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Letting Go Of ‘Sinky Legs’

March 4, 2016

Sinking Legs Aren’t A Problem, Holding On To Them Is. Everybody likes to float.  Some people,  elderly ladies for example, float perfectly h...

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It’s All Right Once You’re In – Five Minutes In The Frigidarium

February 16, 2016

A room for cold water immersion was the least popular place at the Costa Calero Thalasso and Spa I visited twice last week. Numbers were ...

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Don’t Pass It Up, Pass It On!

January 11, 2016

Family fun for five-year olds… All parents recognise learning to swim, alongside things like literacy, numeracy, drawing pictures and riding...

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Changing Lanes

December 29, 2015

If you're struggling in the slow lane, can you help make it a better place? "Feeling not fighting the water, being aware of your neck and yo...

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Floating Foundations

December 10, 2015

Learning to swim is all in the basics. The less you do in water, the easier it is to change your reaction to it, especially at the learning st...

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He Ain’t Heavy

December 9, 2015

How to make a sinker lighter... "Don't relax on me,” a senior Alexander Technique teacher used to tell me. My idea of relaxing made me stif...

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Tips On Choosing Swimming Goggles

November 3, 2015

If any of the questions below apply to you, check out our recommendations... We teach swimming every day and help a lot of people to choose ...

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Clock Sucker!

November 1, 2015

Calling time on chasing the red needle... Last Saturday I had a terrible swim. I hadn't tested myself against the clock for a while. ...

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Three Strokes and You’re Out

October 22, 2015

Enjoying small achievements and an afternoon nap... When we get a new skill for the first time, we may be greedy to repeat the experience. Be...

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Knowing Your S**t Or Knowing You’re S**t

September 30, 2015

How Self Aware Are You? For my birthday today, I got a mug with this on: GRAMMAR: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KNOWING YOUR SHIT AND KNOWIN...

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Two Weeks To Thailand

September 15, 2015

John Learns To Swim Just In Time... 26 year old civil servant John badly wanted to swim before a big holiday to Thailand. Here's his account...

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Swimming with Swans – Open Water 7 review

August 11, 2015

Swans UK asked us to try the latest edition to their range, the Open Water Seven and we received it just in time for our holiday to Rhode...

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Being vertical, for a change

August 8, 2015

If we're not too busy getting from one end of the pool to the other, it's good to practise staying vertical and in the same place.  Since w...

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Play Comes First, But What Next?

July 18, 2015

On Teaching Children... I don't work with many children these days. But it's good to keep your hand in. This week I gave five short lessons to O...

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Posture And Alignment Or Awareness And Prevention?

July 10, 2015

Ian isn't interested in 'strengthening the core'. People who don't know very much about the Alexander Technique tend to think it's all about pos...

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