Coming 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...
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“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 ...
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Black Men Can’t Swim?
Why can so few black people swim compared to the UK population as a whole? In this programme on BBC Radio 4, October 2nd 2009, Matt Blaize explo...
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Look On The Bright Side!
Front Crawl Breathing Doesn't Have To Be A Struggle If front crawl breathing's a bit of a struggle, go back to basics and work on the key el...
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Cross Pattern Crawl
Kicking our opposite hand forwards is a pattern that's already there, waiting to be discovered! A lot of Alexander Technique teachers encour...
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Drift And Swish…
Non- Doing On Your Back Helps Your Other Strokes... If you want to improve any stroke, try practising this one. We call it the ‘Old English’. ...
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On Your Back! For Basic Coordination Patterns
The importance of learning to swim on the back is often overlooked. Being supine with the support of water is a great way to release and expand. Yo...
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Rotation Rotation Rotation
Why we should roll around like kids and strokes shouldn’t be taught too soon.. Four simple rotations are the foundations for all swimming moveme...
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In At The Deep End, Sink Or Swim
How not to learn deep water confidence... "In those days, deep ends were deep. We were going all the way, just the two of us, to the other side ...
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From Nervous Non Swimmer to Bloke on Holiday in 8 Lessons
Ewan Gives Any Water Obsessed 10 Year Old A Run For Their Money... Some forty years ago, I went through all of the classic small boy 's...
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