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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Heaven Nose
I woke up this morning from a dream about swimming. I don't often go to the pool these days (apart from the one we teach in at Croft Farm). But the...
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Poet in motion
Observations of Leonard Cohen swimming nude and BBC Naga running before she can walk I watched a documentary about Leonard Cohen on BBC last nig...
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Observations and Experiences at the Piscine Molitor
We went to the Molitor Hotel for a couple of nights this week. For anyone who likes swimming pools, it's really worth the trip. Apart from the two ...
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Quality Time
Are you a recreational swimmer who needs to be more relaxed?.. “ Spending more time underwater, then more time getting air in, is easier tha...
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Not So Slow Sophie
Cheryl makes friends with a head-up breaststroker on holiday and shares her top tips... “ Despite her lovely stroke and confidence, keeping her he...
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Old Man River
Reflections on Swimming with the Alexander Technique... “ It’s as if the river doesn’t mind one solitary human quietly joining it. With a group,...
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Meet Me at the Symmetry Gates
Aiming for balance in the water... “ Breaststroke and butterfly are symmetrical. The two sides of our body do the same thing at the same time. F...
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Enjoying the Journey with Breaststroke and Butterfly
Looking ahead with no left and right turns... “ Rhythmically, meditatively, without stress, without worries, I alternated lengths of breaststrok...
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Diving Into Breaststroke
Thinking of dolphins and Adam Peaty... If you'd like to improve your breaststroke, it may help to think of it as a series of glides or, if...
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