Sinking while swimming is one of the most common problems that hold swimmers back from improving or simply learning to swim well. Minor adjustments to body position and swimming technique can...
Category: Learn To Swim
You will often hear the terms 'front crawl' and 'freestyle' used interchangeably, but are they the same thing? The front crawl and freestyle are not the same thing. The front crawl is a swim...
In order to be water confident, and understand how to cope in a tricky water situation, it will help to learn the main survival strokes and understand why they are important. As a general rule,...
If you are a swimmer, then you may have wondered what the difference is between a public swim and a lane swim? Or perhaps you have seen these terms on the pool timetable and never gave it a second...
While trying to build water confidence, and learning about how to deal with difficult water situations which could be life threatening, I came across the concept of "drown proofing". As a...
I believe that only those who have experienced a fear of deep water truly understand the difficult mental challenges that must be overcome when either learning to swim, or progressing their swimming....