i am 26 yrs old and never learnt swimming .. i have recently joined swimming class ..infact i hv just finished one class ... here i was taught the basic of swimming one of which is to keep ur feet above water and kick the water using ur feet .... i just cudnt do it ... i used to get it whn the instructor held me but cud never do it well on my own ...i weigh around 100 lb ... there were 2 other people in my group much older to me ... however they managed to do it real well ... i am really disappointed with myself and discouraged .. do you think i will ever be able to do that ... i cant even practice on my own in my community pool as thr is no1 to guide me ... how can i keep the feet above water ?? every time i try to do it my feet automatically goes down and i am noe able to float ... is thr any trick to do this .. pls help ...
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There are a number of other posts/threads in this forum regarding swimming and yoga, just use the search feature if you want to seek them out.
The easiest way to ruin your body position and throw off your form in swimming is to try and keep your head lifted up.
I wholeheartedly agree with the ease and grace theory of swimming. The people you want to ask questions of (or recruit to critique you style) are the ones who don’t look fast, but are. Of course those that splash around a lot can be fast, but the swimmers who exhibit both speed and power with the least disturbance of the water probably have the best notions on technique and form. Also, like The Buddha said: Don’t take anything at face value, prove it to yourself by putting it into practice.
Stroke count (the number of strokes it takes to get from one end of the pool to the other) is one of the simplest measurements of swimming efficiency.
There are a number of other posts/threads in this forum regarding swimming and yoga, just use the search feature if you want to seek them out.
The easiest way to ruin your body position and throw off your form in swimming is to try and keep your head lifted up.
I wholeheartedly agree with the ease and grace theory of swimming. The people you want to ask questions of (or recruit to critique you style) are the ones who don’t look fast, but are. Of course those that splash around a lot can be fast, but the swimmers who exhibit both speed and power with the least disturbance of the water probably have the best notions on technique and form. Also, like The Buddha said: Don’t take anything at face value, prove it to yourself by putting it into practice.
Stroke count (the number of strokes it takes to get from one end of the pool to the other) is one of the simplest measurements of swimming efficiency.
