Top 10 Swimming And Water Safety Tips

If you are one of those people who are always looking to improve your swimming technique, then look no further! Because outlined below are 10 rewarding tips that will enhance your swimming ability greatly. Firstly, let's get out the house and into that swimming pool!

Tip1: Jumping straight into the pool and swimming straight away is not the best way for your body. If you think about it, you are exerting some of your key body muscles such as your shoulders, lower back, chest, arms and legs. Therefore you must fully stretch and warm up before swimming to avoid causing injury.

Tip 2: If you are constantly swimming loads and loads of lengths at a consistent pace, and wondering why you aren't getting fitter or improving? The reason for this is this is not the way to improve! It may seem odd, but swimming fewer lengths at a higher tempo and having more rests in between provides much more impact on your fitness levels and swimming technique.

Tip 3: The key to a good backstroke or front crawl is to improve your kick. Are you thinking "what do you mean by this?". Most swimmers tend to kick from the knees, this is not the correct method as you are not getting your full potential thrust from your legs. By kicking from the hip, with your toes pointed and knees hardly flexed you will increase the thrust coming from your legs greatly.

Tip 4: Do you see the "no diving" signs located around the pool? Do not ignore these signs, as they indicate the areas that are unsafe for head first entries. Always enter the water feet first when you are unaware of the depth.

Tip 5: Use breathing to help you relax and bring rhythm and balance to your stroke.

Tip 6: This tip abides more towards swimming in natural water sources such as a river, the sea or a lake. Always be aware of the dangerous "too's" - too tired, too cold, too far from safety and too much sun. If any of these are misjudged, the outcome could be fatal.

Tip 7: Keeping your head as still as you possibly can is the principle of a first-class backstoke. Ideally, you should think that you are balancing a hot cup of coffee on your head, this should help you focus.

Tip 8: Make Sure that you cool down. The cool down process helps keep the blood flowing to the muscles and allows your body to work its way down from a state of high exertion to an eventual resting condition. This cool down process will help your muscles too recover for the next time you swim.

Tip 9: Here's a fact for you; Water is 80 times denser than air. Therefore being stronger in the water won't necessarily help. Ensuring that you are streamlined through the water is the single biggest improvement you can make.

Tip 10: You're not alone! No matter the swimmer, whether they are slow, fast, young or old, you must remember that there are other people swimming just like you. You must be aware of others around you at all times when you are swimming, not just for the safety of others, but for your own also.