Description
Swimming World Magazine September 1983 Issue
FEATURES
American Swimming in the 1980s by Don Gambril & Steve Berizzi
The state of the swimming coaching profession is examined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Backstroke Armpull by Melissa Belote Hamlin
Factors affecting the total efficiency of armpull are explored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Dynamo Is Dynamite by Ann Green
This month’s club spotlight features the Dynamo Swim Club of Atlanta . . . . . . . . 23
Setting the Stage by Ellen Abbene
World synchro swimmers met in L.A. for an Olympic “run-through”. . . . . . . . . . . 28
Warm-up for Nationals by Ellen Abbene
hldustry Hills Swimming World III saw over 300 qualify for Nationals . . . . . . . . . 31
Warm Welcome, Tragic Goodbye by Bob Ingram
The Soviets had the best and worst of times at Universiade ’83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
A New Wrinkle in Raisin Country by Bob Ingram
Fast times and world records earmarked the USS Nationals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Performance-Plus by Bill Bell
America’s top divers were in Bartlesville, Okla., for Outdoor Nationals . . . . . . . . . 76
DEPARTMENTS
Viewpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
U.S. Swimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Olympic Update . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Age Group Swimmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Mental Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
For the Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Classified Ads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Calendar of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Index to Advertisers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102