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resident-cake-anon · 9 months

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teatime asks (inhales long breath) 3, 5, 8, 13, 23 -- or just any combination of those if you don't want to do all of them lol

long ask post ahead!! questions here

3) Who would they have a sleepover with, and what would they do during it?

❀. the besties heather & perseus ofc!! need more content of them together desperately, their sleepovers are full of pining (and teasing from heather ofc @justrandomselfships)

❀. other than them, i can see her having sleepovers with marianne and hilda, hilda hosting obv and maybe leonie and lysithea join in too! love my golden deer gals <33

5) What's their fave and least fave chore?

❀. SKY WATCH catherine loves riding pegasi sm (especially if claude’s assigned the same chore) she loves being able to see outside the monastery and the feeling of the wind in her hair, she feels…free

❀. stealing a little bit from three hopes but equipment management is her absolutely least fav, if you’ve looked at her wiki you know she hates being around weapons, reminds her too much of her the responsibilities her father has given her and all those lectures on how the mechanisms of ballistae work…

8) If at the monastery at the time, would they take part in the fishing tournament, and how well would they do?

❀. i think catherine has watched more fishing tournaments than she can keep count

❀. i don’t think she’d participate since she isn’t fond of being around most of the church staff a ton, also fishing isn’t super common in mecali nor is it common in any of the dishes so she can’t even enjoy that part either

❀. but i think once she was officially enrolled in the academy, she’d become a little more fond of the feast thrown by a certain house leader that followed the tournament

13) If they're a mounted unit what would they name their mount?

❀. YAY I WANTED TO ANSWER THIS ONE i hadn’t properly thought about it before i saw this prompt but i REALLY should’ve

❀. anyways OFC catherine names her pegasus and i think she would go for Luz (pronounced “looz” or “loose” if that helps)! i could see her and and her pegasus have a really close bond since she’s become such an emotional support for catherine over the years so a mecalian name meaning “light” feels perfect

❀. also she affectionately calls her Luzita!! full of brainworms for them now omg

23) What skill or ability are they proud of that they don't get to show off often?

❀. i think catherine would be good at animal first aid! mecali streets are filled with stray dogs so when she was little she learned quickly how to take care of sick/injured animals

❀. while it wouldn’t be perfect i think she’d understand more than most how to take care of horses and cats depending on how well the skill would translate

❀. i can imagine that the horse girlies of garreg mach would come to her if their horses were unwell (im looking at you marianne & dorte)

#OFC I WANNA ANSWER ALL OF EM #loveeee talkin about catherine tidbits and brainworms #but now i need to learn to draw pegasi and horses…a curse…#cake anon gushes!#🍰 ask game!#moots <3 #catalina ❀ ❦

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myfeeds · 1 year

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Webb reveals never-before-seen details in Cassiopeia A

“Cas A represents our best opportunity to look at the debris field of an exploded star and run a kind of stellar autopsy to understand what type of star was there beforehand and how that star exploded,” said Danny Milisavljevic of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, principal investigator of the Webb program that captured these observations. “Compared to previous infrared images, we see incredible detail that we haven’t been able to access before,” added Tea Temim of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, a co-investigator on the program. Cassiopeia A is a prototypical supernova remnant that has been widely studied by a number of ground-based and space-based observatories, including NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. The multi-wavelength observations can be combined to provide scientists with a more comprehensive understanding of the remnant. Dissecting the Image The striking colors of the new Cas A image, in which infrared light is translated into visible-light wavelengths, hold a wealth of scientific information the team is just beginning to tease out. On the bubble’s exterior, particularly at the top and left, lie curtains of material appearing orange and red due to emission from warm dust. This marks where ejected material from the exploded star is ramming into surrounding circumstellar gas and dust. Interior to this outer shell lie mottled filaments of bright pink studded with clumps and knots. This represents material from the star itself, which is shining due to a mix of various heavy elements, such as oxygen, argon, and neon, as well as dust emission. “We’re still trying to disentangle all these sources of emission,” said Ilse De Looze of Ghent University in Belgium, another co-investigator on the program. The stellar material can also be seen as fainter wisps near the cavity’s interior. Perhaps most prominently, a loop represented in green extends across the right side of the central cavity. “We’ve nicknamed it the Green Monster in honor of Fenway Park in Boston. If you look closely, you’ll notice that it’s pockmarked with what look like mini-bubbles,” said Milisavljevic. “The shape and complexity are unexpected and challenging to understand.” Origins of Cosmic Dust — and Us Among the science questions that Cas A may help answer is: Where does cosmic dust come from? Observations have found that even very young galaxies in the early universe are suffused with massive quantities of dust. It’s difficult to explain the origins of this dust without invoking supernovae, which spew large quantities of heavy elements (the building blocks of dust) across space. However, existing observations of supernovae have been unable to conclusively explain the amount of dust we see in those early galaxies. By studying Cas A with Webb, astronomers hope to gain a better understanding of its dust content, which can help inform our understanding of where the building blocks of planets and ourselves are created. “In Cas A, we can spatially resolve regions that have different gas compositions and look at what types of dust were formed in those regions,” explained Temim. Supernovae like the one that formed Cas A are crucial for life as we know it. They spread elements like the calcium we find in our bones and the iron in our blood across interstellar space, seeding new generations of stars and planets. “By understanding the process of exploding stars, we’re reading our own origin story,” said Milisavljevic. “I’m going to spend the rest of my career trying to understand what’s in this data set.” The Cas A remnant spans about 10 light-years and is located 11,000 light-years away in the constellation Cassiopeia.

