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Since my High school years, the years where everyone and everything was vulnerable and susceptible to failure, judgment, pain, and rejection it has always been a dream and interest of mine to learn how to swim. The relaxing feeling and confidence of submerging in a large array of water without fear or hesitation of drowning by such a necessity, I couldn’t imagine living without. Little did I know that my childish desire would haunt me till the days of my adulthood. Foolish and naïve thinking…

Since swimming uses all five senses, it leads to activity in the brain which then creates growth. Cross-patterning movements such as swimming activate both cerebral hemispheres and all four lobes of the brain simultaneously, which can result in heightened cognition and increased ease of learning (“Swim Kids”). Immersing the body in water to the level of the heart increases blood flow through the brain's cerebral arteries, thus improving vascular health, blood circulation, and cognitive function.…

Since the age of five, I have always been on the swim team. During the younger years of my swimming career, I did not attend practice very often. I would take weeks off and the only reason I gave for missing was simply "I did not want to go." My parents never wanted to push the issue because they felt as if it would make me hate the sport and they wanted me to like swimming for me. The thing about swimming is practice does not only make a swimmer faster but it also makes them swim legally.…

How I learned to swim I was sputtering in the water, and I felt as if I were to drown. Some water got into my snorkel, and as I was coughing the water out, I forgot to hold on to the edge of the pool. I started to sink. With nothing to grab on to, I started sloshing with my arms as much as I could. The pool was not that deep, only five feet deep, but it was more than enough to be deep for me, since I was only seven years old, and I was less than four feet tall. I was trying to hop out of the…

an example of a minor ellipsis. It is when Mr. Blume backs up to dive into the pool, he still has a cigarette in his mouth, then there is a cut to him getting a running start for the dive. A wide shot is shown after a cut of the action of Mr. Blume diving into the pool, here he does not have the cigarette. The sequence and cuts indicate that Mr. Blume put his cigarette down, but there is no observation of that. The viewer has to be in the filmic time in space in order to realize that this action…

How to choose the best above ground pool Introduction Are you living in a place where weather is hot and humid and you want to beat the heat by buying a swimming pool? But due to the high cost of installation and maintenance you are seeking a less expensive option. Above ground pool is the best cost-effective option to fulfill your need. These pools are often considered safer for children as they reduce the risk of accidental falling in due to their shallowness compared to the in-ground pools.…

What is water? Water is a colorless substance that humans can’t live with out. Water is an essential ingredient for human existence. This is how most humans would describe water, but when it comes to me; I describe water as my second home. When I was younger I would spend a lot of my time at my grandparents condo in Florida. The community they lived in had a huge swimming pool that I would go to every time I visited them, I would spend hours playing in the pool and my grandparents would have to…

The girl sitting on the side of the pool with blue lips, shivering like it is twenty degrees outside, that was me. As a child, most kids go to a swimming class to learn how to swim and enjoy their lessons, to ultimately growing up spending days on the lake with their friends soaking up the sun kissed water. For me, this experience was a little different.I loathed going to swim class. I would beg and cry, asking my mom to take me out of the class but the feeling of being a young child who just…

Growing up, I was a swimmer. I started swimming competitively when I was nine years old and continued throughout high school. Since high school, I have kept swimming a part of my life by using it for exercise and coaching swimmers from age five to eighteen. Swimming has provided many benefits to me. As the American Academy of Pediatrics suggested, swimming has become my "life sport" (AAP, 2006). For me it's like riding a bicycle, I never forget how to do any of the strokes. It is a…

One of my most distinctive long-term goals that I had was to qualify for our varsity swim and dive team as well as to participate in the state meet as a freshman. Being a nationally accredited team, I understood that if I wanted to achieve my goal, I would have to devote a large amount of my time and effort into my practice schedule. This resulted in multiple practice times, an increased workout schedule and participation in outside service involving the swim and dive team. After school,…