Swimming

ready for practice, I entered the pool area where the fragrance of chlorine filled my lungs, raised me out of my dreary state, and filled me with an unexplainable blend of comfort and anticipation. This ritual is a key part of my high school life. Swimming has been my sport of choice for as long as I can remember. Although I’ve been a member of the varsity swim team throughout high school, I didn’t start my journey as a top-notch swimmer. The first time I tried to learn how to swim was 11 years…

Many factors lead to his ending of the swimming pool journey. Throughout the story it becomes very clear that Neddy is an alcoholic, making this the incentive that sparked the beginning of the conclusion for him. Neddy somehow creates a new life for himself by becoming a poor and abandoned individual. Progressing further into the story, Neddy’s journey becomes more translucent. After various strange encounters with his neighbors along with his alcohol problem, Neddy begins to morph into a…

The steamy, thick, chlorine filled air penetrated my young lungs. The crowd above was screeching like the rioters in Tiananmen Square. One of the largest races of my swimming career was right at my doorstep. I adjusted my goggles one last time before I started my approach to Lane 8. With each step towards the starting block, the butterflies in my stomach grew exponentially. I slowly mounted the starting block as my mind started to tune out the earsplitting crowd. My focus narrowed in on the lane…

I like swimming, I always do. My peacefulness translates into the deep blue pool of water. It is not the deep blue in terms of sad emotions, much emphasis underlies below the water. Your body feel free, diving in the water resonated by the amplification of your waves from every stroke you have made. Being calm and relax are the key of essentials in swimming, to stay afloat as well as to be efficient in the water without a judder of tiredness. My swimming teacher nags about it a lot until it is…

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…

mainly the one I work at, is a place that I found myself gravitating towards as the pressure of senior year at school and fall basketball grew. Suspending underwater, everything seemed crystal clear—no sounds, no worries, and no responsibilities. Swimming creates a feeling unlike anything else, even if it is only for seconds at a time. When cleaning the pool, I hold in as much air as possible with each dive to make the calming feeling last as long as…

“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…

Swimming and Eye-Health: Important Things to Know A session of swimming leaves us rejuvenated and no matter how sore we feel physically, there is a freshness that surrounds us right from the moment we come out of the pool. However, the feeling is not so pleasant for all because several swimmers are left with a stinging and burning sensation around their eyes, which is quite uncomfortable. In fact, the problem is so common among even the avid swimmers that it is popularly termed as, “swimmer’s…

ever pounded before. The initial feelings of nervousness and excitement are momentarily forgotten with the intoxicating smell of chlorine. As each ear-piercing whistle is heard, the biggest moment of my swimming career is approaching. Among all the high school swimmers who made it to the PIAA Swimming and Diving State Championships at Bucknell University, I try to relax and calm my emotions, but I have been waiting for this moment my entire life. The announcer blasts through the crowd of excited…

Swimming Safety Tips: Every Beginners Should Aware Of Swimming to me is something extraordinary. What is swimming to me? A sport? A form of physical exercise? No, swimming to me is a feeling. Intense feelings of happiness that wash away all the tiredness of a hectic day and make me feel alive once again. It is like a charger of my body that makes me full of energy every single time. As a regular swimmer today I decided to share some experience of mine with you guys. We all know that swimming…