Magical Mystery Torso
I'm enjoying watching The Great Pottery Throw Down. In one episode the potters were trying ingenious methods to try to support their two-feet...
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Pre Swim Wish List
I'm going for a swim in a quiet pool where the water's a comfortable temperature. What do I want?... 👍 To allow myself to enjoy movement throug...
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All You Need Is Love
Putting love of the water into practice... Swimmers often talk about our love of water. But one way or another we fight the thing we love. ...
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Swimming Without Strokes
Swim: to move through water by moving the body or parts of the body. Cambridge dictionary. I'm at the Hotel Costa Calero in Lanzarote again,...
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Changing the Objective?
Is the objective, when working with fearful non-swimmers, to get them independent in the water by the end of their course of 8 lessons? Cher...
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How exactly does swimming help anxiety?
'It's great for the body and the mind' has become a swimming platitude. How much truth is there in it? As swimming becomes more and more pop...
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Think or Swim?
If you fancy a change in the pool There's joy to be found in the most simple swimming activities, and lots to learn, and to gain, for yourself. ...
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Bankers
45 kilowatt hours in a day! Our son's home for Christmas. He left the heater on in his space, 21.5 degrees, and disappeared for 2 days. 'Hell is o...
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Gradual Progression to Good Enough
Robert (65) has come to Pembrokeshire for our residential course a few times over several years. On the first day of his course earlier in the y...
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Taking the swimming out of swimming
On how we help non-swimmers 'I just want to feel comfortable in water,' Karen told us on her first day. We always like to hear this, from ...
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Poet in motion
Observations of Leonard Cohen swimming nude and BBC Naga running before she can walk I watched a documentary about Leonard Cohen on BBC last nig...
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Back at home
We received some feedback this week from a lovely pupil who came to Croft Farm last year. I'm sharing it because it made me think about what happen...
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If I win the lottery…
The autumn sunlight streams in through the pool windows at Croft Farm and bounces off the clear, shallow water. An adult who's spent a lifetime wit...
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Ameo Powerbreather – Unique Twin Tube Fresh Air Training Snorkel Review
I've been enjoying swimming with the Ameo Powerbreather. I've tried 'training snorkels' previously but never one like this. Fresh air comes in thro...
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Fight or Flight, or Float
The startle pattern, also known as the Moro/ baby panic/ parachute/ fear reflex, affects all swimmers, non- swimmers and swimming teachers to some ...
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