Swimming

I thought I could train myself into being tougher because I don’t really have asthma—only sort of. Swimming was one of the activities where I chose not to use my inhaler because I had always been fine before. Thus, as I gazed out on the choppy gray waters from my great-aunt’s trailer home I felt no fear. For six years, I had been forced into swimming lessons, so I was pretty confident in my swimming skills. Even though I had quit before mastering the butterfly stroke, I could still breaststroke…

Strawberry Popsicle and salt water never left my taste buds since I spent all day swimming and taking advantage of the unlimited snack stands. I fed birds, touched stingrays, and snorkeled with various tropical fish, but I could not wait for my half hour at the end of the day to swim with dolphins. When it was finally my family’s shift…

Thanks to the Michael Phelps-Ryan Lochte rivalry, the 200 Individual Medley is one of the most watched competitive swimming events in the world (Park np). This race combines all four strokes and tests both the skill and the guts of a competitor. The IM is comprised of speed and endurance. To fully understand the complexity of this race, personal experience is required. Although some will never attempt the IM, a complete description allows spectators a more in-depth comprehension as well.…

that we should get ready. I grabbed my already secure yellow cap that in bold blue stated my team name “Marlins”, making sure that it was stable under my thick strawberry blonde locks and likewise trying to not pull it over my eyebrows because in swimming terms that’s bad. Remembering how ruined my hair looks after my hair had the battle between the chlorine. The little girl I helped calm…

careful when jumping around next time. Higher education is a kind knowledge that you can gain from utilizing your personal surroundings and experiences. Since I was a child, I have had a passion for swimming. I started learning how to swim at the age of nine. With a few years of training, I was swimming like a fish. My parents…

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…

for me to try again. I lept off my chair and landed in the pool, about as gracefully as Bambi on ice, but honestly I was surprised I managed even that. Hitting the water was like a kick start that sent me into fast forward. All of a sudden I was swimming faster than I thought possible. I scooped up the girl and pulled her safely back to where a swarm of lifeguards and concerned patrons met me. My boss was the first to ask me what happened and I tried to act as calm and collected as possible. The…

it too, and he kicked his heart out as he raced his teammates for the wall. Getting out of the water, I was so happy, perhaps more so than the kids, because I finally understood the real purpose of my job - to help these kids find their love for swimming. So I didn’t complain about working after that, and I enjoyed every single moment of the swim season. Then, suddenly, swim season was over, and I didn’t know what to do now that I didn’t see my pre-team every day. And it was then - and only…

I remember a time when I was little my mom took me and my sister to Raging Rivers Waterpark. The waterpark was huge to us it had three slides, a little kid area and a wave pool. The wave pool was always my favorite if I wasn't at the little kid area I was in the wave pool my mom use to tells stories about me not wanting to leave the wave pool she told me that I would cry or throw a fit. I remember a time when we went to the waterpark and my moms friend ask me if I wanted to go down the toilet…

problem because I’m just hanging around not doing anything really ”. So after a while it started to get cold. Just about all my my friends had gotten out of the water and now was just hanging out around the pool and my brother and nephew were still swimming around playing with the other kids. About thirty minutes had passed with us just goofing around having a good time. Some people decided that they were going to go to a party three blocks up from the pool. Me not wanting to be left out I told…