Tips for the fast lane
Thursday, January 14, 2016
January swimming feels a bit like this scene from JiHyeon Lee's brilliant book, Pool.
It is the New Year, which means the pools are full of New Years Resolutioners. Fear not, intrepid swimming stalwarts, they’ll be one of us by mid-February, or they’ll be sick of the chlorine smell and hang up their suits till next January.
But until then, some tips for the swimming newbies…
You might consider a lane other than the fast line if:
- you are workshopping a new stroke, especially one that is a hybrid of whip kick and butterfly arms
- your go-to stroke is sidestroke
- you don't put your face in the water when doing front crawl
- you can’t make it the length of the pool without hanging onto the rope
- you're getting lapped. Even if you’ve got epic body builder biceps, if people have to swim around you, you’re in the wrong lane.
- you are workshopping a new stroke, especially one that is a hybrid of whip kick and butterfly arms
- your go-to stroke is sidestroke
- you don't put your face in the water when doing front crawl
- you can’t make it the length of the pool without hanging onto the rope
- you're getting lapped. Even if you’ve got epic body builder biceps, if people have to swim around you, you’re in the wrong lane.
Happy swimming!
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