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Karlie's Swimming Journey: Week 5

1 September 2020

Well, today was the day! Today was my first lesson in the Improver class. This class has a focus on technique and building on the foundations I learnt in the beginner classes. There were two other ladies in this class with me and I was excited that my instructor was still Vesna!

We did a few drills of freestyle without the board focusing on our breathing and finding the right breathing pattern for our strokes and then moved on to learning breast-stroke kicking with and without the board. Breast-stroke is the one stroke where your arms and legs alternate!

I found the kicking tricky. Due to an old injury, my right hip wouldn’t rotate as easily so I was a bit slower than the rest of the class – but that was totally okay! Everyone takes the classes at their own pace. If you have injuries the instructors modify the drills for you!

One thing I love about my adult swimming classes is that we are all in it together. It makes you realise that you’re not the only one that struggles to swim a full lap or coordinate your arms and legs at the same time. It is a friendly and supportive experience with the same classmates every week.

Click here to read Week 6 of Karlie's Swimming Journey

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