PVS News and Notes
By Reach for the Wall Staff (links and procedures provided courtesy of Potomac Valley Swimming) In a normal season, the
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff (links and procedures provided courtesy of Potomac Valley Swimming) In a normal season, the
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff 8/24/2020: In the county council meeting which started at 9:30am this morning, a discussion
Read moreWe 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.
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff 8/11/2020: USA Swimming and the USA Swimming Foundation provided a press release today to
Read moreBy Michelle Brafman When my husband heard that the Montgomery County Public Schools planned to cancel the upcoming swim season,
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff With the recent announcements by Montgomery County Public Schools, Prince George’s , Washington DC
Read moreAthlete 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…
Read moreBy R. Miller; Exclusively written for reachforthewall.org A swimmer’s diet can be very tricky. After all, they require massive amounts
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff This week, The National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA), released its high school All
Read moreMontgomery County Swim League (MCSL) may be be cancelled for Summer 2020, but it hasn’t stopped the Clarksburg Village Vikings
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff Monday, June 22 marks the first day swimmers from the Rockville Montgomery Swim Club
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff PVS churns out some wicked fast swimmers and really bright kids. We’ve put together
Read moreContent provided by Fitter and Faster Fitter and Faster is coming to DC all summer at two locations for High
Read moreOccoquan Swimming (Manassas, VA) has partnered with Pleasant Valley Recreation Association (Chantilly) to provide lap swimming to the local swim community in Phase 1 of the Forward Virginia re-opening campaign. The attached press release provides a look at the program and how it works to safely get swimmers from various clubs in the area – including swimmers from US Masters and College programs – back in the water.
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff As the announcements pile up we are stunned and disappointed at the realization that
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday Today’s workout comes from a Twitter post we found while searching for a#WorkoutWednesday…Which
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff A few more days pass and we learn of additional closures of summer leagues
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff What a tumultuous week we’ve had in the swimming world! Over the course of
Read moreBy Rich House This month (only 5 days in) I’m seeing a lot of Social Media sites trending with #GivingTuesday
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff #MotivationMonday Last week we provided some reminders for you to assess what you’ve done
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff The past few days we’ve seen an increase ‘call to action’ by several organizations
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday Today’s workout comes from Self Magazine by way of the Active Network website
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff Hopefully you were able to follow our posted dryland sessions yesterday? We participated along
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff Today we’re providing an ICYMI or ‘Throwback’ post. The two videos below are from
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff #WorkoutWednesday Today’s workout comes from Delta Aquatics & is called the ‘Minute Master’. One
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff Today’s workout is brought to you by CG Sports Network. We’ve done two of
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff As we begin week 5 of training outside the pool and look ahead to
Read moreContent provided by Fitter and Faster Learning from Failure – Mental Skills Training: Monday, April 13: 4pm EST For Swimmers
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff Friday, April 10, 2020– In a release posted today by USA Swimming and reported
Read moreContent provided by Fitter and Faster Upcoming #FFTLive Broadcasts This coming week Fitter and Faster will have 10 new LIVE
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff Since the announcement of closures of area facilities, many on March 13, others on
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff In an email just received, USA swimming has advocated on behalf of their membership
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff Happy Friday! Going into the weekend, we’re offering some resources we’ve seen posted on
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff In our prior posts we have focused on abs, core, and strength exercises. Today’s
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff Today we look at a workout that was posted on Instagram by Ryan Lochte.
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall staff Today’s edition comes from All Star Aquatics coaches Drew Fisher and Mallory Remick. This
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff As parents of active swimmers, we’ve seen lots of email and information from various
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff Update on Safe Sport Recognition within PVS: As of February, the list of clubs
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff SwimSwam recently reported there are 1,131 athletes that have qualified for the 2020 Olympic
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall staff USA Swimming, the National Governing Body for the sport of swimming, announced that Nation’s
Read moreContent provided by Fitter and Faster As we approach the holiday training season, we would like to invite you all
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall staff The PVS High School class of 2019 has descended upon campuses nationwide and are
Read moreContent provided by Hydro-Sonic Tiburones Hydro-Sonic Tiburones are seeking qualified, experienced and motivated coaches for all ages and abilities. The
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall staff Early in September, USA Swimming announce the rosters for the 2019-2020 National teams. The
Read moreBy: Reach for the Wall Staff, photo and some content republished with permission from Fitter and Faster Since 2014, in
Read moreContent provided by BioOx As the outdoor season comes to an end and we (swimmers and parents) head indoors, the
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff For most of us the 2019 summer season of competition has ended, but for
Read moreBy Reach for the Wall Staff This week, PVS swimmers head out across the country to compete in meets against
Read moreBy: Rich House All Star Aquatics (ASA), led by head coach Bob Walker, is a medium-sized club here in Potomac
Read moreBy Contributor: Ally Navarrete Why I didn’t quit my sport when it got tough—and why you shouldn’t either Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/21/health/kids-youth-sports-parents/index.html,
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