on the edge of the pool. Your arms should be straight and your head and upper body relaxed. Stretch out in the water. If you find it too hard to do this without putting your head in the water, that's fine, but you should learn to relax your upper body enough
of the swim and the blood suddenly rushes away from your upper body and brain and to your legs, creating a light-headed, dizzy feeling that often leads to stumbling. By kicking your legs hard in the final 50 to 100 metres of the swim leg, the blood will start
