Getting back into the ocean

A cardinal rule at home from when we were tiny was that if you got hurt, and especially if you got hurt in a scary way, you had to do that same thing straight away. So, I find myself clambering on to the dive boat, wondering what the next dive would be like. I could…

Five minutes of madness

Day three, and I’d started to feel confident in the water. My nerves and anxieties had calmed for the most part and I was looking forward to our third dive of the day. We’d be diving down and hooking into the corner of a channel to watch the sharks swim past in the deeper ocean.…

Reef hooks and rituals

Yesterday, I used a reef hook for the first time. What is a reef hook, I hear you ask… well, it’s pretty simple; it’s a strong metal hook attached to about a metre of nylon yarn. And when there is a strong current, and you want to stick in one place for a bit, you…

Table tennis tales: Instinct and adaptation

Learning to lean in to instinct as a route to adaptation at the TT table.

Be less ambitious!

Everyone said ambition is a good idea. High standards- "aim for the sun and even if you miss, you'll land amongst the stars and so on". But I catapult myself into orbit and just as quickly, find myself splatting back to Earth. Ouch! I'm always signing up to a new MOOC (the latest ones are…