I’ve registered in a swimming class along with one of my friends. Before that, I had learned swimming partly from my father and another swimming class just before I start my bachelor program. It’s been six years since that time. Such a long time!
My lack of skill in breaststroke and butterfly swimming caused me to register in this class. At first, our tutor helped us to improve our technique in front crawl and backstroke. Then, we focused on breaststroke and are going to work on butterfly during the next sessions.
However, I still have some weaknesses in my breaststroke, especially my feet movement. I really have to try harder to master it. I’m going to go to the swimming pool apart from my classes in order to work on it. I think I’m pretty good at the other two methods of swimming, but I’ve never felt good about breaststroke.
It’s interesting that a physical activity can greatly affect our mood. Honestly, that’s the reason I started swimming again. (Of course, the reason I registered in the class is my perfectionism) Yesterday was one of the few days I didn’t swim, and I was in a bad mood. But I had swum today, and I felt really good. These physical activities even affect my performance at work and my relations with other people.
Another fact that made me happy was that our tutor said my butterfly swimming is relatively good compared to the amount of my practice. I had practiced butterfly swimming by my own and based on some Youtube videos, but at the first day of the classes, our tutor asked us to swim with different methods so he can have a judgement of our skills, and it was his comment.
The thing I like about butterfly is the movement of the feet. It’s like a real dolphine, a real beautiful dolphine. =D I saw that movement from one of my friends in the university’s swimming pool. He moved like that when he wanted to swim front crawl, after his start and before reaching the surface of the water and starting fron crawl movement. I remember it really impressed me at that time.
Anyway, I just hope to improve my skills after these classes. Maybe I’ll start drowning savior course after that. Maybe I’ll start waterpolo. I’m not sure about that. But I’m sure water calms me, and I want to stay near it. 😀