“ Gracie, what happened your timing is off, your strokes don’t look right, and you are getting too close to the wall. What happened? You need to be better ,” my coach said to me with disappointment. I had no idea what he meant when he said “I need to get better,”. When my coach told me about my problem made me think way more about my strokes. I have been swimming for most of my life even if it wasn’t competitive and I had never really focused on my strokes. I already knew that I am supposed to drink water even when I’m swimming, and that I need to stretch before and after I get into the pool to avoid getting hurt. I also already knew that I needed to warm up and cool down before I started swimming hard. My coach always …show more content…
According to SwimOutlet, a website that sells swimming gear and has tips for swimming, so for swimming you need to warm up basically your whole body meaning shoulders, back, thighs, and arms. “‘In order to prevent injury, stretching is very important. When stretching, you should make sure you cycle through all parts of your body,’”(stretching for swimming). I already knew that you should bring stuff to practice but I didn’t know quite what I should bring other than a swimsuit and goggles. According to Enjoy Swimming, which is a website with that teaches people how to swim or to swim better, you need lots of stuff to swim safely but not everything is necessary but it could be helpful such as goggles, cap, swimsuit, towels, etc. “‘The swimming equipment you need for swimming is goggles, cap, and swimsuit. Some things that are nice to have are swim fins, and nose clips,’”(enjoy …show more content…
I have also learned what the exact things I need for swim practice and what might be nice to have. I learned when to breath, how to do the stroke exactly, how to kick right, and how to put that all together when doing backstroke. I have also learned how to kick right, when to breath, how to do the stroke exactly, and how to put that all together when doing butterfly. I also learned some good tips on where to look when swimming and when to breathe in a lot of strokes. This research will affect the way I swim at practice and hopefully make me swim a little bit faster than I used to. Through my research I found stretches for before and after swimming, what gear you should/need have, how to do backstroke better, how to do butterfly better, and just some good breathing