About Us
About Rocky Mountain Splash
Rocky Mountain Splash is a member of the Rocky Mountain Association of United States Synchronized Swimming Inc. (USSSI). Rocky Mountain Splash is a nationally competitive synchronized swim team. The goal of the team is to promote the health and growth of its athletes through participation in team oriented training and competition. The team promotes the sport of synchronized swimming and encourages its members to attain their highest level of achievement based on individual and team potential. Each team member is expected to learn and practice swim techniques, teamwork, responsibility, and sportsmanship in an environment of dedicated effort and fun. Synchronized swimming is a sport requiring overall body strength and agility, grace and beauty, split-second timing, musical interpretation, and dramatic flair. It is a unique sport in which power, strength, and technical skill are displayed in an artistically choreographed piece. The competitive rules and manner of judging of synchronized swimming are similar to its counterparts, figure skating and gymnastics.
There are four events in synchronized swimming: solo, duet, team (four to eight swimmers) and combination (eight to ten swimmers). In addition to these routine events, each competitor must participate in the compulsory figure competition. The scores earned in this event are added to those of the routine competition to determine each event's winners.
To perform a strenuous routine while maintaining an effortless appearance is a very difficult and important quality that is expected by the judges. To understand the physical demands and endurance needed to perform the 3 1/2 to 5 minute routines, consider running while holding your breath for lengths of time up to 30 seconds. The routines demonstrate what has made "synchro" so popular with audiences. Much of the appeal is found in the use of music to demonstrate the athlete's skills, technique and creativity.
The Rocky Mountain Splash Parents’ Corporation, a Colorado non-profit organization, supports Splash. Parents of all swimmers become members of the Corporation upon joining the team. The Corporation is responsible for the financial support of the team as well as helping with recruiting, public relations, and policy matters.
