15-18 age group swim team members resting between events
Martha: My neighbor… whose little kids are on the summer swim team sent me here to help me understand what summer swimming is about in this area. Can you enlighten me?
Answerman: You will have to keep checking back here from time to time since the topic is large and 
has been going on for some time. Ben Franklin used to give swimming lessons to Englishmen by taking them out on the river Themes in a row boat, leaping in to the water and swimming along side to demonstrate the various stroke techniques of the time. I am not making this up….. “When most people think of Ben Franklin, they don’t usually think of an athlete. However, Franklin was an early proponent of physical fitness. In an age when few people knew how to swim, Franklin taught himself how to swim. He was an avid swimmer all his life and even contemplated becoming a full-time swim instructor. Benjamin Franklin is the only founding father in the Swimming Hall of Fame“. When he was not swimming, Franklin as you know was hanging out in Philadelphia with other wig wearing guys, helping to found our country….. So we actually have hundreds of years of aquatic history to draw on in our pursuit a thorough understanding of backstroke racing while still chewing pizza.
It's cooooolllllddddddd!!!!
We will over time, explore each of those topic points individually, and then we will expand coverage in the coming months with different videos. Our goal is to explain basic swimming, swim meets, officiating, acceptable cheering technique, and we will publicly critique the snack bar dining experience at the local swim meet venues.
