{"id":4391,"date":"2023-10-08T07:18:08","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T01:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/?p=4391"},"modified":"2023-12-22T11:29:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T05:59:09","slug":"swimming-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/?p=4391","title":{"rendered":"Swimming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Swimming is one of my favourite sports. I like swimming because it is just perfect for me. I prefer swimming because the benefits of swimming are better than other activities such as jogging\/walking etc. Swimming helps maintain great fitness and keeps your heart healthy. I decided to improve my fitness and well-being by living a more active lifestyle; swimming was the way to go.<\/p>\n<p>LO1-Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth Screen reader support enabled.<\/p>\n<p>My strength in swimming is that I can swim very fast in short distances but I lack endurance meaning despite my best efforts I cannot swim continuously for more time. Swimming for a longer period of time will help me improve my health and fitness so I need to improve my endurance.<\/p>\n<p>LO2-\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills.<\/p>\n<p>There were a few challenges that I had to face. The first challenge was time management, I had to manage my time to make sure that I had enough time to study. I had a knee injury so I had to take care that I didn&#8217;t hurt myself while swimming. As a beginner, learning different styles of swimming was a great challenge but I knew that it would require a lot of practice to learn.<\/p>\n<p>LO4<\/p>\n<p>Commitment and persistence were necessary for the experience. Getting up early in the morning to get to the pool was difficult. \u00c2\u00a0Swimming was difficult since the water was cold and I could not stay in the water for more than 60 minutes. Gradually I adapted and could stay in the pool for a longer period of time.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"1:1-1:300\">In conclusion, my swimming CAS experience taught me a lot about myself and the world around me. I learned that I am capable of more than I thought I was. I learned to push myself outside of my comfort zone and to never give up on my goals. I also learned the importance of teamwork and communication.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"3:1-3:375\">In addition to the physical benefits of swimming, I also experienced a number of mental and emotional benefits. Swimming helped me to reduce stress, improve my mood, and boost my self-esteem. It also helped me to develop new skills, such as time management, goal setting, and problem-solving. I also made new friends and became more involved in my community through swimming.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"3:1-3:375\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"7541\" src=\"https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/48158.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7541\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/48158.jpg 384w, https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/48158-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"7544\" src=\"https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/50830.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/50830.jpg 384w, https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/50830-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"7542\" src=\"https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/50831.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7542\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/50831.jpg 384w, https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/50831-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"512\" data-id=\"7543\" src=\"https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/50833.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/50833.jpg 384w, https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/50833-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swimming is one of my favourite sports. I like swimming because it is just perfect for me. I prefer swimming because the benefits of swimming are better than other activities such as jogging\/walking etc. Swimming helps maintain great fitness and keeps your heart healthy. I decided to improve my fitness and well-being by living a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":241092304,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1576],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grade-7idea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/241092304"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4391"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7545,"href":"https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4391\/revisions\/7545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classof2024.fountainheadschools.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}