How Being A Multi-Sport Athlete Early On Benefits Your Swimming

By Taylor Padington
Why is it that swimmers think that swimming is the only sport they can do? I have heard this phrase time and time again: putting a swimmer on land is like taking a fish out of the water. However, as I took a poll of the Boise State swim team, I found that all 20 girls played at least one other sport growing up and out of the entire team, 75 percent were involved in three or more sports.