1.   But in the summer of Tiger and Venus, swimming seems rather out of step with the other country-club sports.

2.   If swimming had never seemed easy for this California girl, it had always come inevitably.

3.   So swimming in place seems like the obvious strategy for the coach who went from big-fish-in-town to rotten one in two stunning weeks.

4.   Swimming also seems suited for the young.

5.   Suddenly, swimming seems more appropriate than fishing.

6.   Until the past two years, however, swimming did not seem like the perfect fit for the eventual Olympian.