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If Mary J Blige is learning to swim…
Apparently singer Mary J Blige has made it her mission to learn how to swim this year… so she can spending more time with her active friends. The Grammy-award winning popster blames growing up in The Bronx, New York, as the reason for not being a beach or swimming pool babe. “New York is along way from [...] -
Swimming Teaching Tips
I like to think that I’m a pretty good swimming instructor – I give the children the attention they need, I have plenty of swimming knowledge and understand what it’s like learning to swim (competitively or not). But some lessons I walk in dreading how certain kids will behave or ruin the class for others. [...] -
Goal Setting
Every swimmer wants to get better and better right? And at times we struggle to improve and wonder why! So this swim blog is all about goal setting, target setting and helping you to achieve the very best results possible. So what is it that you actually want to achieve? Is it to be the best [...] -
How does your swimming team influence you?
The atmosphere whilst you train can have a massive influence on you and your performance. Being a part of a team can massively raise spirits and swimming abilities or totally destroy them! A positive group attitude is really important but is something that takes time to develop. Making sure everyone feels a part of the team [...] -
Protect your hair from chlorine damage
Chlorine is the chemical commonly used in swimming pools to disinfect and keep the water clean. If you’re a keen swimmer who trains a couple of times a week then you may notice your hair is more brittle and dry than it used to have been! This is because chlorine removes the natural oils from [...] -
Which Type of Front Crawl Swimmer are You?
Choose which type of front crawl swimmer you are! 1. Rocky – If you have a build like the famous film character ‘Rocky’ then you might have a bit too much muscle for swimming really well. Being a swimmer needs long, toned muscle rather than [...] -
Pull Buoy Advice
Pulls buoys are designed to improve your upper body strength and also improve your body position in the water by adding buoyancy. Because the legs are supported, you can focus all your attention onto isolated areas of your body such as working your upper body, practising breathing pattern or correcting your head position. Types Pull buoys are [...] -
Swimmers Ear
Swimmers ear (otitis externa) can be a real issue! It can often be related to swimming or swimming underwater when the water can get into the outer ear canal. It only takes a tiny amount of water to get into the ear canal to get ‘swimmers ear’ and the effects will be different for every [...] -
Great Training, Not Such Great Race Results?
Not quite getting those swimming results that you deserve? It’s so common for swimmers to be the best trainers around – never miss a session, always on time and always works the hardest in the pool – but way off potential race times. So here we have a plan of action if that swimmer is you! I [...] -
Team Building Exercises for your Swim Team
If you get the chance to use some training time, or a day in the school holidays to do some team building games with your swimmers it’s a must, especially if you have some big swimming competitions coming up! These team exercises don’t necessarily have to be done in the swimming pool or even on pool [...]