Topics about learning to swim from scratch
When I tell a mom or dad that we teach baby swimming classes at the Chicago Blue Dolphins Swim Studio, I often get a puzzled look on his or her face followed by the question: “They aren’t really swimming, are they?” When people think of swimming, they think of competitive…
If you are blind like me, swimming has always been a little challenging because I couldn’t see the pace clock, other swimmers, the practice on the board. Since I’ve started to do more stuff in open water with my team in the last 10 years, it’s…well…game over out there. The…
I get this question a million times: “My goggles leak when I swim. What are the right size goggles for me?” There are a ton of goggles out there in the market of all different shapes and sizes. You want to find a pair that fit into your eye sockets…
One of the most common comments we get from our clients who know how to swim but just can’t turn it into a fitness activity is: “I get so out of breath! I can run a marathon, but I can’t do two lengths of the pool.” The swimming literature commonly…
I am in Ft. Lauderdale, FL this week for the 2009 American Swim Coaches Association (ASCA) convention. I saw a thought-provoking talk yesterday by Melon Dash of the Miracle Swimming Institute. She was speaking on the absolute necessity of adult swimming lessons to overcome adults’ fear of the water and…
