Sentences with phrase «in swimming ability»

I ended up not snorkelling with the whale sharks, which was a shame, but I wasn't confident enough in my swimming ability so I stayed by the beach and soaked up some of the coral reefs instead.

The reasons for these differences in swimming ability have remained obscure — until now.

The COHO program emphasizes improvement in swimming ability and stresses the development of good sportsmanship, individual integrity and a sense of team spirit.

If you are not confident in your swimming abilities, please consider taking a stand up paddling lesson or outrigger canoe ride instead of a surf lesson.

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Around that time they happened to attend a practice session in San Jose, where they met an Asian swimming coach who explained that she got her visa through a clause in the immigration law that allowed athletes, musicians, and actors who had «exceptional ability» to stay.

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Greg Easterbrook's brief, masterful tribute to Charles Hartshorne in U.S. News and World Report (23 February 1998) similarly credits Hartshorne's ability to achieve his great philosophical work while standing outside the mainstream of philosophical thought, and swimming against the tide of intellectual fashion.

The Harker Summer Swim School provides both children and adults the opportunity to learn, refine and extend their swimming ability in a noncompetitive environment full of positive reinforcement and encouragement.

Anyway, in these cases, «bubble wrap» parenting would be banning a child from swimming despite having the ability, or not allowing him or her to learn to swim, just because you're afraid, or preventing a child from socializing if he or she wants to — or, like the mother in the article I posted on Facebook, «vetting» her kids» friends, so they only hang out with kids she «approves» of.

While not able to immediately start paddling across the Channel, babies are born with a remarkable ability to control their breathing in water and have a reflex reaction that moves their arms and legs in a swimming motion, called the Bradycardic response.

«Simply put, the compound turns - off the sperm's ability to swim, significantly limiting fertilization capabilities,» said lead investigator Michael O'Rand, PhD, retired professor of cell biology and physiology in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, and president / CEO of Eppin Pharma, Inc. «This makes EP055 an ideal candidate for non-hormonal male contraception.»

The NUS team will be testing MantaDroid in sea environment next, to investigate its swimming capability at different depths and its ability to withstand underwater current.

In a series of later papers, the most recent published in the Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism in July 2007, Shirai and his team evaluated the effects of Erabu sea - snake oil on a number of outcomes in mice, including maze - learning ability and swimming endurancIn a series of later papers, the most recent published in the Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism in July 2007, Shirai and his team evaluated the effects of Erabu sea - snake oil on a number of outcomes in mice, including maze - learning ability and swimming endurancin the Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism in July 2007, Shirai and his team evaluated the effects of Erabu sea - snake oil on a number of outcomes in mice, including maze - learning ability and swimming endurancin July 2007, Shirai and his team evaluated the effects of Erabu sea - snake oil on a number of outcomes in mice, including maze - learning ability and swimming endurancin mice, including maze - learning ability and swimming endurance.

The flagella give the bacteria the ability to swim in their environment by rotating like propellers.

In fact, scientists have been working to update lab tests to look beyond sperm count, swimming ability and shape (also known as morphology, a subjective measure that is tough to replicate with an algorithm) to explore other possible causes of male infertility.

Research conducted by Dr Bill Dew at the University of Lethbridge in Canada looked for the first time at the effect of the metal contaminants nickel and copper on specific fish olfactory sensory neurons, and how these affect the fish's ability to detect and swim away from an odour released by other fish of the same species (conspecifics) when a predator attack takes place.

When scientists gave mice an oral drug called LM11A - 31 (designed to prevent neural degeneration in Alzheimer's patients) just hours after a complete spinal cord injury, it limited the death of cells that protect nerve fibers, allowing test rodents to retain their ability to walk and swim.

They actively increase their swimming speed in increased turbulence and are passively reoriented through morphology - flow interactions, which compromise their ability to maintain directed swimming.

Their body form looks simple, yet their swimming ability is the most economical in the animal kingdom.

These tail abnormalities can include looping, folding, and fusion, all of which can result in reduced motility (ability to swim).

The authors found that the turtles were swimming against the prevailing current in a statistically significant pattern at a rate of 30 cm / sec, which indicates an ability to detect the current flow and orient themselves to swim into the current flow direction.

The swimming ability of predator - prone guppies declined more rapidly with age — an example of neuromuscular aging — than in their predator - free cousins.

