Coach

But first let me tell you about my family...

That's us in the picture. As my swimmers and clients will tell you, the three smaller people in that picture are my priority and all the swimming stuff I do has to fit into what "free" time I have aside from my husband/papa role.

My wife, Peggy (on the right), runs H2Ouston Swims youth programs and is a full time swimming instructor and coach for Houston Independent School District and a Red Cross Instructor Trainer.

Kalen (2nd from right) is into karate, riflery, archery, guitar, Boy Scouts, running, swimming, camping, building things, reading and robots.

Nolan (leftmost) is into karate, guitar, Cub Scouts, archery, not running, drawing things, swimming, camping, pulling stuff apart and reading.

These people are the motivation behind me actually charging money (positively confiscatory rates if you must know) for my coaching services. Rest assured that as soon as I win any lottery over $40 million I'll coach for free (but I'll own my own pools).

Aside from the whole swimming thing, I am into reading, camping, guitar, building things, cooking and marksmanship in several lethal forms (so any internet pervs that decide to sneak around my house or family should wear your body armor - actually, that was just a joke - in my youth I was a world class marksman and I can still quickly put a 5 shot group, roughly the size of your left ear, in a moving target at 25 meters - so body armor would be kinda pointless).

Oh yeah...here's the boring promotional copy about me (the big guy, second from the left)...

Emmett Hines is Director and Head Coach of H2Ouston Swims. He has coached competitive Masters swimming in Houston since 1982, was selected as United States Masters Swimming’s Coach of the Year in 1993, became a Senior Coach for Total Immersion Swim Camps in 1995, and received the MACA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002. He has been coaching adult swimming for over 20 years and is one of only 13 coaches to hold the ASCA Level 5 Masters Certification.

His articles have been featured in Swim Magazine and he writes a monthly column for Runner Triathlete News. He has had over 150 articles published in swimming and triathlon magazines and newsletters. Much of his stuff has been purloined and illegally posted on the Internet. There are even a couple places where his words have been stolen and presented as the work of another, and that makes him mad (and his lawyer giddy).

You can purchase an autographed copy of his book, Fitness Swimming, which is in its third English language printing. It is also available in French (entitled Natation, published by Vigot), Spanish (entitled Natacion, published by Hispano Europea) and Chinese (entitled Jianshenyouyong).

Coach Hines has repeatedly been a featured speaker at the American Swim Coaches Assn. World Clinic and at the Pacific Swimming Coaches Clinic–two of the largest swim coaching clinics in the world.

In addition to coaching the H2O Masters group he works privately with many clients (some traveling from as far away as Switzerland and Australia) and serves on several USMS committees at the national level.