disability

My swimming achievement 2010

We asked you, our lovely readers, to tell us about your swimming achievements from the past year, and what an inspirational mailbag we received. Without further ado here are our favourites. Prepared to be inspired …
Rescue fly …… read more

December 16, 2010 Posted by Jane-Ann Featured article 2 Comments »

Is Shaw Method the way forward for disability swimming?

Mandy Hudson is a Shaw Method teacher working for Art of Swimming in London. She is also a teacher of  English as an additional language. Mandy has cerebral palsy and is an advocate of the social model… read more

December 14, 2010 Posted by Jane-Ann Improve your swimming, Learn to swim 3 Comments »

Swim for health with Shaw Method

“Swimming saved my life,” says Thelma Koorland. And this is pretty much the first thing she says when I speak to her about her experiences of Shaw Method, writes Jane-Ann Purdy. Thelma is 74 and swims for an hour… read more

September 27, 2010 Posted by Jane-Ann Featured article 4 Comments »

I’m a Shaw Method swimmer: Ed Hamilton

Ed Hamilton sustained a brain injury in 1996. One of the effects of the injury is dystonia in his left limbs. This is a movement disorder that results in his brain sending abnormal messages to his muscles, making them… read more

June 22, 2010 Posted by Jane-Ann Improve your swimming, Learn to swim No Comments »