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indigowallbreaker · 3 years

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Stardew question 15??

15. If you ship characters, what's your favorite ship?

I have a soft spot for Sam/Sebastian. It's bright happy blond verses broody hoodie black-haired guy. What was I supposed to do? I love that unless Seb is being emo on the dock or working in his room, he’s always hanging with Sam. He’s Seb’s government assigned extrovert! We should all be so lucky! Also love Abigail/Sam/Sebastian, especially in a QRP scenario.

It’s worth mentioned that I also LOVE Lulu (from @looz-y ) and Haley!!! I cannot get enough of these two. This is actually the artist that made me give Haley a try. I just love Looz’s art style, and Lulu is so fun, and Looz’s art for this ship is SO ADDICTING! Her other ideas about Stardew Valley are fantastic as well-- special shout out to Grandpa Lore which makes me weak.

I’ve gone wildly off subject, sorry. Uh. Yes, Seb/Sam, Seb/Sam/Ab, or Lulu/Haley for me.

[send me a Stardew Valley question!]

#indigo asks #you make me wanna rant salmon hdsucsadc #forgot i was answering an ask and not just blabbling to you per normal #but i wanna show the people Lulu so this is all staying in #stardew #also looz y if you happen to read this I love your art

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hearty-an0n · 3 years

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hearty i am the fish and the spoon is victory -chair

i am the fish and the spoon is victory

#<3 answers!#chair!!#i was gonna put the pic but i cant find it looz #lolz*

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nuevasformas · 3 years

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DEAD NOTE..

❤ Favorite Male: UMM. near probably. but hes nonbinary in my mind <3 ❤ Favorite Female: misa. or sayu. or halle. or kiyomi. or ❤ Favorite Pairing: kiyomi/misa, or kiyomi/halle, or mikami/namikawa (sorry) ❤ Least Favorite Character: matt and matsuda LOL ❤ who’s most like me: umm. misa i think? i dont know ......... i used to .. god i cant say this but i used to k..k.....kin m*tsuda.. ❤ most attractive: god this is hard. all of the women are really pretty and also light . ❤ three more characters that I like: kyoko, yuri and linda n__n

#asks #snailkinnie #TY FOR ASKING looz i hope ur doing great #ask game answers

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bnheadcanons-scenarios · 6 years

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can i get a love letter from todoroki? i’m quiet w the people i don’t know but once you get to know me i’ll never shut up lol. the person everyone goes to when they need advice &to vent. very caring and loving. i make a lot of marvel and disney references. i love sports so i’m v competitive (volleyball). into painting, music, comics, and late night conversations about pretty much anything. 5’2-5’1 with long brown hair, brown eyes, and the chubby fit kind.

My Soul,

You are the most beautiful person I have ever met. I also love your passions. Well, it is probably more accurate to say that I love that you have passions and that you don’t shy away from them. You love what you do and that’s one of the things I love about you.

