Learn to swim free-style

This is sooo difficult – I just can’t stop my legs from sinking – and have no way of correcting myself when it happens :/

I got some success with this on Sunday. The hardest part of doing freestyle (for me) is to stay on top of the water (ie keep my bottom up). So I swam with a pull boy – which helps do just that. It is a float that I put between my thighs.

The other thing that helped, which I have never done before, was to use hand paddles. These seemed to make the stroke a lot easier for me, and I managed 10 lengths non-stop.

It is still work in progress – as I haven’t got the kick right, and I struggle without the assistance of floats etc, but it felt good all the same. I’m starting to feel I can get there – and that is a nice feeling :)

After adding this as a goal, I’ve been inpired set about trying to learn the stroke! My success criteria with regards the task is to swim 10 lengths.

One of my biggest issues is with the kick. To that end, I thought it would be good to get some fins to train with. Great, with the kick-board I’m up and down the pool in no time. Trouble is, when I take them off, I’m stationary with the kick board, and move very slowly without it.

Problems, problems – still I guess it wouldn’t be a challenge otherwise :)