Wednesday, July 1, 2009

DAY FOUR

LESSONS FROM ANGEE

1) KICKS ARE A PROBLEM. SHE TOLD ME TO KICK FASTER AND KEEP MY TOES POINTED. 

2) SHE TOLD ME TO STRAIGHTEN MY HIPS OUT.

3) FOR THE HANDS SHE SUGGESTED THAT I STRETCH OUT MY HANDS AS FAR AS POSSIBLE AND BRING THEM OUT OF THE WATER ABOVE MY HEAD.

4) THE HAND SHOULD NOT SLAP THE WATER BUT SHOULD ENTER THE WATER AT AN ANGLE.

LESSONS FROM THE OTHER TRAINER

1) SHE SAID THAT MY KICKS ARE SMALL AND THAT I NEED TO SPREAD MY LEGS. THIS WOULD GIVE ME MORE POWER TO MOVE QUICKLY THROUGH THE WATER.

2) THE KICKS SHOULD BE JUST ON THE WATER SURFACE. THEY SHOULD NOT CREATE SPLASHES IN WATER.

3) SHE TOLD THAT WHILE BRINGING THE WATER BACK FROM MY HAND I SHOULD BRING THE WATER AS FAR AS MY HIPS AND THEN TAKE OUT MY HAND FULLY OUT OF WATER.

4) THE HAND EXTENSION SHOULD BE AS FAR AS POSSIBLE OUT IN FRONT.

5) SHE SAID I SHOULD JUST RELAX IN WATER AND NOT MOVE MY HANDS QUICKLY. SHE TOLD ME TO FOCUS ON THE HAND MOVEMENT AND DO IT SLOWLY BUT PROPERLY. WITH LESSER HAND STROKES ONE CAN REACH OUT MORE AND COVER MORE DISTANCE.

6) FOR BREATHING SHE SAID THAT BREATH ON THE CORRECT SIDE AND WHEN THE RIGHT HAND IS NEAR THE HIP IN WATER. JUST TILT YOUR HEAD ENOUGH SO THAT THE EAR GOES INTO THE WATER. SHE SAID JUST FEEL AS IF SOMEONE HAD TAPPED ON THE SHOULDER. DO NOT PUT YOUR HEAD OUT IF THE ARM IS COMING OUT OF WATER AS THIS WOULD RUSH WATER IN FROM THAT SIDE. DO NOT PUT THE HEAD OUT IF THE ARM HAS JUST GOT IN. AGAIN THE WATER WOULD RUSH IN THE NOSE.

7) DO NOT TAKE YOUR HEAD OUT STRAIGHT. THIS PUSHES THE LOWER BODY DOWN AND RESULTS IN SINKING. BREATH IN WITH THE HEAD TILTED SIDEWAYS AFTER TAKING THREE TO FOUR STROKES. BREATH IN EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT OUT OF BREATH.

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