I enjoy hearing you talk. You’re voice is elegant and musical and you always say the most interesting things. I could honestly listen to you talk for hours and never grow tired of it. It is the same with you playing music or painting. Everything you do is memorizing. It makes me happy when you’re happy.

I am honored to know and love you.

Todoroki Shouto

#loozes-bluzes #bnha #todoroki shouto #love letter #bnha love letter #My love letter #boku no hero academia #my hero academia #my writing #answered #request

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till-the-blue-skies-chase · 6 years

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July 10, 2018

The Owl House looks super cool! I have a feeling it’ll have a Gravity Falls-esq atmosphere, what with the horror-comedy genre. I don’t expect it to be anything but gorgeous, and even the skeptic in me saying that every show I love will have a disappointing cop-out ending is quieter than usual. I’m super pumped for this series, and I just wanted a place to collect promotion material and analyze them. Currently I’m going by the description and a few images from Tumblr and the Disney Wiki page, but if you have any other official information or doodles from twitter, I’d love to hear about them!

“The series is a horror-comedy series that follows Luz, a self-assured teenage human girl who accidentally stumbles upon a portal to the Demon Realm. There she befriends a rebellious witch, Eda, and an adorably tiny warrior, King. Despite not having magical abilities, Luz pursues her dream of becoming a witch by serving as Eda's apprentice at the Owl House and ultimately finds a new family in an unlikely setting”

I want to know how to pronounce her name. I call her ‘Luz’ in my head, with a short ‘u’, but I wonder if it’ll be pronounced ‘looz’ which sounds...well, like a term used to describe a certain room in the house. It also sounds like ‘lose’, which is interesting as well.

I’d put her age at around fourteen or fifteen, certainly not lower than thirteen. But this is coming from someone who though Gideon Gleeful was in his thirties, so I’m probably not the best at age estimates.

‘Accidentally stumbles upon a portal’? I wonder if it’s a sort of rip in reality, a magical artifact, a magical portal opened accidentally by a spell, or a villain's doing? Like perhaps they were trying to gain entrance to the mortal realm? -Like another demon we know?-

(That aside, I wonder if we’ll get a little Bill cameo. Like I’m guessing well see a little triangle doodled on the corner of a book. A really tiny easter egg.)

Back to Luz; what about her family? Does she have parents? She goes on to (I’m assuming) live in the demon realm for a while, so I’m super curious about her mortal world family. Is she an orphan? Are her parents awful? Does she have any siblings? Friends? I worry for them and I worry for her.

Is Luz safe in the demon realm? Will she have to be wary about being a human surrounded by supernatural creatures?

How will she get to know Eda and King? Will they rescue her from some sort of threat? Will they be the first people she meets?

How old is King? What about his family? Was he training to be a warrior? How do he and Eda know each other? Was he an acquaintance of hers before she started rebelling?

I’m very interested in the magical system and this world in general; who rules the place? Who is Eda rebelling against? Societal convention or an authority figure?

What exactly is “The Owl House”? I’m taking a guess and saying that it’s either the name of a class in this world or is a name given to people who associate with Eda, given that she’s known as ‘The Owl Lady’ (more on that later).

I’m also intrigued by the fact that the description implies that having ingrained magical abilities is one thing, and being able to perform magic just by training is another. I’m wondering if she actually has no potential to do magic and trains to be able to from scratch/ learns how to use the staff, or if she actually does have some magical abilities and has to work to discover and hone them.

Luz’s character design is so cute!

She and Eda have the same gold eyes; I wonder if this has to do with magical abilities or is symbolism. OR *puts tinfoil hat on* Luz is actually Eda’s daughter, and she was sent to the mortal world- yeah, probably the former. In fact, there seems to be a sort of gold motif around these three; Luz and Eda’s eyes, the latter’s nails and necklace (or whatever that gold thing on her dress is), King’s collar, the sparkles all around them...food for thought.

I see the creepy looking building in the background with “The Owl Sh-” (I can only assume it says ‘shop’) written on it; more on that later. I’m assuming this is where Eda lives/works. I suppose she runs a shop of sorts?

There’s a massive stained glass design of a red eye on the top of the building. Hmm.

Eda looks a little villainous in this image, so I’m wondering if she will be introduced or come off as sinister. King is also so darn cute.

Cool mom nonchalantly throws magical bug at son, unfazed by daughter’s bewilderment.

