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We do more than just teach kids to play sports. In addition to emphasizing leadership and teamwork rather than being the “best” player on a team, we also encourage campers to focus on their physical literacy, which is the ability to move with competence and confidence in a variety of physical activities and environments.

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International Water Safety Day

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By Reach for the Wall Staff May 15 is International Water Safety Day. In approximately two weeks time, all the

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Swim and shop…local!

Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021 RFTW editor 2 Comments

By Contributor David Meisel Images courtesy Capital Sport and Swim Before Swim Outlet, before Amazon, there were local swim stores

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OCCS Innovates with Live Stream System!

Feb 4, 2021Feb 4, 2021 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Contributor Nick Kulick With the current global pandemic closing swim meets to spectators, many parents are missing the opportunity

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The Lure of the Unknown

Jan 31, 2021 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Contributor Susan Kasimer I found my love for open water swimming on May 27th, 2001. I was a pool

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USA Swimming 18 & Under Champs: The Awards!

Jan 25, 2021Jan 25, 2021 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff In a press release from Thursday 1/21, USA Swimming announced they will honor the

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The Swimwear Bug

Jan 14, 2021 RFTW editor 1 Comment

By Contributor Susan Kasimer I have memories of shopping with Sport Fair dating back to 1989. A representative would come

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MCSL Record Progression: Coaches’ Long Course Invitational

Jul 24, 2020Jul 24, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Contributor Jason Blanken and Reach for the Wall Staff This weekend would have been the annual All-Star meet (Relay

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MCSL History…the Records!

Jul 17, 2020 RFTW editor 4 Comments

By Contributor Jason Blanken and Reach for the Wall Staff After reading our 5-part series detailing the top times achieved

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How To Create A Healthy Meal Plan To Complement Swim Training

Jul 14, 2020Jul 14, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

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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MCSL Top Swims: The 15-18’s

Jul 10, 2020Jul 10, 2020 RFTW editor 6 Comments

By Reach for the Wall Staff and anonymous contributor Well here we are, the 5th installation of the series…the grand

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MCSL Top Swims: The 13-14’s

Jul 9, 2020Jul 9, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall staff and anonymous contributor This is the 4th of our series of posts containing the

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MCSL Top Swims: The 11-12’s

Jul 8, 2020Jul 10, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff and anonymous contributor Every season the MCSL holds a showcase where the top 8

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MCSL Top Swims: The 9-10’s

Jul 7, 2020Jul 7, 2020 RFTW editor 4 Comments

By Reach for the Wall Staff and anonymous contributors As mentioned in the Top Swims by 8 & Unders, we

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MCSL Top Swims: The 8 & Unders

Jul 6, 2020Jul 6, 2020 RFTW editor 4 Comments

By Reach for the Wall Staff and anonymous contributors This past week we received an email from a contributor that

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To Our Graduates

Jul 6, 2020Jul 6, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Contributor Emily Lilyestrom Stay with me on this one… The weather could not have been more cooperative. Sunny, hot,

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Creativity – At Its Best

Jun 26, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Contributor Emily Lilyestrom A virtual swim season. What does “virtual” mean? It’s something in practice; generated by computer; or

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Clarksburg Village Virtual Swim Team

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Montgomery County Swim League (MCSL) may be be cancelled for Summer 2020, but it hasn’t stopped the Clarksburg Village Vikings

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Ideas? Share your ideas!

Jun 4, 2020Jun 4, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff As several areas of the DMV are able to (or will be able to

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 10

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s workout comes from USA Swimming National Team member and Breaststroker, Nic Fink. Nic

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Survey Says?

May 19, 2020May 19, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff Through a variety of contacts, Reach for the Wall has become aware of a

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 10

May 19, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff #TechniqueTuesday Today, Russell Mark, from USA Swimming is providing a 30 minute session to

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 9

May 13, 2020May 13, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday Today’s workout is from Katie Hoff & her CG Sports Network IM Fit

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 9

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

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: Free Webcast Schedule through May 17!

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 8

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff Another Friday & another day where it looks like exercising indoors is the best

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 8

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday Today’s dryland session come from MySwimPro and as advertised is a low-impact full

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 8

May 4, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff #Motivation Monday Many in the DMV were able to get outside Saturday and enjoy

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Fitter and Faster Schedule through May 8!

May 3, 2020May 3, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment Fitter and Faster Live

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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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 7

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff Happy #MayDay Everyone!! Traditionally the 1st of May is ushered in with a dance

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 7

Apr 30, 2020Apr 30, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff You’ve made to the end of April! In case you haven’t yet done your

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 7

Apr 29, 2020Apr 29, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment CG Sports Network, Fitter and Faster Live

By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday The past few weeks we’ve highlighted workouts/routines performed by USA Swimming National team

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 7

Apr 28, 2020Apr 28, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s dryland workout comes from the writers at SwimSwam, they have a daily post

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 7

Apr 27, 2020Apr 27, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff #MotivationMonday Last week we provided some reminders for you to assess what you’ve done

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Fitter and Faster Live lineup for 4/27-5/2!

Apr 27, 2020Apr 27, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment Fitter and Faster, Fitter and Faster Live

Content provided by Fitter and Faster his week we are producing 8 FREE live webcasts. This week’s programs are on valuable topics

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 6

Apr 23, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff For those of you who haven’t been exposed to Cody Miller and his VLog,

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 6

Apr 22, 2020Apr 22, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday Today’s workout comes from Self Magazine by way of the Active Network website

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 6

Apr 21, 2020Apr 21, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff CNN recently caught up with Caeleb Dressel to check in on what he’s doing

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Fitter and Faster Live Schedule through April 24!

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Content provided by Fitter and Faster ICYMI FFT Live: Mindset Monday – Commitment Breaking Down the 500 Freestyle – Tuesday,

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 6

Apr 20, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff In normal times, the sixth week of a training cycle usually means you get

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 5

Apr 17, 2020Apr 17, 2020 RFTW editor 1 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff Hopefully you were able to follow our posted dryland sessions yesterday? We participated along

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 5

Apr 15, 2020Apr 15, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday Today’s workout comes from Delta Aquatics & is called the ‘Minute Master’. One

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 5

Apr 14, 2020Apr 14, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment CG Sports Network, Fitter and Faster Live

By Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s workout is brought to you by CG Sports Network. We’ve done two of

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 5

Apr 13, 2020Apr 13, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff As we begin week 5 of training outside the pool and look ahead to

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Fitter and Faster Schedule through April 18!

Apr 13, 2020Apr 13, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

Content provided by Fitter and Faster Learning from Failure – Mental Skills Training: Monday, April 13: 4pm EST For Swimmers

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 4

Apr 9, 2020Apr 9, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff Two days in a row in the DMV where we see bright sunshine? Take

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The ‘daily dryland’: Ideas to stay active while at home-week 4

Apr 8, 2020Apr 8, 2020 RFTW editor 0 Comment

By Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday is here!!! We haven’t seen the weekly post from USA Swimming yet, so

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