A Message about Your College Essay: You Are More Than Your Metrics
By Michelle Brafman This is the time of year when high school seniors and I find each other. I am
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Coaches Corner
PVS Spring Championship Meets start this Week!
By Reach for the Wall Staff It was a year ago almost to the day when the swimming community was
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OCCS Innovates with Live Stream System!
By Contributor Nick Kulick With the current global pandemic closing swim meets to spectators, many parents are missing the opportunity
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October meet roundup: Top 10 swims
By Reach for the Wall Staff During the month of October, PVS clubs hosted or attended 15 meets across the
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Swimming into the weekend- what to watch Oct 23-27
By Reach for the Wall Staff The past few weeks we’ve seen a welcomed return to competitive swimming, with PVS
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USA Swimming 18-Under Winter Championships
By Reach for the Wall Staff Leading into, and resulting from the USA Swimming annual convention held (virtually) September 24-26,
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When will High School Swim Season Commence in Maryland?
By Reach for the Wall Staff In a press release issued today by Governor Larry Hogan, he announced that High
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Montgomery County Council will approve PVS plan!
By Reach for the Wall Staff 8/24/2020: In the county council meeting which started at 9:30am this morning, a discussion
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Advocate for Competitive Swimming: #openswimlanesMOCO #competitiveswimming #4perlane
We have been in contact with many coaches, parents, and swimmers from teams that are based in Montgomery County and as a collective, need to continue to lobby our case to the council (and Dr. Gayles) to sway their opinion on safely opening the lap lanes to 4 swimmers while under the supervision of professional swim coaches.
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Swimming in Uncertainty: One Parent’s Musings
By Michelle Brafman When my husband heard that the Montgomery County Public Schools planned to cancel the upcoming swim season,
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Swimming in the DMV: Update 7/27, write your Representatives!!!
By Reach for the Wall Staff With the recent announcements by Montgomery County Public Schools, Prince George’s , Washington DC
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Girls Speak Up: Swimmers Advocate Against Athlete Abuse
Athlete abuse. Whether the problem is verbal harassment, bullying, or sexual abuse, many athletes, male and female, have suffered from some form of that trauma. It looms over us and has become a prominent issue in many sports. Swimming is no stranger to such incidents…
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How To Create A Healthy Meal Plan To Complement Swim Training
By R. Miller; Exclusively written for reachforthewall.org A swimmer’s diet can be very tricky. After all, they require massive amounts
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RMSC returns to practice after 14 weeks
By Reach for the Wall Staff Monday, June 22 marks the first day swimmers from the Rockville Montgomery Swim Club
Read more2020 PVS Graduates, where are they going?
By Reach for the Wall Staff PVS churns out some wicked fast swimmers and really bright kids. We’ve put together
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Ideas? Share your ideas!
By Reach for the Wall Staff As several areas of the DMV are able to (or will be able to
Read moreThe ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 9
By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday Today’s workout is from Katie Hoff & her CG Sports Network IM Fit
Read moreThe ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 9
By Reach for the Wall Staff #TechniqueTuesday Looks like the longer we go with the home workouts, the more hashtags
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Fitter and Faster Schedule through May 8!
Content provided by Fitter and Faster All of Fitter and Faster’s Upcoming Live Broadcasts: https://fitterandfaster.com/live Replays of past free broadcasts:
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#Save our Sports- Sign the Petition!
By Reach for the Wall Staff The past few days we’ve seen an increase ‘call to action’ by several organizations
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 2
By Reach for the Wall Staff It’s Friday!!! We’ve managed two weeks of being active out of the water &
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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home- week 2
By Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s submission comes from Allison Boyle – RMSC Germantown. Thanks Allison!!! Dryland Exercises: Focus
Read moreThe ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home
By Reach for the Wall Staff As parents of active swimmers, we’ve seen lots of email and information from various
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Safe Sport Update
By Reach for the Wall Staff Update on Safe Sport Recognition within PVS: As of February, the list of clubs
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ISL coming to Maryland for U.S. derby
Press Release provided by ISL After four matches featuring the Group ‘A’ and ‘B’ clubs facing one another, the inaugural
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PVS Team seeking coaches
Content provided by Hydro-Sonic Tiburones Hydro-Sonic Tiburones are seeking qualified, experienced and motivated coaches for all ages and abilities. The
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PVS Coaches in list of nominees for 2019 ASCA Age Group Coach of the Year!
