Questions To Ask Yourself To Improve Your Swimming
What does a person who calls themselves “a swimmer” think about themselves? What kind of person do you think is a swimmer? What kind of person snorkels in…
Traveling During Covid – Maui 2022
Back in April 2020, Orca Swim School had to cancel an amazing trip to the Big Island of Hawaii due to Covid, it was very sad. Many people…
What story do you tell yourself about swimming?
What story do you tell yourself about swimming? It is the season of old stories as we gather (or not) with friends and family. Often these relationships are…
Insider Tips: What is stopping you?
What is stopping you from saying, “Yes!”? Once a story stopped you from doing something you didn’t know how to do yet. Mine was a story with the…
Insider Tips: Key To Learning The Physical Skills Of Swimming
Picture this: When you put your hands on the armrests of a chair to stand up, what part do you use? Your palm, right? So simple. You connect…
How to have Better Hand Connection in Swimming
Picture this: when you put your hands on the armrests of a chair to stand up, what part do you use? Your palm, right? So simple. You connect…
Insider Tips: What does the deep end mean to you?
What does the deep end mean to you? Let’s run through an exercise where all change begins. It will get you on to the path you most desire….
Insider Tips: Open Water Swimming
Summer is here… Are you like me and want to shout it from the rooftops? Maybe you are a true Seattleite and are getting ready to hide in…
Episode 17: Maria’s Swim Journey
What would you think and feel if someone said, “You are an ultra beginner?” For Maria, it was a relief to be called this. It meant she didn’t have to…
Episode 9: Never Give Up… Lessons from an 85-Year-Old Swim Student
Episode 9: Never Give Up… Lessons from an 85-Year-Old Swim Student Interview with 85-year-old Charlotte Ruff | Orca Swim School Student Have you ever thought… “Oh, I give…
