Human swimming

conversation with my new coach, Brian Crawford, about possible schools I could swim for in college. He advised me with many great options, but when he mentioned Assumption, I couldn’t take him seriously. I told him that I wasn’t of that caliber of swimming, but he refused. He simply told me to keep up the good work, because it would pay off in the end. Time flew by, and soon enough, I was visiting Assumption for an official tour. I had the opportunity to meet swim coach Stuart Cromarty. After…

age of 13, and that was my ability to swim long distance races. The first time I swam one of these, I broke a team record and I knew this was the path to go down. But through the talent I soon came to find, nerves started to set in. The thought of swimming for fifteen minutes straight at high intensity scared me. What if I wasn’t to do well? All of that work for nothing? What are my friends or other competitors thinking of me? This started a long trend of me getting nervous before races. My…

felt like I would be sick. Scuba diving taught me that I need to calm down and not worry so much. My parents had been planning a trip to Italy and asked me if I wanted to go scuba diving. I answered so fast as I thought about being under water and swimming with all the beautiful fish and aquatic life. My parents had researched for a guy for me and my brothers to take lessons with. A few days later my dad brought us a book and told…

sometimes three, hours the situation will only worsen as I repeatedly raise my arms above my head and pull back as hard as possible. Weeks of this pass by, all for the sake of being able to travel through 100 meters of water a few milliseconds faster. Swimming has been my primary sport since the age of eight. The aforementioned training regime was a necessary price to pay if I ever hoped to improve and outperform peers, and I stayed dedicated to it from the beginning. Because of this, I grew…

“Mom, can I quit?” I said impatiently, throwing my swimming suit and towel into my bag. “Why? It is a good chance for you to get some exercise.” This is the twenty-fourth time that I asked to quit my swimming class. I didn't want to spend my Sunday afternoon in the swimming pool. The two hours in the water was too boring. I could spend the time on something that was more interesting as a thirteen years old girl, rather than swam like a frog every week. “If you really don't want…

Marcus Gravey, an early 20th century American Political leader, once stated “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. “ For any group of people to be successful, it is imperative that they understand where they once came from. Many precentors in our class captured the essence and importance created by the specific culture they studied. There are numerous amounts of cultures that all interact and intermingle in many different ways that…

my coach and everyone that had doubted me that I can achieve anything if i put my mind to it. Many people believe swimming is not a sport full of blood, sweat, and tears; different excuses are swimming is not recognized in many schools across Texas, it does not require a lot of effort; others oppose stating that it is. Of course the ones…

because I was simply fat and lonely. I accepted and believed that I wasn’t good enough and accepted that I am a LOSER. Everything changed one day when I was in my swimming class at my high school my freshmen year. I was swimming around and I asked a few swimmers if I should join the swimming team they all laughed and said,” swimming isn’t for fat people like you.” My gym teacher over heard what they said and called me over. He told me a speech that I will never forget in my life which he…

and exercise science on 50 varsity athletes competing in the Olympic trials it found “Regarding the 36 months prior to the swimming trials, 68% of athletes met the criteria for a major depressive disorder… (Brunet et al 2014, p. 322).” In agreement with these findings I have experienced the effect on the pressure of performance by peers and parents. In my high-school swimming experience state swim meets had high expectations, especially for swimmers who could gain scholarships from their…

minute, “Why did she have to yell so loud at me for such a bad reason”. After I the waves stopped after about 3 minutes, I started getting bored of swimming because one of the only reasons I want to swim is because of the giant waves. So I got out of the flat pool and ran to my uncle Bryan and asked him, “Can we go because i'm getting bored of swimming” he said it was up to Jacob. So I ran into the pool and swam to Jacob and asked him and he said yes, so we both got out of the giant pool and…