Just Keep Swimming

Keep those arms and legs moving in these competitive sport of swimming. It is a sport that has been aired on tv, especially for the Olympics. They say swimming is the best workout for the body because it works all of the muscles. People swim for the gold or swim to have fun, but overall, they are having fun doing it.

Swimming goes back to Ancient Egypt and the Greeks and Romans. Ancient Egyptians swam in the Nile River for pleasure. However, the Greeks and the Romans used swimming to train their soldiers. Eventually, the world’s first swimming organization was founded in London in the year 1837. Swimming for the Olympics, though, was a team comprised only of men. Women’s events were introduced at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden and they only held two events, the 100 Meter Freestyle and the 400 Meter Freestyle Relay. Now, let’s talk about the uniforms.

The uniforms must be identical in color and pattern as your teammates. The suit, itself, shall be one piece of clothing. Boys must wear a uniform covering their buttocks and girls must wear a uniform covering their buttocks and their breasts. Both are able to wear bald swimming caps. The caps can have their name, number, school, or mascot on it. Also, another choice of attire is wearing swimming goggles. They are used for the swimmer to put their face underwater at parts at a time without developing sore eyes from the chlorine.

These scholars at TPAA are taking on a challenge to big for just on cement. A newly developed swim team will take on that challenge. Proving they can be masters in and out of the water, the swimming team dreams big. They’ll reach for the stars, but even if they don’t make it there, they will still touch the sky. Swimming is a sport that takes mental and physical strength, both of which the team can master. You can also picture life as the pool and you as the swimmer. All you need to do is just keep swimming.