Luz seems to have a slightly different outfit here; the pink gradient on her shoes is gone (maybe that was a trick of the lighting) and so are the pink shapes on the bottom of her leggings. The strings of her shirt are gone, and her irises aren’t visible here, though that may be because of that expression. The irises return in later drawings.

So, front and center in the background; ‘The Owl Lady’ is at large with a comically heavy price on her head.

So, first of all, she freaking framed her ‘wanted’ poster. I’m guessing Eda is quite proud of this. I love her for that.

This photo also implies that she’s known King for a while, and he’s likely wanted as an accomplice.

I’m curious as to whether this reward was placed by a personal enemy or by a governing body or other authority figure.

She’s known as the ‘Owl Lady’; she’s probably a bit of an enigma. That being said, the building on the first photo probably said ‘Owl Shop’ on it, so...Maybe whoever wanted to capture her could search the building that looks pretty darn suspicious? This points to the building being either abandoned or obscured heavily by magic. Or the fact that they know where she is but can’t actually capture her.

Has she failed to have been captured because of her power or because of her being in hiding?

The shop thing is so weird. I don’t even know what to make of it. I guess she owns or lives in this store, but maybe I’m taking the ‘living in the workspace’ thing straight from Gravity Falls.

It seems that they use a dollar sign to represent whatever currency they use.

On to the rest of the background; Eda has an accordian. I need answers. Somebody came in second place for something at some point and she felt the need to hang the medal on her wall. Eda, you better have a good explanation for the friking hand on your wall because otherwise I’m dubbing you ‘Hand Witch 2.0’.

She also has a foam finger and radio; does the demon realm just have similar technology to the mortal world or is it something that perhaps ‘fell through’, maybe through a portal like how Luz did? If so, how interested is she in these items to have kept and displayed them in her home? Was this a reason she was interested in Luz and agreed to teach her magic?

It’s a little hidden by Luz’s hand, but it looks as if there’s an eye with a slitted pupil as a decoration in the center of the couch. HMMM.

The lamp, I’m assuming, is lit by magic, but it would be pretty darn cool if the demon realm had electricity.

Other notable items; an umbrella, what looks like a small photograph of sorts, or something else in a little frame, an askew corner of what looks like cardboard or paper thumb-tacked to the wall, a cow skull, the thing in a oval frame that King is obscuring, the sword and axe.

I suppose the satchel belongs to Luz; it looks brighter than everything else and has a little purple dinosaur sticker that matches her shirt. I guess this may be her school bag?

Why is King wearing a collar? Is it an identification thing from when he was working/training as a warrior?

I’m so curious about the recurring owls! The frame has an owl on it too. Is Eda known as ‘The Owl Lady’ just because of her staff?

I’m curious about that staff too; Eda holds it here but other official doodles show only Luz with it. I’m guessing that the staff helps her enhance/control her powers, or it’s just a sort of broom, and that she will eventually pass it on to Luz.

Eda reminds me of Pearl for some reason? Just the way she looks, and seems to carry and present herself, coupled with the fact that she’s rebellious and carries a long, stick-shaped weapon. I doubt her personality would match up, though. I think she’d be a bit more like Garnet in that she’ll be hard to impress and powerful, and a bit like Stan Pines in that she will be very sly and deceitful along with wanting to bond with and protect others. Of course, you can’t always describe a character completely in terms of others. She’ll likely be an interesting person nonetheless. I’m looking forward to seeing what she’s like and seeing just how wrong my guesses are.

I have a feeling Luz is going to be a smartass. She looks like a snarky person, but also a little bit of a dork.

I love King already. I’m guessing he’ll be quite loyal to both Eda and Luz. I feel like he’s going to be a sort of younger brother type to Luz.

Other photos of interest, though I’m not sure how official they are;

Luz doing some magic with her hand. I’m wondering again about the magic system; is she only able to do this because she’s holding the staff or because she’s practiced?

Is she reciting a spell or just speaking or yelling while doing magic?

So her staff doubles as a ‘broom’ sort of thing? Interesting!

Please tell he that owl isn’t sentient. I’m hoping it falls more into ‘magic that works like technology’ than it does full on sentience like Aladdin’s magic carpet.

Confirmation that King has two eyes; when I first saw the first two photos, I was worried because his right (?) eye was closed.

