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NEW YORK - Jan. 24, 2014 - PRLog -- Aquaphobia, or fear of water, is a fairly common specific phobia. Like all phobias, it may vary dramatically in severity from person to person. Some people are only afraid of deep water or strong waves, while others fear swimming pools and bathtubs. Some are afraid of entering the water, while others cannot bear to even look at a large body of water. Occasionally, aquaphobia is so pervasive that even being splashed or sprayed with water can cause a phobic reaction (http://phobias.about.com/od/glossary/g/phobreactiondef.htm).Learning to swim with professionals will give you an efficinent new form of exercise.Consider swim lessons in New York City.

Causes of Aquaphobia

The most common cause of aquaphobia is a previous negative experience. If you have been through a near-drowning, shipwreck or other scary occurrence in the water, you are more likely to develop a phobia of water. Learning to swim is a rite of passage for many children and frightening experiences are common. The way that these situations are handled plays a major role in determining whether a phobia will occur.

Symptoms of Aquaphobia

Like all specific phobias, the symptoms of aquaphobia vary between sufferers. In general, the more severe the phobia, the more severe the symptoms will be. You might shake, freeze in place or attempt to escape. . You might refuse to enter the water, or begin panicking as soon as you step in.

Water is an innate part of human life. Swimming is a common activity at summer camps and resorts, on cruise ships and at luxury hotels. Avoiding the water altogether may be difficult or embarrassing.

AQUASKILLS Progression Method Can help you over come your fear of water as a beginner swimmer or just a novice- We help you embrace the water safely.

Here is a great start for a BEGINNER ADULT

ENCOURAGEMENT:

Mention the Benefits of Swimming” 1. Cardio 2. Increase Flexibility,3. Weight loss 4. Maximum circulation 5. One of the primary causes for disease and sagging skin is lack of circulation. Swimming will tighten your skin..keep you looking young..Age gracefully! You can swim until you are 100 years old..zero impact on the joints. You can enjoy sailing, scuba diving, etc now Safely..

And learning to swim will literally safe your life! prevent Drowning

SPECIFIC TO A FEAR CLIENT- Appropriate conversation

Do you know why you have this fear? Help them along with learning their source of fear. Childhood?
Near drowning experience?
Negative feedback from an instructor in the past?
 Large group classes?. Did you have a bad experience?
Did you try before and have bad results.?
 Explain to them why this time will be different.
Did they grow up watching Jaws the movie?
they do not understand how to breath and they get exhausted?
Deep water...you must encourage that treading is easy.
Let them speak- Identify with them.
Ask the student if they run/yoga/weight lift/ ask what is their favorite exercise?
Explain Endurance...must be gained as well as technique. Two fold process to get ready to swim. Prepare the body
Explain to a runner- the impact on the knees..the tightening of the quads and hamstrings

A weight lifter- The intensity is different/ no getting ready to lift intensity of the muscles/ loosening up will be more necessary for them

A runner needs to loosen the quads and hamstrings.

A Yoga fanatic.. Yoga breathing is in through the nose..and out through the mouth..there is no inhaling with the nose in swimming..let them practice this before they put there face in the water to breath. The habits must be broken through repetition.

Then explain to the student that this is actually a good thing. A healthy fear of the unknown is very smart survival instincts. Explain that you can teach them techniques to undo the things that they could not control about the water, and by gaining control of the water, the student will build confidence and the fear will begin to be less prominent.

Learning will give them a method to call upon instead of loosing control and panicking. Instructor must be fun, upbeat, and bring humor, and confidence to the situation and speak clearly and be optimistic.
Instructor must be careful to scale back and take baby steps.

So After technique/ we work on building endurance

A students want to learn how to control the water/balance/ and breathing right away to disprove the idea of being consumed by the water.
Reflex Actions/ Stand up from the front/sit up from a back float
Resistance in water- Show the purpose and explain propulsion...

Propulsion=the core of the body is pushed forward by the proper resistance created with correct pulls of hands and arms.

Soft relaxed joints Show example of arms/ legs/knees- No locking of joints- Show examples of locked joints and unlocked joints-No stiff legs or arms
the Arm as a paddle from elbow to tip of middle finger with no breaking of the plain at the wrist.
Relax shoulders. Explain Depressed shoulders show the difference/ show how to relax the shoulders-
Work on a prone float face down holding the breath/ then landing with the jump up and exhale simultaneously
Slicing the water with feel and stiff ankles/ vs relaxed ankles/ show this
use your arms as your legs /shoulder=hip=elbow=knee=wrist=ankle
using the bottom of the foot “ The plantar” to push downward in the water
using the top of the foot the dorsal to kick the water upward to the surface
Show this.

This Give an example of right/ wrong
explain why..get into the physics and bio mechanics of swimming.
propulsion, the objective of the movements why and purpose
how this leads into swimming

Breathing in Water- This Must be done at the top of the class within the first half hour

Above the water ask the student to show you how he/she inhales/ while standing in water waist level

Explain the lungs capacity...and show student..how deep they bring in the air
Explain the diaphragm show where it is
Start all breathing above the water
inhale through the mouth/ exhale
then show the nose inhale/ exhale
First let the student put the mouth in the water in a very shallow way
and exhale/listen for the sound
 Walk the width of the pool/ student hold breath for 2 steps under the water-exhales under the water..mouth first nose second/ and the while still walking inhales up

holds the breath/makes big cheeks/ and exhales under the water after two steps

under the water going the width of the pool. Breathing and motion. For More....information

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