Freestyle swimming

together. The first swim meet of the summer consisted of a few different events, but one of my events was the 100 butterfly. Just to see my name on the heat sheet under the event listing made me nervous and ambivalent. During my freshman year of swimming, I could…

One time I overcame the fear of failure that still affects me today is when I took my first ever dive in the fourth grade. It happened that I was the only nine-year-old kid on my swim team that could not dive yet and I really, really wanted to learn. But, I was always afraid of going in head first and getting water into my ears and nose. When water gets into your nose, it hurts a lot. Mostly, though, I was afraid of failing to dive properly and belly flopping and embarrassing myself in front of…

30-m cliff, a proper dryland program can aid performance. I remember as a child learning how to dive at my local summer league team. Being able to catapult myself off the diving board gave me great thrills and was far from other sports I had done (swimming, basketball, soccer). As a high school swimmer, I still dove in the summer to help the summer league team score points in the championship meet. I remember my coach (who was younger than me, Mr. Chris Heaton) teaching me tricks on how to…

talented swimmers and I need to have my best swim to be able to compete against them. After a little over an hour, my team and I arrived at our destination. I saw many familiar faces from other teams since we have been friends for many years from swimming club. We conversed and soon came warm-ups. We all did our thing and shortly after warm-ups, the meet began to commence. I was a part of the first relay, which is the 200 medley and we achieved our best time and ended up making…

on Central High’s swim team. Living in California, Susie was used to spending most of her time in the water. Both of her parents loved to be outdoors and enjoyed an active lifestyle that they passed that onto their daughter. Easily passing though swimming lessons, the lead lifeguard approached Susie’s parents about the possibility of Susie joining a swim team. She said, “Even though Susie is too young to compete, I think Susie could get a head start on learning the basics, that way when she…

Next up Sid diving 101c front dive tuck 1.2,” the voices echoed throughout the pool deck. I got up on the board, there were eyes glued on me watching and waiting for me to fail. This dive was easy, I didn’t even need to think, start with an easy dive end with an easy dive. I began to walk…. 1, 2, 3, 4 then hurdle. My approach was flawless, I remembered my arms and everything. I tucked then in less than a second I kicked out, but it felt like an eternity. As I kicked off the bottom I reflected on…

Can you believe that some people think swimming isn’t a sport? Awesomely swimming has been around for centuries, but most people like it for entertainment. Luckily, people learn how to swim because it’s an essential skill that should be, but unfortunately almost required in life and parents want them to be safe, but other people learn for different reasons. Some learn it because you can actively perform it your entire life. Amazingly others pursue this sport because it’s the sport they dream…

and earning a spot on the varsity team. Being captain my senior year would top off all the hard work I have put in the past four years and would be a great end to my high school swimming career. I embody the main qualities that make a captain - organization, dedication to the team, and enthusiasm about the sport of swimming. It is no secret that I am an extremely organized person. I schedule every day with my day planner and rarely lose track of any dates. I love to organize events for large…

Compassion, leadership, grit. But for the first few years, I was mostly in it for the rewards. I loved going to meets and winning ribbons; practice not so much. However, something changed, I eventually learned to appreciate the daily struggle of swimming and began to focus on the lessons beyond the returns. There’s one particularly brutal swim practice that I attribute my change in mindset to. I think I was about 9 or 10, and the practice started out fairly standard. A 600 warm-up, followed by…

3 Bass Rigs You Really Ought to Learn! Many of today’s anglers all to often seem to have the enthusiasm to get themselves all sike’d up for that big day of fishing the following day only to find themselves coming in at the end of the day with only one or two bass caught. They will spend the day, usually casting, re-rigging, running, loosing lures, etc., but most of all getting frustrated because the fish aren’t cooperating. "Sound Familiar?" I, surly know this feeling and I’m sure that any…