They’re eating ice cream here, and again I’m wondering about how technology will work in this show. They had to get this ice cream from somewhere and had to keep it cool somewhere, so it looks like there’s a market for ice cream in the demon realm and Eda either has a freezer or keeps them cold with magic.

Or maybe I’m completely wrong about the premise and Luz is hopping between realities. I’m so worried for this child. Is she going to get home she’s probably been reported missing are her family/friends okay.

There’s...another eye shape on the side of the couch. What. Is. With. The. Bill. Cipher. Eyes.

Eda is unimpressed by tiny demon trying to steal her ice cream. Threatens to light him on fire. I wonder what that little guy is doing there. Perhaps those little creatures are the equivalent of mice.

More evidence for King being a little brother type to Luz! I’ve got a feeling that I’m going to love their interactions! Cuties!

The fact that King is eating ice cream from a cone suggests that they got it in the demon realm. You can get ice cream in a cone prepackaged (like with those drumsticks ice cream) but it’s more common to get it at an actual ice cream store.

Or maybe I’m just over analyzing a couple of doodles for an animated kids show that’s not going to air for almost a year from now. I don’t know what I’m doing. I wrote five pages. Twelve if you include all the photos.

Some plot predictions;

I imagine Luz will be adamant about wanting to learn magic, and Eda will be skeptical about teaching her. I’m thinking they’ll have a bit of tension going into it.

I don’t know where the exact tweet is, but Alex Hirsch described it as ‘making the censors want to quit’. Gravity Falls definitely pushed the boundaries (hard) for the creep factor, but I’ve got a feeling this show will do much worse. I’m looking forward to seeing a deeply unsettling world and some very dark story elements.

I’m sure that all of them will get to be badass together at some point and I look forward to that day.

Just waiting here to see how yet another ‘goofy kid’s show’ tears my heart out. Fun times for all.

Images and description pulled from:

http://danaterrace.tumblr.com/tagged/the-owl-house

http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/The_Owl_House

#the owl house #the owl house meta #luz #eda #king #reuploading bc my stuff just wont show up in the tags #super exited for the show though! hoping to do more meta soon...

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airoasis · 6 years

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Swimming World Provides "Goldminds: Understanding Motivation"

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Goldminds: Understanding Motivation

It's crucial to understand why you do what you do ... and why that's important.Why do you swim?

This is most likely the most essential question you can ask yourself. Understanding your answer is a lot more crucial. It will tell you exactly what you truly require to know: exactly what inspires you to be the best you can be. As soon as you understand this, everything else falls under place.The key to understanding inspiration is to honestly and intentionally discover why it is you've opted to swim. Whatever the reason, that's the driving force behind your swimming" story. "Too numerous individuals aim to others for motivation or look for or buy motivation from a wide variety of sources such as videos, courses, books and programs. In the end, all you really need is that which you already have. Motivation is not something you can impose on other individuals. The job of parents and coaches is to assist swimmers find the real factor behind their actions and inactions, and in doing so, assist them unleash their true potential.To learn more about

inspiration and why you do what you do, inspect out the July 2018 problem of Swimming World Publication,

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016 RIPPLE EFFECT?by Dan D'Addona When Gregg Troy revealed his retirement from the University of Florida in April, the sport's immediate focus was how it would affect the Gators. The real ripple effect of Troy's retirement could be seen in American swimming from now through the 2020 Tokyo Olympics-- and it may even alter the method professional swimming is approached in the United States.018 HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL by David Rieder National teams that will complete at significant worldwide fulfills the rest of this year and

next will be selected at this summer's U.S. nationals. However for those swimmers who miss out on making Team USA at this year's satisfy, don't lose hope-- numerous swimmers have actually made their advancement 2 years later at the U.S. Olympic Trials.020 CHANCE KNOCKS by David Rieder Group U.S.A. has actually long dominated the males's 4 × 200 meter freestyle at major international competitors. The Americans failed to win

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Swimming World Presents "Ripple Effect: The Coaching Impact of Gregg Troy"

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Swimming World Presents "Ripple Effect: The Coaching Impact of Gregg Troy"

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Ripple Effect

When Gregg Troy announced his retirement from the University of Florida in April, the sport’s immediate focus was how it would impact the Gators. But the real ripple effect of Troy’s retirement could be seen in American swimming from now through the 2020 Tokyo Olympics—and it might even change the way professional swimming is approached in the United States.

