susan | May 2nd, 2024 | Swimming

Breathing

Breathing = it is our fuel supply, buoyancy, balance, sense of calm, control and focus. If our breathing isn’t as it should be your fuel supply O2 quickly runs out, [...]

susan | March 14th, 2024 | Swimmer Profile

The Power of Water

When you swim on a regular basis, you improve your cardiovascular endurance, whilst also building muscular strength, swimming uses a wide range of muscle groups and most muscles in the [...]

susan | January 10th, 2024 | Swimming

A fish out of water and onto a court

It’s been a while since I’ve learnt a new skill,  I’ve always wanted to learn how to play Tennis and I started having lessons in June 2023 with PH Tennis [...]

susan | December 28th, 2023 | Swimmer Profile

Challenges and Positive Ripples

People inspire people.  The experiences of others can spread positive ripples. Having coached Monica she has kindly shared her swimming story. As we start 2024, this article reminds us how [...]

susan | December 21st, 2023 | Swimming

The Swimmer – carve and create your own Greek Sculpture

During a lesson Anthony acknowledged not only the improvement of his forward momentum, but his brilliant comment mid practice - it’s like a Greek Statue! Recent visits to  Rome and [...]

susan | December 2nd, 2023 | Swimmer Profile

Self-coaching: The pitfalls and advantages

Search online anything about ‘Swimming’ and you will discover demonstrations, explanations to watch and visualise that you can try to implement and put into practice.  The success of this will [...]