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Episode 15: What is swimming | Orca Swim School

Episode 15: What is Swimming?

  • January 8, 2020
  • Cori Myka
  • Swim Tips
  • Education, Learning, Student, Swim Tips, Swimming, Technique, Tips

Swimming is 80% in the mind and only about 20% physical skills. With that said you must do the mind work 100% to be able to produce the…

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Episode 14: 10 Tips for Basic Swimming Skills | Orca Swim School

Episode 14: 10 Tips for Basic Swimming Skills

  • January 1, 2020
  • Joseph Scicchitano
  • Swim Tips
  • Beginner, Education, Learning, Swim Tips, Swimming

Happy New Year! It’s time to start outright.  We have got you covered in the pool.   This is your year to master swimming.  Here are 10 tips of…

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Episode 12: How to Back Float | Orca Swim School

Episode 12: How To Float On Your Back

  • December 18, 2019
  • Cori Myka
  • Swim Tips
  • Back Float, online classes, Student, Swimming, Technique, Tips

In your past visits to pools, you might have seen people floating on their backs – content and at peace – as if on a cloud. Maybe you…

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Episode 11: Learn Kicking For Swimming | Orca Swim School

Episode 11: Learn Kicking For Swimming

  • December 11, 2019
  • Cori Myka
  • Swim Tips
  • Education, Learning, Student, Swimming, Technique, Tips

How do you use your legs? If you’re like most of our students, you are probably thinking, “It’s about time”.  You are right – the beginning class does…

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Episode 8: Tips for a Tropical Vacation | Orca Swim School

Episode 8: Tips for a Tropical Vacation

  • November 20, 2019
  • Joseph Scicchitano
  • Swim Journey
  • online classes, Snorkeling, Swim Journey, Swim Vacation, Swimming, Tips

Episode 8: Tips for a Tropical Vacation What would make the best ever winter getaway trip? Long days on a warm sunny beach.  Strip off your raincoat, your…

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Learn to Trust Yourself | Orca Swim School

Adult Learning to Swim Requires Trust

  • March 20, 2019
  • Cori Myka
  • Swim Safety
  • Education, Learning, online classes, Student, Swimming, Tips

When I was 4-6 years old my mom dutifully took my sister and me to the local pool to learn to swim.  We got into a small section…

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John Legend. Picture: Kyle Grillot/Reuters

Inspiring People to Learn to Swim

  • February 23, 2019
  • Cori Myka
  • Latest News
  • John Legend, Learning, Student, Swimming
John Legend Admits He’s Taking Swimming Lessons And Gets All The Love From Fans Singer John Legend tweeted he can't swim and he took his first swimming lesson [...]
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Make Your Own Swim Path... to Success | Orca Swim School

Why you don’t have to pass a swim lesson to be an expert!

  • February 5, 2019
  • Cori Myka
  • Swim Journey
  • Mindfulness, Swimming

Why you don’t have to pass a swim lesson to be an expert! At 6 years old my mom dutifly took me to swim lessons.  I never finished.  They…

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Learn to Swim Online | Orca Swim School

Learn to Swim Online

  • December 17, 2018
  • Cori Myka
  • Online Classes
  • Education, Learning, Mindfulness, online classes, Student, Swimming

Learn to Swim Online Learning to swim as an adult can be embarrassing, difficult, confusing or fear-filled.  It is often something we think you learn as a kid. …

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Treading Water Lessons | Orca Swim School

Treading Water is Not a Safety Net in the Water or in Life

  • June 21, 2018
  • Cori Myka
  • Treading Water
  • Education, Swimming, Technique, Tips

We are just treading water.  We are not moving forward or back, just treading.  When these phrases are used to describe a business or life, the image is…

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