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You can do it!
A little girl in my swimming lessons last night was saying to me… ‘I cannie do it, I cannie do it!’… I replied to her that ‘cannie‘ isn’t a word, and that she can do it. She’s very cute. She came along … Continue reading
Posted in Motivation, Quotes
Tagged can't, cannie, courage, dedication, determination, drive, face in, learn, learning, practice, prepare, quote, sarifice, succeed, swimming, train, try, you can do it
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Total Immersion Swimming Drill Videos
I put some new swim sessions on my blog recently, sessions based on the Total Immersion technique. I went in the pool last night to try them out, and think I got them kind of right, more work required though I … Continue reading
Posted in Swim Session, Swim Teaching
Tagged drills, skate, swim, swimming, total immersion, underskate, zipper, zipperskate, zipperswitch
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Speedo Aquacoach Watch
I’m going to use my Speedo Aquacoach watch for the first time in the pool tonight. The watch didn’t come with an instruction manual, you’re provided with a quick start guide on the inside of the box (so you have … Continue reading
Posted in Gadgets, Swim Session
Tagged aquacoach, count lengths, gadget, speedo, stroke, swim, swimming
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New Total Immersion 2,500m swim sessions
Inspired by Terry Laughlin’s, Total Immersion: The Revolutionary Way to Swim Better, Faster and Easier I’ve got together a 2,500m swim session for myself. Here’s a description of the book: Even though swimming is the closest thing to a perfect exercise you can … Continue reading
Posted in Swim Session, Swim Teaching
Tagged immersion, Laughlin, skate, swimming, technique, Terry, total, underskate, zipper
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Rest day and Santa Claus Speedo Aquacoach
Gill text me late last night to say she couldn’t make our run on Thursday morning, so I decided a lie in would be a good bet for me. 🙂 Although I’ve only run once this week, I’m thinking it … Continue reading
Wk45 – 3000m swim and ‘Run Tomas Run’?
Tuesday night and I got picked up from work and taken to Bella pool. The plan was to do Swim Session 11, then run home, taking a long route of about 7 miles. The swim went fine, I was concentrating … Continue reading
Posted in Run, Swim Session
Tagged bellahouston, fast, front crawl, heavy legs, run, swim, swimming, water
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18,000 hits!
My blog has attracted a total of 18,000 hits since I started it last year! This October has been my busiest month so far with daily figures peaking at 232! (the day I changed/improved(?) the layout). Please let me know if there are any … Continue reading
Teaching Swimming is fun!
Following on from my Teaching different levels of beginners how to swim, I thought I’d share some other points in relation to teaching swimming and how I provide motivation for those I teach. I’ve been teaching swimming for almost 10 … Continue reading
Posted in Swim Teaching
Tagged ASA, bellahouston, children, fun, glasgow, lessons, motivation, postiive, pupils, swimming, teaching
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Teaching different levels of beginners how to swim
I know this isn’t to do with my ‘Training’ as such, but a swimming teacher asked the question of me recently: How do you teach a class of beginners to swim when there are two levels of beginners in the … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Swim Teaching, Training Plans
Tagged back crawl, beginner, bellahouston, front crawl, glasgow, learn to swim, lessons, swimming, teaching
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Gadgets to count swimming lengths…
As you might know I’ve been swimming a little more recently… in the hope that if I swim then I’ll still be working hard, but I won’t be over doing it in running or any other ‘weight bearing activity’. Hopefully … Continue reading