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With the start of the Olympics…. Did you realize the various events describe our lives? What to know 5 of the 39 analogies? Read below…. • Is it archery where you are trying to hit the bullseye? There is a hot investment that will be a jackpot and things better. • Would it be table tennis? Things are moving fast, and you are trying to keep your eye on the ball in play. • Could diving be the best description? Do you just go forward into the water or add some sort of twists and turns? • How about mountain biking? You have some long uphill climbs and on the way down a few big obstacles. • Would rowing describe your strategy? Working with a team towards a common goal. We all are participating in “sports” and the outcomes are different for each of us. What event describes your strategy and why? Please share in the comments below…. #Money #BestAdvice #LGBTQAdvisor #FinancialPlanning #PersonalFinance #LGBTQFinancialAdvisor

Very interesting visualization. In the #Paris #Olympics, 4 countries dominate #Women's Rowing, with 9 countries represented across 21 medals. -85.7% of Gold Medals won be nations deploying a Talent Development System (depending on your perspective of whether NZ is considered TDS) -85.7% of Silvers Medals won by nations deploying TDS -61.9% of total medals won by 3 nations (deploying TDS) World Rowing USRowing Rowing Canada Aviron KNRB Dutch Rowing Federation British Rowing Deutscher Ruderverband e.V. Rowing Australia

The Olympic medal count system can be seen as #insane and #unfair due to several reasons. Firstly, it doesn't account for the varying levels of difficulty and competitiveness across different sports. For instance, #swimming and #gymnastics have numerous events, offering more medal opportunities, while sports like #rugby and #baseball have very few. This disparity can unfairly skew the medal tally in favor of countries excelling in sports with multiple events. Additionally, sports like #athletics and #football, with higher global participation, often see stiffer competition, making medals harder to come by compared to niche sports like #equestrian. The system also fails to recognize the individual brilliance required in sports with fewer events, like marathon running. Furthermore, team sports like basketball contribute only a single medal despite the collective effort involved. The medal count also overlooks the different investment levels and resources available to athletes from various countries. This system can therefore misrepresent a country's overall athletic capability and investment in sports development. #Olympics #MedalCount #FairPlay #AthleteDiversity #SportsEquality #CompetitionLevels #GlobalParticipation #TeamSports #AthleticInvestment #OlympicChallenges

In our workshops, we teach that repetition is the mother of mastery. No one exemplifies this more than Katie Ledecky. Her dominance in swimming isn't just about raw talent; it's about countless hours of repetition. Stroke after stroke, lap after lap, year after year. According to The New York Times, it's estimated that Ledecky swims about 37 miles a week. "That adds up to 1,900 miles a year, and it means eons of staring at the black line that runs along the bottom of a pool." The result? Ledecky now has won 14 Olympic medals, nine of them gold, beating her own record for the most medals won by an American woman in Olympic history. She has 23 of the top 25 times in the 800-meter freestyle and 24 of the top 25 times in the 1,500. Coachability Consultants salutes Katie Ledecky-- her dedication to perfecting her craft is a masterclass in achieving peak performance. #KatieLedecky #repetition #swimming #peakperformance #leadership #athlete #sports #motivation #success #mindset #coaching #coachability

This week, both Swimming Australia and USA Swimming will begin holding their respective Olympic Trials for the upcoming Olympic Games. Last summer at the World Championships, the Australians pulled off a stunner by earning more gold medals than the Americans (13 to 7). However, the Australians have not topped a medal table at the Olympic Games since 1956 in Melbourne. The Americans have a long track record of performing well in Olympic years. The US Olympic roster will likely feature athletes who are current NCAA athletes or just wrapped up their eligibility this March. For the US veterans that end up making the team, nearly all of them still train on college campuses. With college athletics going through a total shift, my opinion is that schools are the most marketable when they are successful in multiple areas. Athletic Departments should celebrate their Olympic Gold Medalists as much as they celebrate football and basketball accomplishments. WBB certainly has proven that investing in the talent can pay off. The NCAA swimming and diving system develops many Olympic medal contenders, for both the United States and the rest of the world. Invest in these superstars and there will no doubt be a return on interest that will benefit all parties. #LinkedInSports #Olympics #Swimming https://lnkd.in/eCz6HJWu

🇺🇸🏊♀️Congratulations to Kate Douglass @UVA on winning the 200m Breast to become an Olympic #GOLD medalist #Paris2024 ! 🎉🎉🎉 Not only is she an olympic swimmer, but also a statistics student. She is the first author of "Swimming in Data” https://lnkd.in/g2TVJKb3 in the latest issue of #TheMathematicalIntelligencer ! #KenOno

Paris 2024 Olympic Swimming - Submerged #2 Men’s 400 Individual Medley: This is the closest Olympic swimming comes to a one horse race. Marchand (FRA) has a “complete set” in terms of his 200m quality across all four strokes. His transitions (changing strokes) and underwater work are the best. He will excel in the breast leg and the more time he is swimming freestyle (fastest stroke) while the others are still on breaststroke (slowest stroke), he effectively doubles his lead. After the easiest 4.08 I’ve ever seen in a heat, apart from Michael Phelps (USA) and Ryan Lochte (USA), one can throw back to the 1988 Seoul Olympics and you have a comparison in Tamás Darnyi (HUN). Carsen Foster (USA) although fastest in the world this year and comfortable with a 4.11 in heats, will likely be chasing for second. Women’s 100 Fly: Another chance for McKeon (AUS) to consolidate her place as Australia’s most medal winning Olympian but she’ll be doing it from the outside lanes - plenty have done it from there. However, Walsh (USA) with her Olympic Record in the semis, Huske (USA) and Kohler (GER) with impressive second 50’s, will make things difficult. A 29. coming home will most likely win this one. Men’s 100 Breast. The focus for this event is clearly on Adam Peaty’s (GBR) ability to secure his 3rd consecutive 100m Breaststroke Olympic title. With that status comes the age question. But old breastrokers make good ones - the average age of this final is 26.1 yrs, just over 2 years older than the average age of all top male swimmers in 2022. Fink (USA) will be a serious threat, as will Kamminga (NED), Qin (CHN) and Martinenghi (ITA) - the splits of each of these athletes indicates that any challenge to Peaty will come all in the final 20m. #olympicswimming  #Paris2024

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I'm currently supporting 7 Edge Rowing Athletes at US Nationals Masters Championships here in Oklahoma. I thought it'd be a good time to share simple piece of advice that everyone should take into racing. That is the importance of progression and treating races the same way as you treat a training session. You're just looking to get better every session and picking one thing from each session that you can do better as the regatta goes on. You're just constantly picking a diagnosis of how the race went, and figuring out one thing you can do better. Then, having one simple, clear, controllable process-focussed aspect that you can focus on for the next race. Then make the objective not to win, or to hit a time, or to medal, rather make the objective of the race just to do that one thing better. If you do that right, then you'll be going faster and the rest will take care of itself. 😊 P.S. If you're at the regatta, drop by the Edge Rowing tent to say hello. #OklahomaCity #RowFest #RowFest2024

When you hear the name "Indiana" what do you think of? Racing? 🏎️ Basketball? 🏀 Highways? 🛣️ The Colts? 🏈 Corn? 🌽 🏊 We're changing the narrative. 🏊♀️ Indiana is one of the TOP states for Swimming in the U.S. Check out this article from Swimming World about why the Olympic Trials and high school swimming are so important to our state's history and future. https://lnkd.in/gFzUZNCz #neipride #indianaswimming #olympictrials