Q&A for How to Be a Good Swimmer

If you feel self-conscious wearing just swim trunks, consider getting a sun shirt specially designed for swimming. You wear your swim trunks and the sun shirt goes on just like a normal t-shirt. It keeps you covered and protects you from the sun.

Breathe out to shoot the water away. It may sound gross but try to think to yourself that the water is a tissue and you are blowing your nose in the water.

Try pointing your toes more. Flippers will also help you go faster.

Practice as much as possible and try strength training exercises for your arms and core and stretches for flexibility. The harder you work at it, the better you will get. You can also ask someone in the higher levels for some tips.

Yes, if you don't want to go to a gym do exercises each day and work extremely hard in practice.

Remember when you are swimming to keep your fingers together and cup your hands. Keep your legs under the water and do long strokes with your arms. Don't tense your muscles, it will make you sink.

Pinch your nose with your thumb and first finger and close your mouth; then go under. You can also get a nose clip to keep the water out when you close your mouth. When you get comfortable doing that, try blowing bubbles holding your nose. Then try blowing bubbles without holding your nose. Keep blowing bubbles until you take your face out of the water.

You can weight train at home with hand weights.

I had the same problem. Do a 500, and make not humming the only thing you think about.

Ask the coach of the swim team for some help. They will know.

Just do your best to show them how to do whatever they need to learn, or even recommend a good coach to them.

Yes! Anyone can wear them. In my swimming lessons, some boys wear swimming caps. I'm a girl, and I wear swimming caps. Olympic swimmers wear them too!

Practise drills or just swim laps in your pool. If you don't have a pool at home then use the local one, the country club, or a friends and do the same things.