Please pass along this information to your members.

Dear All,

<http://www.paris-tournament.com/>

For 6th years in a row, several Parisian LGBT sports associations have
teamed up to organise the International LGBT Tournament of Paris, aka the
TIP.

The Tournament will offer 15 sports and draw about 1,500 athletes and
visitors to Paris from Friday 29th of May to the Monday 1st of June 2009
(Whitsunday weekend) for a major sports event.

As usual Paris Aquatique organises 3 different competitions: Swimming,
Synchronised swimming and Diving.

- The swimming competition will be held on 2 days, on Saturday all
short distance races are ran (50 and 100m) and the relays, Sunday sees most
of the long distance races (200 to 1500m).

- The synchronized swimming completion will be help on Saturday in
the same pool as the swimming event.

- The Diving event will be held on Saturday in a different pool.

You and your fellow swimmers and divers are more than welcome to joins us
for any of these contests.
Of course a TIP party will be organised on Sunday evening to celebrate the
end of the competitions, and a brunch the next morning to recover from it!

Please pass along the information to your club members.

You will find all the information you need to know on the TIP website :

www.paris-tournament.com/

To answer randomly to some questions:

- Registration is 30 euros for the diving and swimming events and for
each synchro ballet entered.

- The Sunday party and Monday brunch are optional but un-missable!

- Men and women of any age (above 18 yrs) are welcome.

- An
<http://www.paris-tournament.com/tip/index.php?/eng/Inscriptions/Outreach>
Outreach fund has been set up.

If you have more questions, feel free to ask !!

Looking forward to meet you in Paris in May .
Luc Perrin-Pelletier

Paris Aquatique chairman

www.parisaquatique.org

president@parisaquatique.org

Practice Schedule

For some written practices to swim on your own click Practices

June 1, 2010 through September 16, 2010 

• Tuesday and Thursday, 6:30 - 7:30pm  JCC
• Sunday, 5:30 - 6:30pm, JCC 

There will be no practice on Thursday September 9 for Rosh Hashanah. 

For a Calendar view of the above schedule, please click Calendar.

Dues / Costs

June - August Dues:

• Visitor - USMS Members (non-Splash)
  • $10/practice.
• New Member
  • First swim free;
• Ongoing Member
  • Remainder of the season pro-rated by week. ($40/month + $10/full week in current month.)
    

2010 Events

• Please visit our Calendar for lots of fun activities, meets and practice information.

• Build - Increasing effort or speed.
• Choice - You can choose to complete the set with Butterfly, Back, Breast, or Free. Check with your lane mates to see what they want to do.
• Descend - Within a set, each given distance becomes faster as the set progresses.
• Drill - Practicing the correct mechanical aspect of any stroke to make you a better swimmer. Ask the coach for suggestions on what drill you should do for each stroke. There are several options. The point of the set is to teach your muscles a new way of doing something. The focus is on learning instead of speed in a drill set.
• IM - Individual Medley - This set includes all strokes done in this order: Butterfly, Back, Breast, Freestyle. For example, if told to do a "100 IM", start with a pool length of fly, followed by length of Back, then Breast, and Freestyle.
• Interval - A specific time period in which you must swim a specified distance. For example, a set of ten 50’s on a 1:15 means that you must complete each swim in less than one minute and 15 seconds. If you complete your 50’s in 1 minute, then you have 15 seconds rest between each one. So, the faster you go, the more rest you have. Interval training is incorporated into most workouts to increase speed.
• Negative Split - For any given distance, the second half is faster than the first half.
• On the Top / On the Bottom - In swimming, ‘top’ means, top of the pace clock, and ‘bottom’ means bottom of the pace clock.
• Pace Clock - Large clock with a sixty-second hand, placed either a wall or on the deck of a pool for easy viewing.
• Pull Bouy - Usually two cylinders of Styrofoam tied together with twine and placed between the legs. It enables the swimmer to focus on his or her arm stroke without kicking.
• Rest Interval - The time between completing one distance and beginning another distance.
• Set - A number of repeated swims of specified distances with a rest interval between each distance.
• Short Course / Long Course - 25-yard or 25-meter pool/50 meter pool.
• Warm Up / Cool Down - The beginning (warm-up) or ending (cool-down) portion of a workout when the goal is to gently familiarize the body to exercise and prevent injury.

Scroll down for maps and directions to the many pools that Splash uses.  Ohio Splash changes venues approximately four times per year. Check our practice schedule for specific times and locations.
 

	Aquatic Adventures 3940 Lyman Drive Hilliard, OH 43026 614-545-3700 Aquatic Adventures is located in Hillard at 3940 Lyman Drive. The free standing building is just off of Cemetary road. More information about the facility, including photos, is available on the Aquatic Adventures web site.
	Columbus Swim Center (aka "Hunter") 1160 Hunter Ave. Columbus, OH 43201 614-645-3129  Located in the Victorian Village, between 4th and 5th Avenue. Note: Enter from the side door off of the parking lot.
	JCC Pools 1125 College Avenue Columbus, OH  43209 614-231-2731
	Worthington Pools 400 W Dublin Granville Rd Worthington, OH 43085 614-885-1619 The pool is located at 400 West Dublin Granville Road just east of State Route 315 at West Dublin Granville Road (Route 161). Head east toward downtown Worthington from 315, and the Thomas Worthington High School is immediately on the left hand side. The pool is in a standalone building toward the football stadium. We can park anywhere in the high school lot. Swimmers will simply need to enter the front door to the pool building and go downstairs to the lockers and pool.