Last month, several players on the Ravens noted that they don’t know how to swim to make full use of the team’s new pool in their renovated athletic performance facility. Michael Phelps, a 23-time Olympic gold medalist and big Ravens fan, was called in to help .
Phelps visited Ravens training camp this week and worked with the players, many of whom had so little experience in the water that they weren’t comfortable getting in any deeper than they could comfortably stand.
“I didn’t know what I was getting into. I had no idea what their comfort level was,” Phelps told the Ravens’ website. “When I see the guys in there and some of the guys who are literally working on floating and breathing, and they’re focused on paying attention to those details, it shows their vulnerability , esp