{"id":362998,"date":"2019-04-07T04:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-07T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=362998"},"modified":"2019-04-06T15:41:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T22:41:43","slug":"swimming-world-presents-beyond-the-yards-julie-kamat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-beyond-the-yards-julie-kamat\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents “Beyond the Yards: Julie Kamat”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beyond the Yards: Julie Kamat<\/span><\/h1>\n

Tips and Techniques From the World’s Fastest Swimmers and Best Coaches<\/span><\/h3>\n

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For the typical elite swimmer, his or her journey begins with swim lessons at a young age, followed by many adolescent years swimming competitively before transitioning into college swimming. Most people believe that \u201cgood swimmers\u201d reach their goals by following this structure.<\/p>\n

U.S. Olympic Trials hopeful Julie Kamat<\/strong> is looking to change the stereotype. She believes she\u2019s where she is today by not only choosing not to swim in college, but by also rooting herself into the diverse and supportive community of U.S. Masters Swimming.<\/p>\n

Julie says she has always had a passion for the water. By the time she was in high school, she was competing at the national level in synchronized swimming, as well as swimming competitively. Her ultimate goal was to go to a Division I college on a swimming scholarship. Sadly, chronic injuries to her spine and left shoulder hindered her dream.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow as a Masters swimmer, there are none of those outside pressures,\u201d Julie says. \u201cEverything is for myself. I don\u2019t have any external forces pushing down on me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Swimming with a Masters team has allowed Julie to fine-tune her workouts. Because of this, and with the help of equipment such as the arena Swim Snorkel II<\/span><\/strong><\/a> and the arena Kickboard<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, she has drastically improved her stroke technique, taking stress off her shoulders and back\u2014her original problem areas.<\/p>\n

To read more about Julie and her journeys in Masters swimming,<\/strong>
\ncheck out the April 2019<\/a> issue of Swimming World Magazine<\/em>, available now!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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