Have you seen short little zoomer fins?  You know the fins that you wear on your feet pretending you are Jaque Cousteau the SCUBA diver who opened up the underwater world of the sea to so many.  Ok, maybe that is just me who was fascinated by him as a child!  Perhaps another day I will tell you the story of me learning to swim in space.

Back to mini fins and what you need to know about them.  There are small ones that are used for learning to flutter kick (up and down kick used in front crawl) or for working out (think the addition of resistance bans to a land workout).  In today’s video, I will talk about when it is and is not a good time to use them.  A tool or a crutch.  Hop on in.

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If you’re like many adults, you’ve been frustrated or embarrassed that you weren’t free to swim “like everybody else.” Half of adults can’t swim, like you! We meet them all the time. They’ve tried every system, including the traditional programs, with no success.

Since 1999, we’ve helped hundreds of adults overcome their fear and discomfort in water with our proven system built on the Jump-In Membership. Our Jump-In program uses the nuts and bolts of mindfulness to address the root of the problem and will transform the way you feel and think about water for the rest of your life.

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What is the biggest danger in the water?  

Did you list one of these…

• Depth
• Clarity
• Temperature
• Currents?

While all those elements are factors to understand about the water, it is still not the biggest danger.  After all, many people swim in all depths of water with no problem.  

People who are blind can swim.  One of my competing high school swim teams had an athlete who was blind.  One of his teammates had a tennis ball on the end of a stick at each end of the pool.  They would tap him on the head when it was time to do a flip turn.  It worked perfectly.  He was totally safe.  Even if he had not gotten tapped on the head he would have been safe swimming.  There just may have been a crashing problem.  

Panic is the biggest danger.  This is because you lose control and are unable to mitigate any of the above list of factors.  Knowing how to control panic is the number one rule in swimming.  

The number two rule is air should always be easy.  In today’s video Cori talks about the elusive side breathing in the front crawl.  Here is a quick tip in order to learn proper side breathing you must follow the rules:

1. Know how to control panic
2. Air must always be easy
3. …see you in the video

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If you’re like many adults, you’ve been frustrated or embarrassed that you weren’t free to swim “like everybody else.” Half of adults can’t swim, like you! We meet them all the time. They’ve tried every system, including the traditional programs, with no success.

Since 1999, we’ve helped hundreds of adults overcome their fear and discomfort in water with our proven system built on the Jump-In Membership. Our Jump-In program uses the nuts and bolts of mindfulness to address the root of the problem and will transform the way you feel and think about water for the rest of your life.

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Do you know the difference between freestyle and front crawl? Most likely no.

It has to do with the story of how swimming developed. This is why it is helpful to understand these definitions.

In today’s video, I will tell you this story so you can see how it fits with your own learning to swim story.

Your story is very important because how you tell your story is how you live your story today. Do you have a goal that is different even a little bit from your exact life today?

Perhaps you want to be a little less reactive, dwell in happiness a bit more, be the swimmer you dream of.

Have you seen the mini-training yet? You can get it free here. This is where you can re-craft your story to feel better right now.

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Jump-In Membership

If you’re like many adults, you’ve been frustrated or embarrassed that you weren’t free to swim “like everybody else.” Half of adults can’t swim, like you! We meet them all the time. They’ve tried every system, including the traditional programs, with no success.

Since 1999, we’ve helped hundreds of adults overcome their fear and discomfort in water with our proven system built on the Jump-In Membership. Our Jump-In program uses the nuts and bolts of mindfulness to address the root of the problem and will transform the way you feel and think about water for the rest of your life.

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