Swimming is a sport that is not natural to everyone.
Walking, running, biking, all of these are quite easy to master, however, it takes some coordination and stamina to learn how to swim and to top it all off, before we improve our swim technique, we all have a different swimming style based on...
Learning to swim at an early age can have many more advantages than just mastering necessary water survival skills.
It could, for example, lead to a longer-term swimming career which will affect the swimmer's life even if he or she does not plan on it.
Sure, not everyone will be in the Olympic...
It is one of those days.
The swimming lane I am about to plunge into is overcrowded and even though it is marked with the clearly distinctive letters "FAST SWIMMERS", the lane is plagued with leisurely swimming head up breaststrokers and wannabe swimmers standing by the wall and discussing the lat...
Are there differences between swimming goggles which I should consider?
What swimming goggles should I use for my first triathlon swim?
I get asked these questions and many more over and over from the beginner swimmers I coach.
And no wonder, with the plethora of different shapes, types, le...
Knock knock.
Who is there?
Head hovering right above the water, perhaps even with regular rimmed glasses on and dry hair, arms slowly pushing the water to the sides with a rhythmic, lazy, and very wide breaststroke-like kick in a weird angle to the bottom of the pool.
I am sure you know who...
In one of my previous posts, I discussed how adding another sport as an alternative to swimming is beneficial, not only for your health but also for improving your swimming.
To make the point even stronger, listen to what Aaron has to say about the cross-training of running and swimming.
Thi...
In the individual medley races, there are a lot of transitions between strokes: fly to back, back to breast, breast to free where each swimmer could either gain or lose time on the opponents.
Usually, the most complex turn is the one from backstroke to breaststroke.
In the history of swimming,...
Let's check out how the freestyle stroke is NOT supposed to be done, for a change.
In this post, I will examine a short video where you will see a front view of a freestyle swimmer who is swimming against the current in a small swim flume (endless pool).
These endless swimming pools are quite ni...
If you are anything like the majority of our population, you do not necessarily love doing housework. It is just a necessary evil that has to be done.
What I am talking about are the mundane tasks that we need to do on a regular basis such as vacuuming, wiping floors, washing dishes, dusting etc....
Human beings are not built to live in water like the many species of fish in our deep blue oceans.
Despite that fact, taking the journey to learn to swim has become a necessary skill for many people in today's world.
Since you are reading this post, you should applaud yourself, as you are a sma...