Hi guys, beginner swimmer here...have been learning swimming by myself...nice to meet you all.

This post has been edited by Garena: Apr 1 2013, 02:38 PM

Hi guys, anyone swimming at olympic-size (length is 50m) swimming pool at Subang, Petaling, and KL area? Preferable a deep pool because what I read from the internet is the deeper the pool is the easier to float.

This post has been edited by Garena: Apr 1 2013, 02:37 PM

Dislike 3K swimming pool because the water is not clear and very crowded on weekends.

This post has been edited by Garena: Apr 1 2013, 02:57 PM

Ya 3K swimming pool is lousy and has poor facility and security.

The two 50m pools have been renovated? What has been improved? As I know the pool is shallow on the both end sides and deeper in the middle. A bit weird for a 50m pool.

So are the lane ropes hanged in the pool? Is the water clear during weekends?

This post has been edited by Garena: Apr 9 2013, 07:16 PM

What is the depth of the pool from front end to back end? Lane ropes available?

This post has been edited by Garena: Apr 10 2013, 10:01 PM

Usually the depth is written on the pool deck

Anyone have been swimming at National Aquatic Centre, Bukit Jalil? Is the 5 lanes of the 8 lanes public pool still reserve for training? Last year I went there the 5 lanes of the public pool are reserved for some teens training. So the pool became quite crowded because only left a little space for us to swim. On the other hand, the main pool with 10 lanes are reserved for Malaysian competition swimmers, we public swimmers don't have the chance to swim in that 3m depth pool.

This post has been edited by Garena: Apr 16 2013, 05:45 PM

the public pool is 1.3m front end, they use some kind of underwater board to lift up the bottom level, then back end is 2m.

Might consider to keep your phone and wallet in your car. Put your car key in the public pool locker? I think it's not safe also coz even it's locked, thief also got their way to open the locker and steal, it happened before in professional fitness centre. Don't need to say public pool...Malaysia Boleh!

This post has been edited by Garena: Jun 14 2013, 04:23 PM

Speedo

IMHO self learn is good enough, just like other sports like badminton, bicycle, basketball etc. Unless you wanna be professional or going for competition. Really! trust me!

This post has been edited by Garena: Jun 23 2013, 09:52 PM

No, both are different brands. Speedo is from Australia, TYR is from USA.

Any self-learners in klang valley area? Let's go for a swim someday...planning to get back my endurance.

This post has been edited by Garena: Jul 8 2013, 03:26 PM

1. Maybe you need the to fix some of your swimming technique.
2. After finish a lap, reduce the resting time and keep pushing yourself to do the next lap.

Freestyle breathing technique the best is to breath every 2 strokes. The purpose is to prevent your body getting out of air and sink. When you're getting out of air you'll be out of energy thus hard to swim longer distance. For sprinting it's different, because it's short distance, you can choose to breath every 2 to 4 strokes. The purpose is to reduce head movement thus reduce drag. Anyway you can watch how the Olympic swimmers swim freestyle on youtube to get some idea. Learn from the best. Cheers.

This post has been edited by Garena: Jul 9 2013, 12:13 AM

Bro, in freestyle swimming, upper body should rotate 45 degree, that's include the shoulder.

This post has been edited by Garena: Jul 9 2013, 11:25 AM

Apparently the info you referred to is wrong. Try to look at Michael Phelps' and Sun Yang's freestyle swimming, they both rotate their body 45 degree when crawling forward. The proper way of freestyle swimming is that body have to rotate, head only rotates when taking breath. Body position should not be flat all the way, otherwise your arm hard to bend a v shape during recovery stroke.

This post has been edited by Garena: Jul 11 2013, 09:43 PM

Speedo speedsocket for beginner swimmer, Speedo Fastskin for advance swimmer

This post has been edited by Garena: Jul 31 2013, 12:37 PM

Normal wear and tear...blur faster under the sun...

KL area? The Gardens got Speedo Store.

Can intro pls?