Water has more resistance than air and also removes the effects of gravity. Running and biking are great cardiovascular activities, but your joints also take a pounding over time. Swimming you can do into your 80’s and 90’s. What makes you healthy and fit is getting...
Newton’s Third Law of Motion states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. If your adult head weighs 14-16 lbs. and is totally out of water to breathe incorrectly, then that same amount of force or weight must be driven downward to your feet...
This method is ideal teaching small children. It primarily uses the tool of “guidance.” It has one central purpose to immobilize as many body parts as possible. You want the learner’s brain to focus and develop only the one pattern or skill without other confusing...
Using a kitchen sink, dressing mirror, mattress, and a bath tub at home you can get familiar with all the basic swimming skills you’ll need to swim in a pool or lake. Always start in the shallow end where you can stand up for your safety until you can swim some...
I started teaching my triplet boys in the bath tub pouring rinse water over their heads, breath holding, blowing big bubbles, kicking, and one arm stroking. Then I did the same home skills in the shallow end of the pool. By the time they were 14 months old they were...
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