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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 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 10: How to be a Confident Swimmer | Orca Swim School

Episode 10: How to be a Confident Swimmer

  • December 4, 2019
  • Cori Myka
  • Swim Tips
  • Education, Learning, Student, Technique, Tips

Episode 10: How to be a Confident Swimmer This weekend the Orca teaching staff plus our much-loved office manager Lynar got together for a whole day of planning…

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Episode 3: How to Get Air When Swimming | Orca Swim School

Episode 3: How To Breathe When Swimming

  • October 16, 2019
  • Cori Myka
  • Swim Safety
  • Education, Learning, Technique, Tips

Episode 3: How To Breathe When Swimming Today I will talk about how to take care of yourself by understanding what you actually need versus what you think…

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Episode 1: How Does Floating Work | Orca Swim School

Episode 1: How Does Floating Work?

  • October 2, 2019
  • Cori Myka
  • Floating
  • Education, Learning, Technique, Tips

Episode 1: How does Floating work? Hot off the presses new free content every week! Learn how to create your wildest dreams in and out of the water…

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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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Floating is only helpful if you can feel it | Orca Swim School

Floating Is Only Helpful If You Can Feel It

  • April 7, 2018
  • Cori Myka
  • Floating
  • Mindfulness, Swimming, Technique

Have you ever been out with a group of friends and felt alone?  Been on vacation and planning your next time to be happy by scheduling the next…

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