| December 21st, 2023 | Swimming

The Swimmer – carve and create your own Greek Sculpture

During a lesson Anthony acknowledged not only the improvement of his forward momentum, but his brilliant comment mid practice - it’s like a Greek Statue! Recent visits to  Rome and [...]

| December 2nd, 2023 | Swimming

Self-coaching: The pitfalls and advantages

Search online anything about ‘Swimming’ and you will discover demonstrations, explanations to watch and visualise that you can try to implement and put into practice.  The success of this will [...]

| May 8th, 2023 | Swimming

Five Reasons Stroke Efficiency is Invaluable

You don't need to be 'Elite' to move the way Elite swimmers move. Elite swimmers training plans, engines and biomechanics are of course another thing entirely.   We can though [...]

| April 29th, 2023 | Swimming

School swimming – learning for life

“Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.” – Chinese Proverb For the pupils at Bancroft's my hope is their experience has not only been enjoyable, but one [...]

| March 8th, 2023 | Swimming

Self Limiting Beliefs

The previous experiences we have had in water are a big factor in what we  believe we are capable of.  Our self beliefs can, if we let them limit what [...]

| January 4th, 2023 | Swimming

Propulsive efforts tiring you out?

The word Propel is defined as to drive or push something forwards.     We are hard wired to pull on our limbs, to pull and kick to move us [...]