Dancing and Swimming?

Hello everyone, I am writing a piece on the relationship between dancing and swimming for the next issue of SWIMMER. I would love to hear your thoughts and opnions on that relationship, if you think one exists. Me, I think swimmers and dancers share grace, excellent body awareness and pointed toes :-) And more, but now it's up to you! Thanks, Laura I can see some similarities in the smoothness and grace of both activities' movements. However it is interesting that the swimmer's body awareness does not translate to land activities. Just my observation - swimmers are strong and well conditioned, but do not seem to have a co-ordination advantage when trying other activities. I think the body awareness and control learned in dance gives dancers a huge advantage when trying other sports. A couple of specific examples: It was interesting watching my 14 year old, who is still dancing, learn to surf. Her balance and body awareness made it very easy to pick up right away. My 16 year old switched from dance to martial arts years ago. The body control and work ethic she had already learned made her very successful in that world.

Hello everyone, I am writing a piece on the relationship between dancing and swimming for the next issue of SWIMMER. I would love to hear your thoughts and opnions on that relationship, if you think one exists. Me, I think swimmers and dancers share grace, excellent body awareness and pointed toes :-) And more, but now it's up to you! Thanks, Laura I can see some similarities in the smoothness and grace of both activities' movements. However it is interesting that the swimmer's body awareness does not translate to land activities. Just my observation - swimmers are strong and well conditioned, but do not seem to have a co-ordination advantage when trying other activities. I think the body awareness and control learned in dance gives dancers a huge advantage when trying other sports. A couple of specific examples: It was interesting watching my 14 year old, who is still dancing, learn to surf. Her balance and body awareness made it very easy to pick up right away. My 16 year old switched from dance to martial arts years ago. The body control and work ethic she had already learned made her very successful in that world.