Swimming styles

way I did these activities after I came back from the school of course. i used to go to the beach with my mom and my dad, they taught me how to fish and swim without any lifevest for the first time. It took me a while to finally know the basic of swimming even though we lived near the beach. Furthermore, when I was a little grown up, ofcourse I went to the beach with my friends more often than my parents. One day as a

“Take your mark, set, go!” Instead of diving swiftly into the pool and making no noise, I belly flopped so hard that I splashed the other swimmers on my side. Embarrassed and physically hurt, I couldn't stop because I had a race to complete and a time to beat. Kicking as fast as I could and breathing after every stroke, I swam my heart out. Even though I was the last person to touch the wall, I was satisfied because I had just beat my personal record. I’m not an Olympic swimmer and I don’t have

Calaveras Enterprise sports reporter Guy Dossi spoke with Bret Harte High School head swimming coach Andrea Mazza as the Bullfrogs practiced. They spoke of the season thus far, who has been a pleasant surprise and if the swimmer have a lot of interactions with members from other schools. CE: Well coach, you had your bye week last week. Did you use that as an opportunity to relax or did you use it to push the kids harder, knowing they wouldn't have to compete for a while? AM: We are absolutely

On Thursday, June 22, the Blythe Desert Dolphins hosted their second home swim meet, where they competed against the Brawley Sunstrokers and the Holtville Stingrays at the Palo Verde High School pool. The Desert Dolphins went head to head with 34 Brawley swimmers and 13 Holtville swimmers. Making a huge splash in the water, tough competitors from the Desert Dolphins swam hard and did their best to take home well-deserved ribbons in each category. With dynamic strokes and fast speed, the dolphins

sport in which he excelled. His ability to admit he had problems and making himself vulnerable enabled him to overcome his weaknesses and return to sports. He started swimming when he was young, and his wish to become a great swimmer made him dedicated to the sport, giving up other sports to train constantly. Phelps began swimming at age 7 when his sisters joined

ready to get into the water. First week of practice was simple and tranquil, I was being taught the proper technique of swimming and was ultimately building up my endurance. However simplicity and tranquility

Dryland training in swimming dates back to early times. Running, push-ups, pull-ups, common military training techniques have been incorporated in swimming training for years. This remained the staple for years. Resistance training began with medicine balls, progressing to dumbbells, barbells, and many more items in the 80s as Arnold was beginning to make strength cool. Functional movements entered the sport in the 90s, as many doubted if “adding muscle” benefited swimming and if the traditional

“Life is a lot like surfing…When you get caught in the impact zone, you’ve got to just get back up. Because you never know what may be over the next wave” (“Soul Surfer”). Bethany Hamilton endured a very traumatic experience in her life, and this is why she is known as the “Soul Surfer.” The difficulties she faced and overcame were truly remarkable. Bethany is a professional surfer who was born on February 8, 1990 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. She started surfing at the age of five (Sandler 28)

olympian, but I was a qualified swimmer in the 2009 Middle Atlantic Swim Meet; in other words, a pitiless meeting between the best swimmers in the tri-state area under 18 years of age. I began my obsession with swimming thanks to a mother who qualified in the Euro cup and a father who promoted swimming due to his incapacity to tread water for more than thirty seconds. I progressed to become someone that I could not be, however: December 11th, 2009, two days after the event, grinning cynically back at me

is interconnected. The community is self-preserving because everyone accounts for and counts on each other. During practices the fastest swimmers help push the slower ones, but the faster swimmers are pushed by the slower swimmers out of fear of swimming slower. The community members push each other and make each other better, but also enjoys each other’s company. By interacting and having a common purpose with each other, the team is