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High School P.E. Drownings Emphasize Need for Supervision
By
Michael Popke,
February 2013
Last year in central Connecticut, at high schools located less than 10 miles apart, two students drowned in supervised physical education swimming classes ...
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How Step Into Swim Can Help Aquatics Facilities
By
Michael Popke,
January 2013
During the final months of 2012, bad news for community pools hit residents like a crashing belly flop:
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Collaboration is Vital to Regional and Community Pool Projects
By
Michael Popke,
October 2012
For about three years, the 50-meter stainless steel competition pool used at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Swim Trials sat disassembled in an Omaha, Neb., storage facility, not far from where 16,000 swimming fans had jammed the Qwest Center and witnessed the setting of nine world and 21 American records.
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How to Make the Most of Limited Pool Deck Space
By
Michael Popke,
February 2012
As both a professional pool designer and the parent of two competitive swimmers, Matt Freeby attends several swim meets every year and keeps a mental list of competition venues he prefers to avoid.
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Communities Find Alternatives to Eliminating Learn-to-Swim Programs
By
Michael Popke,
May 2011
Five years ago, KNIK Aquatics, a USA Swimming club based in Anchorage, Alaska, took over the city's learn-to-swim program at Bartlett Pool, the state's only 50-meter facility.
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Rec Agencies Face New ADA Requirements
By
Nicholas Brown,
February 2011
Nothing says "celebration" like the unveiling of new design standards and revisions to existing federal regulations. But that's how President Barack Obama and the U.S. Department of Justice framed the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act in a ceremony last July.
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Model Health Code Making Waves in the Aquatics Industry
By
Nicholas Brown,
February 2011
A former manager of aquatics for the state of Wisconsin's health department, Tracynda Davis has inspected her fair share of recreational pools, and she knows all too well how pool operators respond to notifications of code violations.
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Booster Clubs are Saving High School Sports
By
Michael Popke,
September 2010
At some schools, sports teams owe their existence to outside financial support.
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Aquatic Exercise Targets Younger Demographics
By
Michael Popke,
May 2010
Aquatics professionals are targeting all age groups with a wide variety of upright exercise programming.
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Adults Struggle to Overcome Lifelong Fear of Swimming
By
Michael Popke,
May 2009
Helping adults overcome a lifelong fear of the water requires as much attention to comfort and confidence-building as it does to skills development.
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