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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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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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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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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The Gift of Giving
What we get back from giving ourselves to the water. The activity I find most valuable of all, as a foundation for swimming, and as something whic...
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Why Relaxing Your Neck Is Necessary
Here are two reasons to focus on relaxing your neck in water. Firstly, if you have any kind of fear, the first thing you'll do, before and i...
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From Rosemary, Still Enjoying Front Crawl In Her 80th Year
I’ve just read your latest blog and thought that I’d get in touch. You gave me front crawl lessons in 2012 and taught me how to lengthen my stro...
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