[Sportsandrec] Swimming

Tue Mar 3 02:34:01 UTC 2009

When splitting a lane, if it is possible to only share with one other 
person, then you can ask to not swim in the round and just take one side of 
the lane or other.

Lori

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sivill" <mike.sivill at viewplus.com>
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Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Swimming

>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 ----- 
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> Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 11:56 AM
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>
>
>> 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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