Swimming is a fun and family-friendly sport. Yet, one topic that invariably trips up new swim moms and dads is the concept of "swim courses" like "SCY" and "SCM" and understanding why and how times are converted between them. In this post, we explain all the acronyms and jargon, and dispel the mysteries and common misunderstandings around converting a swim time from one course to another. What is … [Read more...]
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How to Become a Lifelong Swimmer (or, at least, how it happened for me)
By Elizabeth NelsonSwimTopia Summer Intern, 2018 To Become a Lifelong Swimmer:STEP 1: END UP IN SUMMER LEAGUE BY ACCIDENT When I was five, one of my friends’ moms recommended that I join the summer league team because her daughter was doing it. Of course I wanted more opportunities to hang out with my friend so I begged my mom to sign me up, but by then the other family had decided to do … [Read more...]
The Year in Review
As the year comes to a close I’ve been reflecting on the year we’ve had at SwimTopia… Here's our year in review: We began 2016 in a flurry to create our new website. It was a huge job and a massive team effort and we think we pulled off a very nice, informative, new website as a result (if we do say so ourselves :)) For the first time we created testimonial videos, bringing in some of our … [Read more...]