The new and improved ouabain was shown to successfully target sperm - cell proteins in rats, effectively hamstringing their ability to swim, so they couldn't reach and fertilize an egg.

They perform similar to controls in visual placing, balance, prehensile reflex and traction on a horizontal bar, motor coordination, swimming ability and olfaction orienting.

Results from Day 1 indicate no defects in AD or AD + J147 in the ability to swim or see as both have similar escape latency.

Even those who aren't can benefit from basic swimming skills and the ability to get to safety in water.

Salmon are one of the strongest animals in the world with an incredible ability to swim upstream against strong currents.

In addition it can greatly improve the torsion (twisting) strength that can vastly increase ability and performance in such sports as throwing, tennis, badminton, squash and swimminIn addition it can greatly improve the torsion (twisting) strength that can vastly increase ability and performance in such sports as throwing, tennis, badminton, squash and swimminin such sports as throwing, tennis, badminton, squash and swimming.

Specifically, the physical adaptations and benefits of strength training were discussed as they related to the deadlift, because of its unique ability to target so many of the muscle groups recruited in running, swimming, cycling, etc..

It also limits a person's ability to be swimming in dates by its very nature.

Anyone that has already played the game will have long since started taking this for granted, but Nintendo's ability to take the shooter genre and infuse it with platforming elements, thanks to the genius mechanic of shooting and swimming through your own ink — up the sides of platforms, around obstacles to take foes by surprise — it's a simple mechanic, that can be used in a shocking variety of ways.

Some are faster and more agile, others are slightly more powerful, but the real difference comes in a special ability that is specific to each character; Tigershark can swim, while Minotaur can charge and break through walls.

April Wolfe points to this moment as a giveaway of men trying to write for women and failing, noting how blowing such a detail casts doubt on the filmmakers» overall ability to depict women as whole people — «one box bleach job and then swimming» is the new «running from a T - Rex in high heels».

In this video you'll find many new features like bushes, outside furniture, the return of tents, a larger beach, furniture like clocks on walls, and the ability to swim!

So in total: The Department will be hands - off about the test systems states choose; the consortia will sink or swim based on their ability to create products states want; states may chose to go in different directions, making comparing results difficult; but the Department will use its peer - review process to ensure state systems are aligned with standards and set the proficiency bar high.

The children learn to swim in small groups of similar ability.

Students leave campus by grade level once each week to participate in a variety of fun and challenging activities, including paddle boarding, swimming, tennis, rock climbing, yoga, cross-country skiing, and group activities at the National Ability Center.

It rivaled cheap external PC speakers in its ability to make the whole room swim in music.

French Bulldogs aren't really known for their swimming abilities, so while he doesn't care to swim laps, he does love to run around and play in the shallow area.

Fairly prevalent in goldfishes, swim bladder disease is when the organ maintaining the fish's stability and bouyancy loses its ability to regulate air properly, causing the fish to float nearer to the surface of the water, swim towards a particular side, or even end up upside down!

They have even been known to use their great swimming ability to save lives in emergency situations.

Never force your dog into the water, and don't let him go in over his head until you're confident about his swimming abilities.

Keep your pup safe by testing his or her swimming abilities in shallow water before progressing into deeper lengths.

Is the pet handicapped or disabled in some way, and what is the dog's weight and swimming ability?

Must be in a double kayak if younger than 12) Surfing: 7 years old (Child must be comfortable swimming in the ocean and ducking under waves) Stand Up Paddle: 7 years old (Child must be comfortable swimming in the ocean) Biking: 10 years old Horseback riding: 12 years old Wine Country: 21 if they are going to be tasting (Children 12 + can accompany a parent) Rockclimbing: 8 years old Rope Course: 7 years old Hiking: All ages A parent is the best judge of a child's ability.

Participants of all abilities (from quadriplegia or amputations to post traumatic stress or traumatic brain injuries) are welcome 365 days a year to swim or dive in our 6.3 million gallon gallery, Ocean Voyager Built by The Home Depot.

They got us swimming to the best of our abilities, Riding with more confidence in packs, and running more efficiently.

It is the only bird in the world that has the ability to dive and swim up the rapid white waters of rivers such as the Urubamba.

There is a short portion of the tour where you are floating and treading water in a deeper pool — some swimming ability is helpful, although not strictly required, in this segment.

This has often resulted in capsizing of the kayaks (s) and with the life vest on you are a cork in the rocky caverns and have very limited ability to swim out to safety.