Author: Susan Preston-MauksPublisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN: 9780822511397
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
An introduction to this sport that relies on both technique and timing.
Synchronized Swimming is for Me
Author: Susan Preston-MauksPublisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN: 9780822511397
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
An introduction to this sport that relies on both technique and timing.
Katharine Whitney Curtis
Author: Jordan Whitney-WeiPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476638233
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
How do you invent an Olympic sport? For Katharine Whitney Curtis, it took the right idea, great talent, some good timing, and the determination to make it happen. The originator of synchronized swimming as we know it today, she even wrote the first book on the subject in 1936. But there was much more to her life and career. After the start of World War II, Curtis became a recreational director in the American Red Cross and followed the troops wherever the course of war took them, serving under Generals Patton and Eisenhower, before becoming a director of travel for the U.S. Army in Europe during the Cold War. Unbound by fear or the narrow expectations of society, this was a woman who lived ahead of her time, making things happen along the way. As her first biography, this book generously features Curtis's own words, selected from more than 2,000 pages of letters, and contextualized by her surviving friends and family members.
Synchro Sisters Forever
Author: Katie RevenoPublisher:
ISBN: 9780692948811
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Children's chapter book geared toward girls ages 5-8 introduces the Olympic sport of synchronized swimming and teaches life lessons including the values of friendship and perseverance. Written and published by a teenaged swimmer (and first time author) to help grow the sport she loves. All profits from book sales go directly to USA Synchro.
Synchronized Swimming
Author: Dawn Pawson BeanPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786419482
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
From novelty tricks in swim classes, through the Aquacades and movies, to the highly complex Olympic competitions--this history of synchronized swimming tells how the sport grew, examines the role the United States has played in its worldwide development, and describes the status of synchronized swimming in world sporting events today. Among the topics covered are competition development, development around the United States, rules and technical changes, and leadership (from volunteers to a National Office). Four appendices list major award winners, U.S. National Champions, the results of major international competitions, and U.S. participation in international events. The work boasts photographs from the first trial national competition in 1942 to the World Championships of 2003, as well as a full bibliography.
Synchronized Swimming
Author: Fern YatesSophie Discovers Synchronized Swimming
Author: Catherine GibsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780983122111
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
You Can Still Make a Splash Even If You Can't Hear It Sophie was already a strong swimmer and an accomplished dancer when she saw her cousin Gilly in a synchronized swimming performance. She instantly knew that was something she wanted to do. The fact that Sophie was deaf was not going to stand in her way, even though she couldn't hear the music. Learning the moves was easy. Getting the girls on the team to let her perform with them was another story. How the girls and Sophie handle the situation demonstrates how what appear to be challenges can be overcome. Filled with rich, full color illustrations and sign language diagrams, the book is as beautiful as it is moving.
Essential Actions for Academic Writing
Author: Nigel A. CaplanPublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 047203796X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
Essential Actions for Academic Writers is a writing textbook for all novice academic students, undergraduate or graduate, to help them understand how to write effectively throughout their academic and professional careers. While these novice writers may use English as a second or additional language, this book is also intended for students who have done little writing in their prior education or who are not yet confident in their academic writing. Essential Actions combines genre research, proven pedagogical practices, and short readings to help students develop their rhetorical flexibility by exploring and practicing the key actions that will appear in academic assignments, such as explaining, summarizing, synthesizing, and arguing. Part I introduces students to rhetorical situation, genre, register, source use, and a framework for understanding how to approach any new writing task. The genre approach recognizes that all writing responds to a context that includes the writer's identity, the reader's expectations, the purpose of the text, and the conventions that shape it. Part II explores each essential action and provides examples of the genres and language that support it. Part III leads students in combining the actions in different genres and contexts, culminating in the project of writing a personal statement for a university or scholarship application.
Coaching Synchronized Swimming Effectively
Author: Margaret Swan ForbesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Synchronschwimmen, Coaching, Training.
Wendy Willow Water Ballerina
Author: Diane GarciaPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781729644003
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Do you have a daughter who loves swimming? Is she the child you can't get out of the pool to have lunch or put more lotion on? Does she also like to dance, listen to music, or play dress up? If any of these things apply, you might have a "Water Ballerina" or "Synchronized Swimmer" on your hands!This book tells the story of how author, Diane Garcia (Wendy Willow), first learned synchronized swimming when she was11 years old, at a swim club in Staten Island, NY. It is beautifully illustrated in watercolor by one of her former coaches, Ida Noelle Calumpang, a former member of the Philippine National Synchronized Swimming Team.It includes pictures of figures and patterns performed in synchronized swimming, and follows Diane's (Wendy's) journeyfrom a NERVOUS first-time synchronized swimmer to a truly SELF-CONFIDENT ONE!The book is appropriate for children ages 4-8.The forward of the book is a letter to parents explaining the benefits of this sport and includes a website to find synchronized swimming classes anywhere in the U.S. There is also an email address on the last page where parents andchildren can write to Diane and chat about "Synchro"!Diane Garcia, a NYC elementary school teacher, wrote this book to increase awareness of this BEAUTIFUL/FUN sport! Synchronized Swimming has given her JOY and LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS, as well as, SWIMMING, the BEST FORM OFEXERCISE THERE IS!She was compelled to write this book to share with young children the FUN she was having, and to plant a seed ofinterest in their minds.Synchronized Swimming has kept up with the times and now uses all types of music, including pop and hip hop.There are regional and national competitions for people ages 10-90 in the U.S. and internationally. The internationalcompetitions have also begun to include male synchronized swimmers!SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING ISN'T JUST FOR OLYMPIC SWIMMERS, IT'S FOR EVERYONE!
Creative Synchronized Swimming
Author: Beulah O. GundlingPublisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description