I first starting learning to swim when I was 10 and I’ve continued to practice for 3 years after my first lesson. By then I was convinced that I knew the strokes so I focused mainly on speed and improving my time. I joined the squad practices in my previous school for one year but I wasn’t satisfied with my progress since I couldn’t see a significant change in my time.
This January I joined a swimming class at the Otter’s Club and to my surprise, the coach there noticed that my strokes are wrong! I've spent so much time tying to swim faster that I've not been doing my strokes properly. No wonder I haven't imporved much! I'm planning on going to this class every Friday evening and my primary objective is to make sure I've perfected my strokes before I get too concerned about my timing. I've 'relearnt' freestyle, breastroke and backstroke in the past 2 months so I'm now focussing on my butterfly stroke which I find absolutely exhausting! :)
This January I joined a swimming class at the Otter’s Club and to my surprise, the coach there noticed that my strokes are wrong! I've spent so much time tying to swim faster that I've not been doing my strokes properly. No wonder I haven't imporved much! I'm planning on going to this class every Friday evening and my primary objective is to make sure I've perfected my strokes before I get too concerned about my timing. I've 'relearnt' freestyle, breastroke and backstroke in the past 2 months so I'm now focussing on my butterfly stroke which I find absolutely exhausting! :)
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