For Swimming

Due to prepare triathlon, we started to practice swimming this summer vacation. I remember that I had learned swimming when I was an elementary student. However, a swimming camp in a week couldn’t teach very well certainly. We could know each step of stroke in the camp, but how to swim well would be another issue. In the past, I usually would be in the top class of swimming in my life circle, speed at least. Unfortunately, we hadn’t put emphasis on endurance as usual. The main reason is that we only had to swim fifty meters for any test in school from past till now. Though, I decided to enhance my endurance nowadays. Adjusting the posture of stroke without coach was not an easy mission.

In the beginning, I had to get used to swim every week. I seldom swim in the past, because I usually spend too much on play basketball, soccer, or just jogging. Thus, I sacrificed most of my jogging time to practice swimming. After having enough time, I started to find out the mistakes or fault of my stroke. I made many test in order to find which one was the main reason to make me tired. After these testing, I figured out that rising elbow would be the biggest skill. I tried many methods and found some information about it. In fact, there was no absolutely posture in the swimming pool. Each one has some different in detail because their unique body condition. It took me more than three weeks. I found the best method for me by occasional. Nonetheless, I still had to spend more time to remember this posture by body. On the other hands, how to breathing well would be another big issue. I thought that it would be the bigger problem for me, because it was hard to try. After several weeks, I finally found the best way for me. Similarly, I had to remember by body. Still, it was hard for me to find the right tempo in the beginning, just like jogging. I usually have to swim more than 200 meters and find the right tempo. Alright, there would be need for practice in the future.