Human swimming

Boulder Boulder is the best thing I have gotten from a lake. We have so many funny stories about boulder. Boulder is a rock we found in the lake. Holly, Mia and I were swimming in Mia’s lake. I was playing hide and seek with them until all of a sudden I stepped on something very sharp. Not really thinking about it too much I just kept playing the game, I thought it’s a lake there are always little rocks I step one, until I stepped on it again. I got tired it and dove underwater and tried to…

There are a lot of reasons why the new swimsuit, the LZR Racer, can affect the forces working on a swimmer during a competition. Some think it is a good reason, such as Mark Schubert, the United States swimming head coach. Others think the swimsuit is a bad idea, like Italy's head coach, Alberto Castagnetti. I believe that the LZR Racer is a bad idea because it would be unfair for racers in other countries. Here are some reasons why. In the swimsuit, Speedo and NASA created a super speed…

On July 18, 2011, I was 9 years old. That morning, at 10:00 a.m., I was at my swimming lessons at the Mora Aquatic Center. Leah and I went to our swimming lessons. After we finished at 11:15 a.m., we went to the park to eat lunch and play around until 12:30. At 12:30, I went to the pool and I went and played in the deep end (12ft 6 in) and went off the diving board and drop off slide. I also went on the other 2 water slides that they have. At around 3:40 p.m., I went on the fast green…

I’ve always been a strong swimmer; I’ve always been determined and a believer, but I can't say I had ever thought about winning state. I was twelve years old in the summer of 2015, which turned out to be one of the most important and eventful summers of my life. I woke up on Thursday morning at 6:00, ready to start the first day of my state meet. The meet would take place at the Walter Schroeder Aquatic Center in Brown Deer, Wisconsin; lasting a full four days, starting on Thursday and ending…

Chelsea Hansen In John Cheever’s short story, “The Swimmer,” Neddy Merrill swims across the county in a string of pools. As Neddy runs from pool to pool, he is greeted with kindness and care. Then, a storm hits, along with some ridicule from the town. After the storm, Neddy grows weak and unhappy with his decision to swim across the county. The string of pools represents the events of an affair; his wife finding out about the affair is represented by the storm. “The Swimmer” is a short story…

author of the book “Outliers”, defines success based on the facts of when you born, where you grew up, and what language you speak. However, I describe success differently as, work ethic, persistence, and faith. Swimming is one of my favorite sports other than basketball, I have been swimming for almost ten years. However I have never made it to…

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…

the team but was willing to put in the extra effort. Since I was new to competitive swimming I started off swimming in the “easiest” events. These included the 50 meter and the 100 meter freestyle. Eventually I became a substitute swimmer that would go in whatever event needed another Hobart representative. This led to me being in the 200 meter more than anything else. Most people on the team to not enjoy swimming any distance above 100 meters. Eventually I would be tasked with one of the most…

Swimming through the Notes I can remember the day in fifth grade band sitting at the long, gray percussion tables listening to our band director teach “If You’re Happy and You Know It.” Staring off into space because I already knew how to play it for a few months, I could vaguely hear Mrs. Tripi’s voice telling the flutes to watch for A flats and reminding the trumpets that B flat is first valve. As I waited patiently for the rest of the band to finally pick up on the well-known melody, I sat…

Slimy little fish in my small soft hand. Looking at the fish intensely with my deep brown eyes as it squirm I raised it in the air and tilted my head. Everyone chanting my name. The smell of campfires and s'mores abundant. I let go of the fish… Hang on let's go back a bit. It was my second week long scout camp and we were up at Camp Mapledale in Payson Canyon. We had been at scout camp three days now and that's when all the games start up. We came outside to a tiny and flimsy kitty pool, full…