“Once every four years we go through this wonderful finding of a sport that has been in existence since the first Olympics, ”says Big Gator Swimming coach Peter Prins, a 36-year coaching veteran(老手).
“You get a lot of people the first year or two, then it drops off all of a sudden, and in four years you go through another nascent(新兴的)period. ”
Swimming helps develop the lungs capacity(肺活量), motor skills and strength. Regular physical activity also reduces the risk of diseases.
Most competitive teams accept swimmers at age 5 and some stay through college and beyond in Masters swimming programs where there is no age limit. Many teams also have learn-to-swim programs that offer the basics in the four competitive strokes(游法)—butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle.
“The activity keeps them safe; they learn how to swim; there’s a physical intensity(强度)about it, ”says Denise Alfaro, Henry’s mom.
“They need to keep on a rigid(严格的)schedule and it keeps them off any other stuff that might make them go wrong. It keeps them focused and keeps their grades up. ”
The challenge is keeping the interest in swimming alive once the Phelps buzz(热度)dies down.
“The Olympic Games get the hype(大肆宣传)and buzz going but once they get here they seem to forget what happens before the end-product, ”said Andrew Phillips, 50, who swam in the 1984 Los Angeles Games for Jamaica and now coaches the Flying Fish Swim Club at Miami Dade College.
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