Synchronized swimming

Hi Journal, Since it is the summer time I am having a blast swimming in my pool, but with one exception I am swimming in my new mermaid tale. Today was my first day swimming in it because it took the past couple months to perfect. While I am swimming in it I hear this simple melody which is at odds with the strength I feel in my lower body. Whenever I swim I feel so powerful as if there are no limits to what I can do. When I was still recovering from my depression, art became a visual way for…

Since my High school years, the years where everyone and everything was vulnerable and susceptible to failure, judgment, pain, and rejection it has always been a dream and interest of mine to learn how to swim. The relaxing feeling and confidence of submerging in a large array of water without fear or hesitation of drowning by such a necessity, I couldn’t imagine living without. Little did I know that my childish desire would haunt me till the days of my adulthood. Foolish and naïve thinking…

outdoor pool catered towards family fun with a kitty pool, slides, and a diving board, the indoor pool focused on competitive swimming. The length of the indoor pool is twenty five meters long, and twenty meters wide, allowing for eight lanes that are 2.5 meters wide each. Out of these eight lanes, the team used four lanes, each containing assigned swimmers based off their swimming abilities. Sitting nearby the main pool is a hot tub, lifeguard posts, and an entrance from each locker room. The…

The Art of Swimming Lessons Trying a new activity for the first time can be challenging as well as a frightening experience. In our complex that we lived in at the time with many other families and children of the same age as me was an outdoor swimming pool, smack dab in the centre of houses. You couldn’t avoid it, its crystal waters gleaming at your through the fence that surrounded the pool. I enjoyed being in the water; that wasn’t the issue, the problem I faced was the deep, ominous depths…

The girl sitting on the side of the pool with blue lips, shivering like it is twenty degrees outside, that was me. As a child, most kids go to a swimming class to learn how to swim and enjoy their lessons, to ultimately growing up spending days on the lake with their friends soaking up the sun kissed water. For me, this experience was a little different.I loathed going to swim class. I would beg and cry, asking my mom to take me out of the class but the feeling of being a young child who just…

Angle the feet for the optimal way to catch water. In the following days, I noticed more people who had irregularities in their stroke technique. As the season continued, I kept my focus on helping my teammates realize the importance of details in swimming, working with individual people a couple of minutes every practice. At the end of the season, our varsity boys defeated Lynbrook High School- the long reigning league champions- at a meet. Looking at the score distribution, I couldn’t help…

Personally, one of my most challenging experiences and accomplishments was being part of the swim team. I went to swim tryouts without knowing how to swim, but yet I was determined to learn because I love the outdoors and trying out new things. I was nervous and terrified about the fact that maybe I could’ve drowned or even worse --for people to make fun of me for not knowing how to swim. Of course I was wrong, because one I did not drown and two, people that were already on the team were…

As a small child, I spent summers in pools, ponds, and lakes. Swimming came naturally to me, so I became a swimmer for my local swim team. Over the next seven years, I made close friendships with other swimmers my age while swimming became life. I attended every practice, even though others wouldn’t. My race times usually came close to the qualifying times of zone championships, but I never qualified. While this did feel like a failure, it wasn’t my greatest failure. The path to my greatest…

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…

I Believe in Competitive Swimming Swimming is my life. Joining the swim team has changed my life more than I ever thought it would. Since I joined my weeks have been filled with practice and more practice. Weekends are filled with meets and going to events. I went through a lot of years just so I could join the team. Being part of a team is amazing and full of fun. Swim has changed my life in a lot of ways. From being part of a team, to getting up early for meets. I don’t know what I would be…