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The American Swimming Coaches Association, or ASCA, is a professional organization for Swimming coaches in the USA. It was founded in 1958 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. [1] ASCA provides education opportunities for swimming coaches, including running and participating at clinics both within and outside the US. [2]
USA Swimming is the national governing body for competitive swimming in the United States. It is charged with selecting the United States Olympic Swimming team and any other teams that officially represent the United States, as well as the overall organization and operation of the sport within the country, in accordance with the Olympic and Amateur Sports Act.
United States Aquatic Sports (USAS) is the national federation for aquatic sports which represents the United States in FINA (Fédération Internationale de Natation). Since by U.S. law and FINA regulations, the United States must have only one national federation for itself to FINA, United States Aquatic Sports has served as the unifying body for the sports since 1980.
U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS), founded in 1970, is a national membership nonprofit [1] supporting masters swimming in the United States.The program began when the first National Masters Swimming Championships were held on May 2, 1970 at the Amarillo Aquatic Club pool with a few dozen swimmers.
Thus, USA Swimming was born. [12] From 1978 to 1980, the official responsibilities of governing the sport were transferred from the AAU Swimming Committee to the new United States Swimming. Bill Lippman, the last head of the Swimming Committee, and Ross Wales, the first president of United States Swimming, worked together to ease the transition.
Not widely known about Haines, he first learned to coach swimming around 1942 while he was in the Coast Guard teaching Marines and sailors survival swimming. Influencing his future approach to coaching, the U.S. Military was a learning environment that measured and demanded achievement from students and expected them to respect their ...
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At the USA Senior Nationals from 1989 to 1992, the SCSC was ranked in the top five, and in 1992 captured a prestigious first place finish. [ 6 ] From 1995-2007, Hall of Fame Coach Dick Jochums led the Santa Clara Swim Club's men's team where he took three national titles from 1996 through 1998, and got 18 finishes in the top five.