My Life in the Pool

  I have been wanting to share you guys a cause that is near to my heart. When younger, I was on a summer swim team. There I learned my love for the water but also I meet some of my closest friends and role models. There I met Charlotte. Charlotte was fighting At/Rt cancer which is an extremely rare and fast-growing brain or spinal cord tumor that is found in children under 3. The surviv al rate is 60%. Charlotte was diagnosed at age 1. She always had a smile on her face and a love for crazy, colorful caps. Charlotte sadly passed away at the age of 6 1/2. In honor of her, my summer league holds a swimathon in to raise fro At/Rt research as well as for PMC and the Jimmy Fund. PMC is the pan-mass challenge is a bikathon to rise to find a cure for cancer.  The Jimmy Fund is an organization of  Boston's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, raising funds for adult and pediatric cancer care and research to improve the chances of survival for cancer patients around the world.  If you can p

Most people do not know what it takes to be a swimmer. The majority of the population thinks that to be a great swimmer takes practicing and being able to swim.  Becoming an amazing swimmer takes more than practicing and the natural talents of swimming, but it takes effort, mindset, and determination. Of course, practicing and natural talents are factors that play into the quality of the swimmer but they are not anything that makes you in a great swimmer. Practicing will only make you better if you are focused, determined, and willing to be in the effort to be better, but if you are not practicing is useless. The correct attitude toward swimming will lead to an improvement. A swimmer's mindset is the key to become a fast and best swimmer. All these following traits are required to become a great swimmer: Work Effort - is anything! what you are willing to out in is will determine what you get out.  Setting Goals - Swimming for a goal creates a focus and determined swimmer