I have a love-hate relationship with the smell of chlorine in my hair. On the one hand, it’s not exactly a pleasant smell. But sometimes it does feel a bit like a badge of honor, proving that yes I did get out of bed extra early enough in order to go for a swim before…
Which is the better way to swim: breaststroke vs butterfly? I’ll admit, at first these two strokes seem so different from one another in terms of technique, energy and speed that it hardly seems worth comparing them at all. Surely everyone is going to know which one they prefer without much difficulty? Butterfly is all…
How many people know how to swim in the country where you live? What about worldwide? Learning to swim was something I took for granted during my childhood, but when the time came for me to arrange swimming lessons for my own daughter, I realized I didn’t know if it was a common experience or…
When my daughter recently asked me ‘can a full wetsuit be used for swimming?’ I assumed she meant for her swimming lessons at the local indoor pool. I was both confused about why she would want to attempt them in a full wetsuit, and also stumped for any good reason why she shouldn’t! So I…
