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Nicholas Fainlight: What Swimming Means to Me

Nicholas Fainlight
Nicholas Fainlight

Swimming is about so much more than getting from one end of the pool to the other. It's been an important part of my life every since I was a kid. Through years of competitive (and non-competitive) swimming, I've found myself applying the lessons I've learned both in and out of the pool.

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SWIMMING HAS BEEN IMPORTANT PART OF MY LIFE EVERY SINCE I WAS A KID. Although I played competitive football, basketball, and baseball when I was younger, I didnt start swimming competitively until high school.
ANYTEAM SPORT CAN CARRY WITH IT A NUMBER OF LESSONS IN DISCIPLINE, PUSHING YOURSELF,AND WORKINGTOGETHER, BUT, FOR ME, SWIMMING BROUGHT ALL OFTHESETO A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL.
Sure, there are some obvious takeaways from swimming: you learn to manage your time better between crack-of-dawn practices and weekly swim meets, your back becomes noticeably more muscular, and you learn an important skill that can help you save a life. But the signi鍖cance of swimming transcends all of the above. This is your back on swimming
BREAKING IT DOWN Aside from running and gymnastics, swimming is one of the simplest sports out there.Theres no ball to dribble nor any intricate formation of players to think about. In swimming all you think about is controlling your mind and keeping it in tune with your body. Stroke after stroke. Lap after lap.
Take a look at any underwater footage taken from a professional competition like the Olympics and you get to see just how precise and de鍖ned each movement a swimmer makes is. In the pool, you have to think about every movement you make. The smallest technical difference can make or break you. If youre 鍖ip-turn is a half-second too early or late, if you overextend your arm in your freestyle stroke, if you dive a hair too deeply from the bulkheadyou may totally change the outcome of the race.
EVENTHOUGH ITS JUSTYOU ANDTHE WATER, ITS SO MUCH MORE.
YOURTEAM While swimming is a deeply personal sport, it is also a team sport.When youre in practice, youre constantly pushed and being pushed by your fellow teammates do be better.There are the hard practices and the really fun ones.
When its time for a meet, you kick up your support to a whole other level. Suddenly your friends and teammates are no longer just trying to improvetheyre racing against the clock, theyre racing against other players from other teams.A static of support 鍖lls the air Its the coaches that offer you guidance, your teammates family, and your family. BUTYOURTEAM IS MORETHAN JUSTTHE PEOPLETHAT SWIM NEXTTOYOU.
I DONT HAVE THE TIME TO COMPETITIVELY SWIM IN COLLEGE CURRENTLY, BUT I CARRY THE DISCIPLINE AND THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT SWIMMING HAS LEFT WITH ME WHEREVER I GO, IN THE WATER AND ON DRY LAND. !
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Nicholas Fainlight: What Swimming Means to Me

  • 1. WHY SWIMMING IS IMPORTANT Nicholas Fainlight NicholasFainlight.org
  • 2. SWIMMING HAS BEEN IMPORTANT PART OF MY LIFE EVERY SINCE I WAS A KID. Although I played competitive football, basketball, and baseball when I was younger, I didnt start swimming competitively until high school.
  • 3. ANYTEAM SPORT CAN CARRY WITH IT A NUMBER OF LESSONS IN DISCIPLINE, PUSHING YOURSELF,AND WORKINGTOGETHER, BUT, FOR ME, SWIMMING BROUGHT ALL OFTHESETO A WHOLE OTHER LEVEL.
  • 4. Sure, there are some obvious takeaways from swimming: you learn to manage your time better between crack-of-dawn practices and weekly swim meets, your back becomes noticeably more muscular, and you learn an important skill that can help you save a life. But the signi鍖cance of swimming transcends all of the above. This is your back on swimming
  • 5. BREAKING IT DOWN Aside from running and gymnastics, swimming is one of the simplest sports out there.Theres no ball to dribble nor any intricate formation of players to think about. In swimming all you think about is controlling your mind and keeping it in tune with your body. Stroke after stroke. Lap after lap.
  • 6. Take a look at any underwater footage taken from a professional competition like the Olympics and you get to see just how precise and de鍖ned each movement a swimmer makes is. In the pool, you have to think about every movement you make. The smallest technical difference can make or break you. If youre 鍖ip-turn is a half-second too early or late, if you overextend your arm in your freestyle stroke, if you dive a hair too deeply from the bulkheadyou may totally change the outcome of the race.
  • 7. EVENTHOUGH ITS JUSTYOU ANDTHE WATER, ITS SO MUCH MORE.
  • 8. YOURTEAM While swimming is a deeply personal sport, it is also a team sport.When youre in practice, youre constantly pushed and being pushed by your fellow teammates do be better.There are the hard practices and the really fun ones.
  • 9. When its time for a meet, you kick up your support to a whole other level. Suddenly your friends and teammates are no longer just trying to improvetheyre racing against the clock, theyre racing against other players from other teams.A static of support 鍖lls the air Its the coaches that offer you guidance, your teammates family, and your family. BUTYOURTEAM IS MORETHAN JUSTTHE PEOPLETHAT SWIM NEXTTOYOU.
  • 10. I DONT HAVE THE TIME TO COMPETITIVELY SWIM IN COLLEGE CURRENTLY, BUT I CARRY THE DISCIPLINE AND THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT SWIMMING HAS LEFT WITH ME WHEREVER I GO, IN THE WATER AND ON DRY LAND. !
  • 11. WHY SWIMMING IS IMPORTANT @Nick_Fainlight NicholasFainlight.org