Asthma
attacks began to traumatize me right from the young age of 5.
Sometime later, I learned that swimming is thought to cure that
problem, however I wasn't too interested back then. Now, I love to
learn every possible skill pertaining to swimming, also because I
wanted to grow taller and improve on my fitness level and so I
started swimming at school, with the guidance of Mr.Manikandhan, the
swimming coach.
Today we began with the basics: holding the breath underwater,
freestyle and freestyle with holding of the breath. But before that
we warmed ourselves up.
Initially,
I couldn't hold my breath for longer than 15 seconds. Gradually it
went up to 40! It was a light and refreshing feeling, almost erasing
any stressful thought in my mind. It increases our lung capacity and
makes us swim faster since we don't waste time in taking side
breaths.
Mani
sir assisted us on how to retain breath and maintain the same style
throughout the lap.
With
the swimming cap and goggles, it seemed professional. Plus, Mr.Mani
bestowed a lot of encouragement.
After
swimming I got tired and hungry, however, my mind had cleared.
Duration: 2 hours
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