The 40th Annual ASCA World Clinic: Come Listen to the Best!
from the ASCA Editor’s Desk
 The year’s clinic features 17 half-day and full-day course plus over 40 individual presentations. The headline speakers at this Year's ASCA World Clinic are the best coaches in the World! Don't miss Ray Benecki (Kate Ziegler), Mark Schubert (The 2008 Olympic Team Report), Gregg Troy (Ryan Lochte), Bob Bowman (Michael Phelps) on the Senior side of swimming. On the age group side, Jeannine Serrano (Tigard-Tualatin), Michael Brooks (York YMCA), John Bradley (Waukesha Express) will give us all great ideas on the development side. On the NISCA/High School Track - Dick Hannula, Richard Shoulberg, Mike Curley, Mark Onstott, Larry Stoegbauer... great coaches all... to tell us what to do to make our high school teams happy and successful. And don't forget the CSCAA track with a great mix of Division I, II and III coaches... as well as the CSCAA "certification course" on Wednesday, Sept. 3 for college coaches and those who aspire to be a college coach. We also will have over 100 exhibitors, a swimmers clinic featuring Olympians, and the annual awards banquet with Coach of the Year and Hall of Fame inductees. Join us in Las Vegas on Sept. 2-7 for a great week of education, inspiration and fun! For clinic details and registration information visit www.swimmingcoach.org or call the ASCA Office at 800-356-2722.
Weber-Gale to Lead American Sprinters in Beijing
from The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
The policy at the Fox Point, Wis., municipal swimming pool states that if you want to jump off the diving board, you first have to prove that you can swim. As (then) Fox Point pool manager Dwight Davis administered a 25-yard swim test to 7-year-old Garrett Weber-Gale in the summer of 1993, he knew he was watching a special athlete.“Hey, that’s pretty good,” Davis told the boy. Weber-Gale had already passed the test, but Davis, the boys’ and girls’ swim coach and physical education teacher at Nicolet High School in Milwaukee since 1985, wanted to see what the kid could do. More
Swimmer Faces Hearing, and Another Feels Betrayed
from The New York Times
As swimmer Jessica Hardy prepares for an arbitration hearing on a positive drug test with her berth on the 2008 Olympic team riding on the ruling, one of the women Hardy defeated at the United States Olympic trials sits in Ireland wondering if there is any justice. More
Energy Drinks are No Substitute for Proper Nutrition and Sleep
from Statesman Journal
There are many popular energy drinks with the most common currently being Monster, Rockstar and Red Bull. Other than caffeine, taurine is the main ingredient in most energy drinks. It is an amino acid that your body naturally produces. It has been studied to regular heart rate, muscle contractions and energy levels. However, your body has been shown to produce enough on its own and you do not need to supplement with it. Only when you are in a state of illness of extreme stress can your body's production slow down. More
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Eating Disorder Symptoms More Common Among Female Athletes and Exercisers
from Science Daily
A recent study reveals that university undergraduate women who actively participate in sports and exercise-related activities tend to have higher rates of attitudes and behaviors related to eating disorders compared to those who do not regularly exercise. More
Low-Carb Diet Outperforms Low-Fat Diet
from The Epoch Times
It’s perhaps one of the most contentious issues in nutrition: Should individuals who want to control their weight eat a diet low in fat, or low in carbohydrate? The “conventional” view is that fat is “calorific” and fattening, so low-fat is the way to go. More
Detecting EPO in Athletes is a Difficult Test
from Los Angeles Times
Some may wonder why athletes would risk taking the banned performance enhancer EPO (Erythropoietin), but the athletes themselves may feel they have no choice. Because competition is often so fierce, and the difference between winning and losing often so minuscule, "Athletes can be afraid not to do it," says Dr. Stanley Korenman, an endocrinology professor and associate dean for ethics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. More
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