Have you all had a day when you suddenly had a substantial breakthrough in learning to swim better? A day on which your swimming suddenly "clicked", so instead of trying hard to correct this or that detail of swimming better as you had been doing each day (how to kick, pull, breath, etc.), all of a sudden, you swam with all those details corrected, without effort, and without much thought about it. Months (and perhaps years) of thinking, practice, seem to be paying off altogether on that one day. I made some nice progress yesterday and today and feel great. My swim just suddenly became so much more relaxed and I was much more buoyant without effort. and breathing, which I had tried to improve, poses little problem now--and I wasn't even thinking about it. :D
I hope the progress will stay with me and I won't forget how to swim the way I did. :cool: I'm still a beginner. I will be really interested to hear you story. :)
not sure if this qualifies for the day my swimming suddenly "clicked" but I remember the day my mind finally let go and allowed my body to swim fast.
May 2008, I was going to swim 10x100m st 1:40 and just see if I could hold 1:25. as always I swam the first 100 much faster than planned 1:16, I said to myself what the hell, let's do it. swam the next eight 100's 1:15.5-1:16.7 with the last one 1:13.8. My coach was taking times and splits. I was swimming most of my splits at or around 38.
prior to that day I couldn't do more than 2 100's under 1:30
my second body/mind click came last month when we did 10x100 start 1:30 and I swam them att between 1:13-1:14.
My next mental block is 10x100 st 1:25. I know I can do it, I just have to get my body to back me up ;-)
not sure if this qualifies for the day my swimming suddenly "clicked" but I remember the day my mind finally let go and allowed my body to swim fast.
May 2008, I was going to swim 10x100m st 1:40 and just see if I could hold 1:25. as always I swam the first 100 much faster than planned 1:16, I said to myself what the hell, let's do it. swam the next eight 100's 1:15.5-1:16.7 with the last one 1:13.8. My coach was taking times and splits. I was swimming most of my splits at or around 38.
prior to that day I couldn't do more than 2 100's under 1:30
my second body/mind click came last month when we did 10x100 start 1:30 and I swam them att between 1:13-1:14.
My next mental block is 10x100 st 1:25. I know I can do it, I just have to get my body to back me up ;-)
