Swimming Upstream

Swimming is an ancient activity that has taken place since both water and humans were on the earth. Around 10,000 years ago humans found prehistoric evidence of recreational swimming on Stone Age paintings. Books such as the Iliad, The Odyssey and the bible all include references of swimming. Around 1830 in England swimming started to become a popular recreational activity. By the time 1837 rolled around the National Swimming Society held six different competitions around London. In 1875 captain

Swimming competitively over the past 11 years has had a profound impact on my life. Swimming has taught me the importance of time management and leadership skills. As I progressed in the sport, it began to take up more and more of my time: peaking at approximately 17 hours a week of training. As you can imagine, this required me to developed my time management skills because I have had to carefully plan to complete my school work by the given deadlines. The pressure swimming has put me under has

within this sport. Having two a day practices each two to three hours long, waking up in complete darkness to get ready for swim meets and jumping into the freezing cold water are all part of the swimming experience. I have had some very good coaches, and not so good coaches throughout my 12 years of swimming. Coaches are an imperative part of any athlete’s career, and having a coach that is hard to get along with can cause a lot of conflict. Going into my senior year of high school, I knew that the

In the first short film Locks by Ryan Coogler, the film is attempting to communicate about a man named Dante with dreadlocks who faces difficulties with the police officers in his daily life due to his appearance. He has a little sister and he loves her so much. Sadly, his little sister has lost her hair due to illness. For this reason, Dante decides to shave all his hair off in order to support his sister emotionally. In the second short film A Million Miles Away by Jennifer Reeder, the film is

Keyword – Katy Swimming Lessons Tricks and Strategies of Open Water Swimming for Beginners You have been learning swimming and practicing it regularly with success for quite some time now. It is obvious that you are close to becoming an expert soon provided that you get efficient in crossing one more hurdle that is, open water swimming. Swimming in the open waters is scary at least for the first time that you swim in an environment that is strikingly different from that of a swimming pool. When inside

Autobiographical Essay For my lifeguard training I had a hard time going through the physical training. Going through my swimming instructor training there was a point where an employee tried to talk me out of it. I also had a hard time getting a job as a lifeguard, and had to learn to deal with rejection. Dealing with these situations has made me stay positive, not listening to people trying to get me down, and that rejection isn’t always my fault. On the first day of training, I met my instructor

everyone downstairs. “Come on girls let's go!!” my dad yelled loudly from the kitchen downstairs. “Coming!” I exclaimed running down the staircase. Most sports have big events. Games, meets, competitions, and matches. The sport I compete in is swimming. And the nerves you get are what I call meet jitters. These are the type of butterflies you get when you are about to race, or getting ready to dive into the water . And just like that two of my sisters and I were whisked away

Having a goal helps people plan and motivate their desire to achieve what they’re aiming for. Setting goals is the first step of the process and it begins with what they want to do. Achieving goals take sacrifice, commitment, and overcoming obstacles on the path. The short story, “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing is about achieving a goal. A single mother and her child, Jerry, are on vacation at a beach. Jerry meets some local boys and watch them swim underwater for a long time. Jerry decides

that all the other practices this season would be nothing like the first. The one thing that I know I'll never forget about the first practice is the coaches. My favorite coach, coach Sara, went up to my mom and us told that my brothers should try swimming because my sisters and I were the only people in my family who wanted to do swim team. Sean and Willem had still signed up for swim, but the were'nt happy about it. I don't quite remember how, but someway coach Sara spoke to my brothers and inspired

A fairytale for the young and the young of mind Once upon a time a little girl lived in a small village on an island in the middle of a vast, vast ocean. Her name was Sey-Tu. Sey-Tu was known on the island for her beautiful black hair and her inquisitive mind. But most of all she was known as the girl with the unusual large feet. Sey-Tu lived in a small house with her father, mother, grandmother and her brother Vanu. The house was located at the edge of the small village, near the beach. In the