By: Reach for the Wall Staff, photo and some content republished with permission from Fitter and Faster Since 2014, in
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Dramatically Improving the Swimming Air Quality with BioOx
Content provided by BioOx As the outdoor season comes to an end and we (swimmers and parents) head indoors, the
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USA Swimming Safe Sport developments
By: Reach for the Wall Staff Unfortunately, the topic of athlete abuse has dominated the headlines in our area (as
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Age Group Motivational Times
By: Reach for the Wall Staff We recently posted the time standards for the National level meets– those meets that
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Barriers Facing Women Coaches
By: Dr. Nicole LaVoi To keep the discussion going, continue to raise awareness and educate those who care about swimming
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8 Reasons Why Women Coaches Matter
By: Dr. Nicole LaVoi Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on September 1, by SwimSwam as a feature of
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When The Pool Makes You Sick…
By Reach for the Wall staff. Swimmers, coaches and spectators have remarked about the air quality at several recent swim
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Your Brain On Swimming
Notes from the editor: Many high school teams are beginning their competition season this weekend and a majority of the
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Recruiting Tips for Club Coaches
Contributor Rick Paine is an expert on the college recruiting process. He is also the Director of Swimming at American College
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The Ever Changing World of College Recruiting
Contributor Rick Paine is an expert on the college recruiting process. He is also the Director of Swimming at American College
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Motivational Times
By Reach for the Wall staff. Have you ever noticed there are some letters (e.g., BB, A, AAA) below swimmers’
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IM Xtreme Games
By Reach for the Wall staff. Several years ago, USA Swimming developed a series of swim meets across the U.S.
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MCPS High School Swimming & Diving 101
By Reach for the Wall staff. This article is the first in a series of posts covering basic information about
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Fitter Faster Clinic: November 19
By Rich House. On November 19, I had the pleasure of attending and volunteering at the Fitter and Faster event
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Tech Suits- At what age are they appropriate?
Editorial Opinion: Julie House A few days ago, SwimSwam came out with this article: When should your child wear a
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Keeping it fun for the holidays
By Rich House During the short course season in PVS (September through April), teams have to plan for and around
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Racing Skills – The Turns
According to the PVS Calendar, the 2016-2017 Short Course season is 8 meets old…Thus, kids have had the opportunity to
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Racing Skills – The Start
By Rich House The start. Racers are coiled, ready to leap and unleash their fury of strokes. The crowd is
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PGC KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS #2809 HOSTS THEIR 41st ANNUAL MINI MEET
By Noreen Burns On Sunday, July 17 , 2016, the PGC Knights of Columbus #2809 in College Park, hosted their 41st
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MCSL Week 5 Wrap Up
As week five has completed, we are officially done with MCSL dual meets. Week five was a hard week for
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PWSL – Week 4
Congrats to PWSL for another amazing record breaking week! DV Sharks vs. Victory Lakes Wow—Week 4 was a scorcher! The DV
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Meet Highlights: 2016 MCSL Coaches Invitational Long Course Meet
The Montgomery County Swim League (MCSL) held its 42nd annual Coaches Invitational Long Course Meet at the Rockville Swim and
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Swimmer Spotlight – MaiMai
Swimming is a sport for everyone. It’s not only about the swimmers going to Olympic Trials or setting records. It’s
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Trials! (Saturday night)
By Rich House. When planning for this trip, I had to be strategic with the amount of swimming I could
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