by Eney Jones Pool and Open Water Champion | Dec 15, 2024 | article, Athletic Performance
“Try not. Do or do not, there is no try.” Yoda Our brain is a complex organ that manages to control each and every muscle of the body. Every movement, perception and reception of enormous amount of data is all done by the brain. With so many things to do, it is...
by Eney Jones Pool and Open Water Champion | Dec 14, 2024 | article, Swimming
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”Benjamin Franklin- founding father, swimmer, inventor of fins and hand paddles. Eddie Reese the coach of The University of Texas just won his eleventh NCAA Swimming title. When I asked him how you know if the...
by Eney Jones Pool and Open Water Champion | Dec 14, 2024 | article, Swimming
“You’ve got to dance like there’s nobody watching. Love like you’ve never be hurt. Sing like there’s nobody listening and live like it’s heaven on earth”William W Purkey Everyone works the bottom of their stroke, we reach, then push and propel ourselves forward....
by Eney Jones Pool and Open Water Champion | Dec 13, 2024 | article, Swimming
Open water skills to combat the elements There are many techniques that will work and are advisable in the pool, but in open water you need to have access to combat whatever elements Neptune might throw at you. That includes where you put your head in these elements:...
by Eney Jones Pool and Open Water Champion | Dec 13, 2024 | article, Swimming
“Look up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane . . . no it is just someone swimming correctly.” When I teach swimming, I always ask, “Have you ever seen a superhero take off?” Inevitably people answer, ” Yes”. I do wonder where they have seen this but...
