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Author: Debbie Sheridan

Dolphin Ladies Swimming Club / Articles posted by Debbie Sheridan

Swimming instructor Sheri McCurdy passes her Level 2

Congratulations to Sheri McCurdy who passed her level 2 swim teacher’s certificate earlier this year, here’s her story… Growing up in the Southern U.S. Sheri has always been a water baby, she could probably swim before she could walk! Once at university she started taking part in competitions with front crawl being her best stroke. After moving to California, she did triathlons and enjoyed long distance swimming in open water.  Sheri was clearly destined to be a swim teacher… However, Sheri’s swimming changed when the children came along and it became more splashing around, making sure the children weren’t afraid of the water. She was also no longer living in the California sunshine and had moved to Hong Kong where it was all a little different. In February...

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Swimming can help your work life balance

Striking that perfect balance between career and family has always been a challenge for ladies. Our schedules are getting busier than ever before, which often causes our work or our personal lives to suffer. Work-life balance involves juggling workplace stress with the daily pressures of family & friends. The search for work-life balance is a process in which people seek to change things in accordance with their own priorities, and this can be triggered by factors such as: age, changes in working conditions, health and family circumstances. Beware heavy workloads, family stressors, decreased free time and unhealthy personal habits really are dangerous for our health. Making time for yourself is really important, quality ‘me’ time recharges the batteries. Just an hour a week pays dividends. One of the...

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A Dolphin Ladies holiday tale…

  Claire Coghlin who is one of our lovely Dolphin Ladies regularly holidays in Florida in search of some winter sun, this year instead of being the swimmer she was one of the teachers, handing out very useful hints and tips to an American gentleman, here’s her story…. “ My husband and I have been going to Florida in January for some years, and we love watching the dolphins leaping in the creek below our bedroom balcony.  Last January, however, I had a rather different experience - this time I was the dolphin (or rather, the Dolphin Lady). We were staying at a hotel at St Pete Beach, and I had been happily swimming up and down a large, beautiful and well heated outside pool. When I returned to...

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Ladies: Christmas is coming, it’s time to eat drink and be merry and in January we can swim!

Ladies are you making any New Year resolutions this year? A New Year's resolution is a tradition in which someone sets out to accomplish a personal goal…. Ladies, let yours be ‘To get swimming, get fit and have fun!’ Swimming provides an all over body workout as nearly all muscles are used and it’s great for your general wellbeing. Burns those calories! A gentle swim can burn over 200 calories in just half an hour. Swimming 30 minutes a week can help to guard against heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes. Swimming de-stresses and relaxes. Whether it’s work stressing you out, the kids or grandkids being a nightmare, or just life in general……make swimming your therapy. Water supports up to 90 per cent of...

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