this thread is here for us to share tid bits of wisdom about swimming
stuff like
get your cap wet before you put it on.
keep your racing suit dry before you race.
Don't warm up in your racing suit
don't breathe on the last stroke into a turn
or your first stroke out of a turn
ande
I just thought of this tip,if someone already noted it,sorry,but it bears repeating.
As you finish your breaststroke pullout shrug your shoulders to improve streamlining.
Now here is the best trick of the trade I have seen, www.childdrowningprevention.com/index.html
I saw this over the summer--a 6month old who had been taught through ISR. It's the freakiest thing in the world to see a baby who can hardly hold itself up on land float in the water, and roll over to get face up in the water. They keep their eyes open the whole time and don't even blink.
I also heard from the mother of the infant that the lessons themselves are just short of torture for both infant and the mother herself--watching the baby scream and cry and go crazy. The mom said that the babies (everyone that she saw) would cry the minute they got into the pool area because they could anticipate the next 20minutes.
I guess in the end it is a great resource and a great thing for people who want to take that extra precaution but I don't know if I could do it to my kid.
"Drownproofing" babies has been around for a long time. The problem is that the skill deteriorates rapidly. Unless the babies continue with practice, they forget everything and sink to the bottom like a referigator.
One must be ever vigilant when children and water are combined.
