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Kerry O'Brien Joins USMS Club and Coach Services
 We are pleased to announce that Kerry O'Brien has joined the USMS Club and Coach Services Team. O'Brien is the long time coach of Walnut Creek Masters. Under his guidance the club has grown to over 400 members and was recognized as the USMS Club of the Year in 2007. Additionally O'Brien was honored with the 1987 Speedo/USMS Coach of the Year Award and has an annual coaching award named after him. We are fortunate to have him join Mel Goldstein, Lisa Dahl and Susan Ingraham to mentor our coaches and help our clubs grow.
Kerry is primarily responsible for the clubs in the Pacific, Southern Pacific and San Diego Imperial LMSC's. He can be contacted at (925) 934-5657 and by email.
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| Patten Receives Coach of the Year Honor
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SPEEDO USMS Coach of the Year Award
 At the 2010 USAS Convention, Bobby Patten of Dallas Aquatic Masters was awarded the prestigious Speedo/USMS Coach of the Year award. Since 1986, the award has
been presented at Convention to a
coach who demonstrates excellence in five areas: club and individual
accomplishments, publications, contributions to U.S. Masters Swimming
and the LMSC, letters of support and long-term contributions to Masters
swimming.
Congratulations Coach Patten!
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| Strength Training for Competitive Masters Swimmers
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Craig Keller
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Background On TRUE Strength Training
 The increased popularity of "lifting weights" (for
whatever reason or application) has led to tremendous confusion as to how to train. While muscle magazines,
and the body building subculture, have existed for years, it has not been until
recent decades that "sport specific training" and "performance enhancement
training" has become the effective art it is today.
In the modern era it is commonly accepted that resistance
training and developing functional strength is essential for competing
effectively in nearly all sports. Several sports have been completely
transformed by strength training, including track and field, football and
baseball. It's not a coincidence that the era of the common sub :10 second 100
meter dash, 325 pound lineman and 50 home run seasons have all been
accomplished by the increasing sophistication of resistance and strength
training methodologies. [Read more]
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| ASCA & USMS Coach Certification
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Coaching Starts with Education
 The first U.S. Masters Swimming/ASCA Certification Level I
and II program was a collaboration between the U.S. Masters Swimming Coaches
Committee and Club Development and Coach Services Team. It took place at the ASCA
World Clinic in Indianapolis on August 30-31.
Twenty-seven Coaches from 18 LMSCs, representing
approximately 5000 USMS members, were in attendance. The coaches were diverse in
experience ranging from coaches
who were interested in starting a Masters swim program to those who have
been coaching for over 20 years. Some coaches were affiliated with USA Swimming clubs, YMCAs, and triathlon clubs The 10-hour
certification program provided information on coaching philosophy, basic
business practices, special populations, risk management, open water,
working with triathletes, writing workouts, dryland exercises and introduction
to all four strokes.
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Coaching Opportunities
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About Us
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About U.S. Masters Swimming
 U.S. Masters Swimming, founded in 1970, is
a membership-operated national governing body that promotes adult
health, fitness, wellness and competition through aquatics. It does so
by partnering with more than 1,000 adult swim programs across the
country; promoting information via the bi-monthly member magazine, SWIMMER, monthly e-newsletter, STREAMLINES, and usms.org;
and by sanctioning and promoting pool, open water and virtual
competitions. More than 50,000 adults are registered members of U.S.
Masters Swimming.
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