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. :)
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A few moments come to mind.
First was during a transitional learn-to-swim-competitive class I took in 10th grade. I finally learned how to relax and breathe on freestyle and went from struggling to survive 25 yards to being able to swim easily for hundreds of yards, maybe thousands, all at once.
Second was a week before my college conference championships meet when I realized that you're supposed to accellerate your freestyle arm pull. I dropped about 7 seconds off my 200 Free despite the 11th hour changes. I wish I had been able to swim my other events to see how much I dropped in them but it was my last meet for 16 years.
A few moments come to mind.
First was during a transitional learn-to-swim-competitive class I took in 10th grade. I finally learned how to relax and breathe on freestyle and went from struggling to survive 25 yards to being able to swim easily for hundreds of yards, maybe thousands, all at once.
Second was a week before my college conference championships meet when I realized that you're supposed to accellerate your freestyle arm pull. I dropped about 7 seconds off my 200 Free despite the 11th hour changes. I wish I had been able to swim my other events to see how much I dropped in them but it was my last meet for 16 years.
