Third Lesson
Yesterday was my third (three hour) lesson at Swimshack. I'm a bit tired now - three hours of swimming is a lot, even if it isn't continuous.
It went well, I think. I seem to have progressed pretty nicely. I had a couple of things that needed to be corrected, so the lesson was timely. My kick was too frantic and was taking a lot of energy, so we worked on that to make it more relaxed. My core rotation wasn't really happening (this has been probably the hardest thing for me to get right) so that needs work. The last big thing I was doing wrong was my recovery, which need to be led by my elbow - I knew this but was getting it wrong.
We also worked on the catch, which we hadn't done before. I now have a nice list of things to work on in order to become a smoother swimmer - kicking, core rotation, elbow-led recovery and a strong catch.
On the positive side, I had a quite a few things that were more or less fine. My aquatic breathing is now comfortable and automatic, my balance is good, particularly now my kick has been altered and my body position is good.
So, lots to work on. I have to be able to swim 400 metres at the New Years Day Triathlon but after that I have a lot of time to work on getting my stroke as close to perfect as I can manage, whilst building up the distance I can swim. (target = 4000 metres).
