccer, basketball, hockey, wrestling, etc....
Yeah - some play more than one sport,
but at our HS they are all going on at the same time - so pick one -
It would seem they are not quite a "team" person,
but rather a single - ie, swimming and track
They do well academically, and potentially in other "mental" areas.
In our case, several peers are in Scouts, and Eagle or close to it.
Not so much involved with the physical contact sports,
and not sure how well they do in the other aspects
of social or physical contacts
And lastly, I recall a local DJ talking about the summer olympics,
and how swimming to him wasn't a sport -
in that most sports involve the potential of getting hurt....with a
stick or ball -