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Ian Fends off New Year Sluggishness... 'The first sixty years are the worst,' Patrick MacDonald used to say about learning the Alexander Techn...
Read moreSwimming with a Hangover
Drunken dreams of swimming and the water as a cure... 'Beer-drinking's not to be underestimated', an old friend of mine said. And sometim...
Read more360 Front Crawl
Benefits of Breathing on Your BackBefore children learn front crawl breathing, it's a good idea to get them rolling all the way on to the back. It'...
Read moreTry Nose Breathing – to slow down and stop gasping
Conventional swimming instruction will always advise you to inhale through your mouth. I went on holiday with my brother about 15 years ago and he ...
Read moreCamp Training
Ian reports from Lanzarote... I've just got back from another trip to the Hotel Costa Calero in Lanzarote. It's good to get away. I go the...
Read moreFeet Notes
10 Tips for Front Crawl Kick... In Eleanor Simmonds' 400 metre gold medal freestyle race in 2012, the US silver medallist had a ...
Read more‘Can You Guarantee I’ll Swim?’and Daft Questions about Deep Water
We often get asked about guarantees. Earlier this year someone emailed to say he would be coming from the Middle East, could afford only three...
Read moreSink or Swim?…Try letting yourself sink!
We had three ladies on our residential course this week. All of them were capable of letting go, enjoying the support of the water, finding balance...
Read moreFish Out of Water
Give yourself a break and have a breather... I always fancied a single speed bike. The simplicity of no gears appeals. The trouble with a si...
Read moreDon’t Just Do It!
Avoid the swimming by numbers trap In Total Swimming Harvey Wiener writes about visualising a big number on the bottom of the pool corresponding...
Read moreComing up for air
Jacquie had been meaning to learn to swim properly for years but her work hadn't allowed her the time. Learning to breathe was a revelati...
Read moreOops!..I Did it Again
Wouldn't it be nice never to have a bad swim? Swimming with the Alexander Technique is more about an approach to being in water, an attitude to ...
Read moreTame Swimming – on an August afternoon
I tend to avoid the term 'wild swimming' which we hear and read about so much these days. I don't want to get in touch with my wild side when I sli...
Read more“Kick! Kick! Kick!”
Parents: Stop Using the K- Word... We have the pool to ourselves for our residential swimming courses and we don't teach during school ...
Read moreKeeping It Simple: A Different Approach To Changing Strokes
If you want to improve your stroke, there's so much information out there on technique, where do you start? As a teacher, there are lots of things ...
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