This channel is all about teaching and learning artistic swimming. For if you educate a swimmer, you will educate an individual, however, if you educate an instructor, you will educate a whole community!
I feel I can only dream of what swimmers like you do Btw, what is exactly keeping you guys from jumping like dolphins? I mean it looks like you should be able to
I had to gave up classic ballet due to the many injuries I already had back in the 80s when I was 14. Three decades later here I am daring to learn artistic swimming by myself. It's been a few weeks and this movement I can do it easily. Unfortunately I don't have a pool deeper enough to avoid getting hurt trying some of the best moves. Got to improve my breathing balance and force as well. I love to watch your videos - thanks for sharing! OH my! It's been FOUR decades not three. Shit I'm old! 😅
I would love to get into this but the only local club isn't taking people over 12 years and everyone there is female too. So I will try to learn the basics myself and who knows where it will take me.
Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that! You could consider posting an advertisement to search for people who want to start the journey with you and gather in a time slot where the pool is less crowded (typically at noon on weekends)... or let the club know about your new group and register to get space in the pool and some guidance... Best of luck, keep me posted!
Wow! Great job! I do the same..it is such an amazing experience! I have watched your tutorials for a couple years and now I artistically swim for 3 or 4 hours a day! My headphones, Jordan Feliz's music, and my holy spirit connect through my underwater artistic expression! I have been training with a diving brick in various positions, along with foam weights. I have become so strong. Everyday i cannot wait to see how fast and creative i can be in the pool. Ty again!
i was a advanced swimmer. at the end of my every workout, i will learn some of your barracuda and teddie moves. hehe ^.^. still can't do any of it in water yet without holding to something "~".
Hi, thank you for your comment and for sharing your experience. That might be due to your sculling technique. This reminds me of the need to include a tutorial on artistic swimming sculls. While performing any figure in the water, try to focus on your hands (think of sticking your fingers together, orienting your palms in the right direction, the water pressure coming from both hands), you can even look at your scull if possible!
Thank you for your comment! This dry land exercise is very demanding in terms of both hip flexor strength and hamstring flexibility. Try to do it while standing. Alternatively, you can put a cushion under your hips. Hope it helps!
That's an excellent question, thank you for asking! While it might look kind of childish, this technique helps to overcome dangerous shallow waters (for the presence of rocks, for example) and reach deeper waters where swimming is possible.
Those sculling was Soo hard. Can you do the actual in water kneeling position and show also how long you can do it without cutting? E.g how you from water top get to that dept? Do you do half breath or throw out air to be able to kneel at pool? This all puzzles me.
Thanks for your feedback! The sculling in the kneeling position is indeed a crucial exercise (2:59). You need to practice it while holding your breath (do not throw out air) because that is the resistance the scull is aimed to overcome. You need to get to the bottom in a straight position and only by using the scull. If holding the kneeling position at the bottom of the pool is a problem, just stand (for me, the pool was simply not deep enough). If this exercise is too difficult, you can first try to stand at the bottom with the water surface at the height of your shoulders, so that you can breathe while sculling (or with the surface right above your head and use a snorkel). Make sure though that you feel the water pressure with your sculling. I am planning to make amtutorial on the support scull, stay tuned!
Hi, thank you for this excellent question! It's not accurate to say that it's inherently harder for boys and men to learn artistic swimming. Success in artistic swimming, like any sport, depends on various factors, including an individual's dedication, training, physical fitness, natural talent, etc. While it's true that biological differences, such as body composition and buoyancy, can influence swimming performance, these differences are not insurmountable obstacles. In leisure sports, this shouldn't be a reason for men not to practice this sport.
Thanks for your question! Yes, I am wearing a nose plug for all my moves here. For learning, you should definitely wear it at all times for maximum comfort. I will include this info in the "recommended materials" of future tutorials!
@@artisticswim_adri Well, I am now able to raise both arms straight up for several seconds. It may not sound like much but it does require balance and muscular control. Taking a deep breath and holding it also helps with buoyancy. Raising my legs is another matter entirely! I can’t do it at all. My leg just feels so heavy! Thank you for asking. 😊😊
Thank you for sharing your experience! I think I know what might be the problem... If you like, you can send me a video (to: artisticswim.adri@gmail.com), so that I can see what happens and I'll be happy to make a short tutorial. The tutorial might benefit other people struggling with the same issue :)
Hi Lisa Snodgrass, your comment made my day, thank you very much! I want to contribute to making this sport more accessible. So I'm happy that the tutorial was helpful in getting you started!
Hi, this is an excellent question, thank you! It means that you need to move your hips in the direction of the front or forward in relation to your body's overall position. In other words, you need to tilt the pelvis slightly forward, like in this image (see "posterior" pelvis tilt): www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Facpottawa.ca%2Fdo-you-have-a-pelvic-tilt%2F&psig=AOvVaw3QrrEiJmsmhGhVht6kkXv-&ust=1693837563539000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBAQjRxqFwoTCIistOjSjoEDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE
Ikinalulungkot kong marinig iyan! Maaari mo bang sabihin ang higit pa tungkol sa iyong karanasan? / I am sorry to hear that! Can you say more about your experience?
Wow, this looks so difficult. I love to be creative and come up with artistic swimming expressions. I use my mp3 headphones and have a blast. I also incorporate a diving brick, foam weights, and a swim paddle to my routine for strength training. You do such an inspirational job! Thanks for sharing your art.
Thank you very much for your comment, @holliesclubhouse4651! And thank you too for sharing your experience, I would love to know more about the use of those kinds of weights!
I like this video. So wonderful. Do you ever work on your breath control by going underwater and just holding your breath and then exhaling or do you do that with your routines?
Thank you for your comment, @chpman2013! No, I don't work on my breath control. Because I am wearing 2kg weight (see the black belt), I don't need to exhale, so I can stay longer under water and feel more free ;-)
are you a synchronized swimmer? Because it doesnt look like a good barracuda. maybe its because of the waves, but it wasnt high, and it should be faster, also, when you are going down you should let your hands up
Thank you for your comment, @miraculousalba3252! The barracuda I am teaching in this tutorial is a simplified variation for leisure artistic swimming. You are right that I haven't talked about my artistic swimming background yet, I definitely should make a video about that!
Love your tutorials! Very helpful! Your videos remind me how I used to do synchronized swimming. Makes me want to practice again although I’m too old for that lol Looking forward to watching more tutorials!
Thank you very much for your support! Let me say that the goal of my tutorials is to simplify this complex sport so that everyone, no matter what, can enjoy it!
Your not to old i started at 18 and i progresd really fast and i created my own solo and im creating a new solo now and i love learning new figurs and choriography and i think its all in your mindset i think you shod never say i cant do something bc of my age bc my temates are even older than me and they started later in life so i think go and practice rn your going to realize why you miss it soo mutch .
Thank you for your question! Rotating the legs outwards helps with the flotation because it spreads the weight of the torso across a large area (the "platform" created with the thighs). This results in more height with less effort for treading water. It is nicely explained on page 27 of the publication "Routine Fundamentals for synchronized swimming: A simple approach to routine success" (Zielinski and colleagues, 2001), available at www.artisticswimming.com/
@@nastyc6052 I see now what you mean. The right leg turns counterclockwise; the left leg turns clockwise (you can see this in minute 1:24). In other words, you are advised to turn your legs inwards. You can find a more detailed explanation on pages 23-25 in "Routine Fundamentals for synchronized swimming: A simple approach to routine success". Thank you for your question!
