[Sportsandrec] Swimming

[Mike Sivill]

I made friends with a swimming coach and he got me to swim in a straighter
line as he noticed I was pulling harder with one arm.  I forgot to mention
that you breath on each side. But I absolutely hate running into people in
the water it spoils the whole thing and I have to get out of the pool.
Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lori M. Miller
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 11:18 AM
To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Swimming

Mike,

I have found it helpful while swimming freestyle to rotery breathe in both 
directions. For the longest time I only would breathe over my right shoulder

and it did effect whether I swam straight or not. Sounds like you've had 
some good instruction.

Lori

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sivill" <mike.sivill at viewplus.com>
To: "'Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List'" 
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Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Swimming


> About breathing, you mayy ask an experienced coach to help you with
> technique. You are supposed to be able, while doing side-stroke,  to 
> create
> a pocket of air beside your shoulder with every stroke and inhale it. At
> first when I learned this it seemed like I would just suck water and drown
> but it really does work. And since swimming is arobic you need all the air
> you can get. Some feedback on technique also helped me with swimming
> straight.
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lori M. Miller
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 9:41 PM
> To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Swimming
>
> Hi,
>
> Did you get a chance to swim with the AdaptTap last year in Dallas? I
> absolutely love it because it offers solutions for all of the issues you
> mentioned. For those of us who do not swim straight, you can set it up so
> that there are touch points just the right space apart so that you can 
> make
> minuted adjustments so that you never get hung up in the lanes which
> depending on the type, can be pretty nasty when encounted. And then the 
> end
> of lane detection is awesome and again you can control where you want that
> to be set so you can customize for your own needs for doing flip turns, 
> etc.
>
> Come on everybody let's swim. Swim like a fish. Swim like a fish. The
> wiggles.
>
> Lori
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jennifer Boylan" <jaboylan at gmail.com>
> To: "Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List"
> <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 11:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Swimming
>
>
> Joe, I always loved the swimming!  It was one of the last sports I could
> kick tail in as a low-partial before I dropped everything in high school. 
> I
> remember getting hung up on the lane ropes sometimes, hitting my head when

> I
> tried to flip instead of touching the wall and turning anddiving in on 
> other
> people as my bad moments, but always loved the freedom of the water.  I 
> had
> the hardest time staying in a straight path doing backstroke.  I would 
> swim
> a lot more now if I had access to a pool with no one in it to get in my
> way.  I've heard fat floats, so that would explain your sinking sensation.
> Kelly will enlighten us all on this.  If you keep doing those smooth 
> strokes
> in your black shorts you'll be on top in no time, regardless of your bulk.
> Fourteen laps sounds like a heck of a good start!  With your 
> determination,
> I know you will come out the winner.
> "I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied...Learn to swim, learn to 
> swim,
> learn to swim...Time to bring it down again, Don't just call me pessimist
> Try and read between the lines
> I can't imagine why you wouldn't welcome any change, my friend"  Tool
> "Aenima"
>
> On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Lori M. Miller <lori at asmodean.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Has anyone looked at the pool at National Convention? I was off list for 
>> a
>> bit, so my apologies if this has already been brought up.
>>
>> Lori
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Shaw" <jrs3147 at comcast.net>
>> To: "Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List" <
>> sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 7:23 PM
>>
>> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Swimming
>>
>>
>> Karen,
>> I agree completely that Kelly will know the science of it more than me. 
>> My
>> guess is that swimming is the one exercise where you drag your entire 
>> mass
>> through with only the water helping you do the work.
>> As for my bulk, I am 5 Ft. 10 in.  220 lbs. and probably a step closer to
>> the monkeys than are the rest of you on the old evolution ladder.
>> As for my opponent, I am counting on my own fitness level to carry me
>> through. I just have to figure out how to translate that back to being a
>> pool sprinter.
>> As for your lyric, I used Surfer Girl about a month ago. I know you read
>> regularly. Don't look off my paper (smile)
>> "And the cruel cruel mornings" "Have turned to swim or sink" "If living
>> right is easy what goes wrong" "You're causing it to drown" Drown by Sun
>> Volt
>> JSNM
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Zakhnini" 
>> <kaycee510 at hotmail.com
>> >
>> To: <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 5:33 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Swimming
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Joe,
>>
>>
>>
>> Though I feel Kelly will have a much better answer (and know the science
>> behind it), as a former swimmer, I can tell you that bulking up
>> (especially
>> bulking up muscle-wise) does put you at a disadvantage in the pool.  I
>> assume that this is the bulk you are referring to, having read your
>> previous
>> postings.  This is why most competitive swimmers have long, lean muscles.
>> As far as the cardio is concerned, my guess is that it has something to 
>> do
>> with not breathing the entire time, but holding your breath about half 
>> the
>> time.  You should try to hold your breath during your land exercise for
>> short spurts and let me know if that is the case...
>>
>>
>>
>> As far as the superiority of your opponent--does this person swim on a
>> regular basis?  If not, then my guess is that you are in the same boat 
>> and
>> that your opponent is not so superior...  Just my 2 cents.
>>
>>
>>
>> Karen
>>
>>
>>
>> "I have watched you on the shore, Standing by the ocean's roar, Do you
>> love
>> me do you surfer girl"  Surfer Girl, Beach Boys (Only water song I could
>> think of off the top of my head...)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  From: jrs3147 at comcast.net
>>> To: sportsandrec at nfbnet.org
>>> Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:32:00 -0600
>>> Subject: [Sportsandrec] Swimming
>>>
>>> Ladies and gentlemen,
>>> As you know, I do the lift/ spin/ eliptical/ run thing really regularly.
>>> Today I decided it was time to go swimming. So after donning my soft
>>> black
>>> trunks with the palm trees, purr, I dove in and my oh my! The temp was a
>>> far
>>> too warm 85 and having no soap, I figured I would get in some laps. I
>>> feel
>>> that I am a cardio monster as I have told you before as on land I can go
>>> for
>>> days. The pool kicked my butt. I did fourteen all-out sprints as hard as
>>> I
>>> could go with nine or ten being freestyle and the other two or three
>>> being
>>> fly. I was sucking air bigtime and have much work to do. I did more
>>> cardio
>>> on land after, I just did not yet have the wind for more water and
>>> frankly I
>>> was getting a little discouraged.
>>> My stroke is smooth and fairly graceful, swimming is about the only
>>> graceful thing I do, but I felt really heavy. Is this because my body 
>>> has
>>> bulked up more than it used to be? This was a decent initial day and a
>>> great
>>> learning experience. I have much work to do if I am to defeat my 
>>> superior
>>> opponent.
>>> Kelly, tell us about in-water cardio being different than land cardio
>>> when
>>> you have time please. I had forgotten how different the exercises are.
>>> "Poor men wanna be rich" "Rich men want to be king" "And the king ain't
>>> satisfied til he rules everything" Springsteen Badlands
>>> JSNM
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