Category: Organization
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Education Queensland to Audit Every State School’s Swimming Program | 7NEWS
Every Queensland state school’s swimming program will be reviewed after it was revealed the compulsory lessons are failing some children. There’s now a fresh hurdle to keeping students safe in the water: a lack of instructors.
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Water Polo Coach Teaches Underserved Students How to Swim | CBS 8 San Diego
Generations of goodwill are colliding at the Jackie Robinson Family YMCA. In this Zevely Zone, I caught up with a Coronado water polo coach who is helping underserved students thousands of miles apart. Last August, I introduced you to Asante Sefa-Boakye. The Coronado water polo coach introduced the sport he loves to the people of Ghana.…
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Swim Safety Advocate Laurie Lawrence Calls for Better Swimming Lessons in Queensland | 7NEWS
Of the 84 people who drowned in Queensland in the year to June 2022, 16 were under 17. It’s prompted swim safety campaigner Laurie Lawrence to call for swimming lessons in Queensland schools to be overhauled. “Water safety is not a wet session … a lot of the schools are getting around saying they’re doing…
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New Calls to Overhaul Swimming Lessons in Queensland Schools | 7NEWS
One is a high-profile safety campaigner; the other is an Olympic swimmer turned swim teacher. Together, Lawrie Lawrence and Glenn Buchanan have joined calls to overhaul swimming lessons in Queensland schools following devastating drowning figures.
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Olympian’s Father Calls for Mandatory Swimming Lessons in Queensland | Sky News Australia
The father of Olympian swimmer Ariarne Titmus has called for Queensland’s school curriculum to be overhauled. Steve Titmus says mandatory swimming lessons should be taught in primary schools and students should not be allowed to progress to high school unless they are able to swim. The call comes as Australia sees one of its deadliest…
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ISL Case: Court Decides in Favour of World Aquatics
The U.S. District Court in San Francisco has decided in favor of World Aquatics, in cases that had originally been opened in 2018. Two antitrust lawsuits had been filed: one directly by the International Swimming League (ISL) and another by swimmers Tom Shields (USA), Michael Andrew (USA), and Katinka Hosszu (HUN), with ISL’s support. “World Aquatics is grateful to Judge Corley…
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Caitlin Overcame OCD During Lockdown by Pursuing Competitive Swimming | Features | ABC Australia
Takeover Melbourne winner Caitlin is sharing a story about developing obsessive-compulsive disorder during the COVID lockdown. Caitlin describes experiencing anxiety during this period with symptoms including perfectionism, cleanliness, and dermatitis. However, after pursuing an interest in competitive swimming Caitlin found a pathway to better health and wellness.
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Swim Team Forced to Spend Thousands, Drive 25 Hours After Southwest Meltdown | CBS Boston
An Attleboro swim club paid $25,000 one-way to travel to an Alabama training facility after flights were canceled. WBZ-TV’s Juli McDonald reports.
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Challenging Stereotypes by Teaching Black People to Swim | Yahoo Life
Swim instructor Paulana Lamonier believes harmful stereotypes distract from tackling the real causes of the lack of diversity in the pool: there has never been space for the Black community to learn how to swim. Lamonier founded “Black People Will Swim” to bring affordable and accessible swim lessons to the community.