<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/community-music-school/blog/2024/music-practice-technique-improves-swimming.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><pubDate>08/22/2024 02:49:17 PM</pubDate><title>CMS Student Uses Music Practice Technique to Improve Swimming Skills</title><description>I practiced swimming the 400 Freestyle with a metronome this season leading up to this competition. This metronome training really helped me improve on keeping a steady pace and it gave me confidence to enter the 400 Freestyle at a big competition for the first time. I placed second and received a silver medal for my efforts.</description><author>Aiden Kim, CMS student</author><image><img src="" alt="Article image 2"/></image><tags><tag>cms</tag><tag>community music school</tag></tags></item>