Freestyle swimming

river were. So I began group lessons on the basics on how to swim, most of the other participants were older than me so I did not make conversation with them. After I finished a couple of lessons and learned how to swim the most basic two strokes; freestyle and breaststroke, I joined a summer team, the Bradley Farm Wave. I was not very

SPLASH! and GOOOO! Seemed to be the only noise I could hear, but I wasn't the one swimming. Why was I there? It seemed like everyone I knew was swimming but I was here with a broken nose. This was one of the saddest days ever and felt like nothing was worse than not swimming. I was just hoping someone or something could cheer me up. It was a sunny day at Woodley Gardens pool and it was my first year on swim meet. When I was 6 during the summer of 2010, I was at the pool for a swim meet that my sister

I break out from under water and start swimming the butterfly. At the 50 meter turn, my teammates were all lined up cheering me on. I could hear them screaming “GO”. Them cheering usually doesn't affect how I swim, but it’s always nice to have them supporting me. At the 100 meter mark going into

comes to water, have you ever wondered what could have saved them, well there is a productive method. b. Tie to the audience - Most of you can swim or know how to float in the water if you were to ever get tired in the water while swimming. Most of you would say swimming is almost like riding a bike you will never forget once you learn. c. Your credentials – I have been a swimmer since a young age. I have also trained for physique in water and I have been through water therapy. d. Thesis/main topic

County times, the standard of advancement for all swimmers at my local high school swim team, is a twenty-two second fifty yard freestyle. This is a simple goal for most swimmers but it haunted me all freshmen year. My average time for the season is twenty four seconds or a full two seconds away from the cut off. Through the entire season, I am progressively getting faster until my time is merely milliseconds from my goal. On the final race of the season, my whole team is cheering me on but I miss

The results will be posted at the end of the swim meet. I remembered my mom congratulating me and my family being very happy. My cousin is about to do his event 50 meter freestyle his first event. I saw my dad with his phone out at the end of the pool. My cousin looks at me with an excited smile. I smile back. Announcer: Take your mark. BEEP! My cousin launched into the pool with energy. He got a 34 seconds in the end. My

upperclassmen problem and continued to change. As I was about to leave campus, the coach ran up to me and asked what my 100 meter freestyle time was. As I was about to answer, he said that it doesn’t matter and he wants me to run back and change because the event is starting in a minute. I changed and the buzzer rang as I was taking off my pants. I ran into the pool and started swimming anyway. Our relay team got first in that event.

“The Boy in the Blue Swim Cap” Kyle was a regular 16 year old boy. Like any other teenager, he went to school and played sports, and worked on the weekends. He ran cross country times that were faster than he had ever dreamed they would be, but swimming was fairly new to him. Everyday his mother would pick him up from cross country practice and drive him over to the pool. His mother started to get impatient with Kyle though. She didn’t understand why his times didn’t seem to be improving. But every

Coaches then giving them a warning to finish up and gather around. As the swimmers gathered you could see how anxious they all were. The coaches assigned them to different lanes to do a 500 yard warm up of every stroke and dive. These strokes were freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly, and back. Every stroke they practiced had there own technique. This was the last time swimmers were able to work on their stroke techniques, turns, and dives before their events. As they were all coming to an end of their

In 2015 at the OSSAA swimming regionals meet, I went into it not thinking I had any chance at making it to the state level of competition. Once I had swam and placed very well I thought that there was actually a chance in me making it to the next level, which was something I had never seriously considered happening before then. I went all weekend without knowing if I had made it and then Sunday afternoon I found out that I had barely missed making it. This sparked something in me that motivated me