Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
A Sensory Map to a Calmer Swim There's nowhere like being in the water to tune into your body. Whatever stroke we're swimming, we can find a bit o...
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Swimming for Energy, Not Exhaustion
The calm, contained water of the swimming pool is like a blank canvas; we have to decide what kind of impression we’re going to leave. A pool se...
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Case Study: Rachel Finds Her ‘Water Baby’
Rachel, a psychologist from South Wales, describes her experience with Swimming Without Stress as 'life-changing.' We met her as a total non swimme...
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Swimming For Health?
Are you a good, or improving, front crawl swimmer but, when you think about it, you're twisting your neck and gasping for air? It may seem that th...
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Happy Underwater
I was working with Jerry last week, encouraging him to let himself go deeper to find the support of the water. This made him feel a bit vulnerable ...
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Swim Tweaks
Get yourself a damn fine coffee, read on and see if you could benefit from our investigative observations. Here comes a frontcrawler, traini...
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Reflections On The Poolside
Cheryl and I are back at the Hotel Costa Calero in Lanzarote with its 4 wonderful swimming pools. My first visit here was in 2013, a self organised...
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What Can We Guarantee?
I received the following message today from someone considering coming on a course with us in June. I think it expresses the feelings of a number o...
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Can You Let The Water Support You?
If you're a non-swimmer, you're unlikely to start out believing the water will support you, so you'll see it as an obstacle to overcome. Swimming l...
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Streamlining: What’s Your Position?
In the 90s I read an interview in The Swimming Times with a coach who said something like, ‘I use every device possible to minimize resistance and ...
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