“We’ll call it semi-retirement,” Troy said. “I just think it was the right time. I have eight guys who have a great chance at making the Olympics, and it is going to take a lot of time. Collegiate coaching just takes a lot of time in itself—the commitment to meetings, school functions, recruiting. To do all of those things well and get kids ready for the Olympics, I just didn’t see as feasible.

I always ask that athletes give me the best they have, and I wasn’t sure if I could do the same as I had in the past.”

But just because he will have fewer distractions with a college team doesn’t mean he will be relaxing—and he definitely doesn’t expect his swimmers to relax.

To learn more about Troy and his plans through the summer of 2020, check out the July 2018 issue of Swimming World Magazine, available now!

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016 RIPPLE EFFECT? by Dan D’Addona When Gregg Troy announced his retirement from the University of Florida in April, the sport’s immediate focus was how it would impact the Gators. But the real ripple effect of Troy’s retirement could be seen in American swimming from now through the 2020 Tokyo Olympics—and it might even change the way professional swimming is approached in the United States.

018 HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL by David Rieder National teams that will compete at major international meets the rest of this year and next will be selected at this summer’s U.S. nationals. But for those swimmers who miss making Team USA at this year’s meet, don’t lose hope—many swimmers have made their breakthrough two years later at the U.S. Olympic Trials.

020 OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS by David Rieder Team USA has long dominated the men’s 4×200 meter freestyle at major international competition. Although the Americans failed to win at Worlds in 2015 and 2017, last year’s performances at the college level in the 200 yard freestyle provide reason for renewed optimism.

022 THE “ART” OF SWIMMING by Bruce Wigo In the first half of the 20th century, sports cartooning was one of the most entertaining mediums within the spectrum of the graphic art world, and no American newspaper of any size was without its regular sports cartoonist.

024 FREE TO MAKE HISTORY by Annie Grevers Olympic gold medalist Blake Pieroni of Indiana University became the first man ever to break 1:30 for the 200 yard freestyle. With the kind of training he’s putting in with coaches Ray Looze and Mike Westphal—not to mention being a part of a training group consisting of many of the world’s best 200 freestylers—it’s exciting to think just how fast he can be.

028 NUTRITION: AROUND THE TABLE WITH CULLEN JONES by Annie Grevers and Dawn Weatherwax

COACHING

010 LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDS: ED SOLOTAR by Michael J. Stott

014 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTIMAL MODEL FOR TECHNIQUE: PART I—BODY SIZE AND SHAPE by Rod Havriluk Conventional wisdom relies on modeling the technique of champions. A scientific approach considers the biomechanical principles that optimize performance. Application of these principles can develop an optimal model for swimming technique based on clear and demonstrable factors.

032 DO IT RIGHT, OR DO IT OVER by Michael J. Stott This is the first installment in a multi-part series on swimmer motivation and how coaches approach the often-vexing issue of unsatisfactory practice performance.

035 SPECIAL SETS: SOMETIMES IT’S NOT ABOUT THE WATER by Michael J. Stott Summer league swimming is many things to many people. In some locales, it is no big deal. In other areas of the country, it is quite a different story. Here are some sample sets—and some fun activities—from Southampton and Westwood swim clubs in Virginia to help prepare for your summer league championships.

049 Q&A WITH COACH KEN HEIS by Michael J. Stott

050 HOW THEY TRAIN JAKE AND CARSON FOSTER by Michael J. Stott

TRAINING

038 DRYSIDE TRAINING: STROKE AND DISTANCE STRENGTH SERIES—DISTANCE FREESTYLE by J.R. Rosania

JUNIOR SWIMMER

030 GOLDMINDS: UNDERSTANDING MOTIVATION by Wayne Goldsmith Why do you swim? This is probably the most important question you can ask yourself. Understanding your answer is even more important. It will tell you what you really need to know: what motivates you to be the best you can be.

053 UP & COMERS: SCOTT SOBOLEWSKI by Taylor Brien

COLUMNS & SPECIAL SECTIONS

008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT 013 BEYOND THE YARDS 039 2018 AQUATIC DIRECTORY 048 DADS ON DECK 052 THE OFFICIAL WORD 054 GUTTER TALK 056 PARTING SHOT

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