A Different Kind of Swimming
Synchronized swimming is a sport for girls who love to do it all—dance, swimming and gymnastic moves.
(The following guest column comes from the Minnesota Synchronettes.) Swim season is here and Minnesota pools are filling with kids of all ages working on their strokes or learning how to swim. Mention “swim team” and you hear plenty of tales, comments and advice on swim team life. However, a few girls in the western suburbs experience a totally different kind of swimming than the usual race down the length of a pool—it’s called synchronized swimming. Do you have one of those girls who loves dance, loves swimming, loves gymnastic moves? Synchro ‘does it all!’ With synchronized swimming you don’t have to choose just one! A synchronized swimmer will tell you that they consider theirs the most difficult sport in the world because it is a …
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