Hoping that the City of Austin will reopen neighborhood pools like Mabel Davis Pool and Bartholomew Pool. I anticipate that I will be able to continue giving swim lessons in June 2021.
Stay safe everyone!
Looking forward to seeing you in 2021.
Friday, September 18, 2020
A few comments from Diana's swim students
"Thank you for being such a wonderful, patient and thorough instructor. It's been a pleasure having you as my coach." - J. M. 2016
"Diana is an excellent swim coach. Her ability to analyze my skills and offer different analogies was extremely beneficial. One size does not fit all, but Diana has multiple options to help. Her demeanor and skill helped me improve considerably and be more comfortable. Even if you are a stronger swimmer, Diana can help you improve efficiency." - A.M. 2016
“Diana has transformed my swimming from an experience of working effort to an experience of easy joy and practice. And along with that new joy comes my ability to use less energy to swim farther and for longer amounts of time. Swimming has become a relaxing, graceful exercise that connects full body motions and breathing, and it is just really fun. I have Diana's commitment and inspiration to thank." - C.S. 2016
"Diana is a remarkable coach, not only because of her inexhaustible patience and endless encouragement, but because of the metaphors she uses to describe how we must move: she's a poet!" - B.C. 2016
Efficient movement is more pleasurable movement
Watch these elephants swim and you will see:
BALANCE & CORE POWERED PROPULSION
Balance (by weighting the 1st quadrant with head and trunk), core powered propulsion (with shoulders and hips connected in a contralateral motion). These elephants were never taught to "pull harder" or "kick harder." They swim using their natural quadrupedal motion (shoulders and hips) and their body's core torso muscles. Human babies use this motion. Easy freestyle swimming is based on this simple human crawling motion as well.
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