learn how to swim well

We did floating, bobbing, kick off from the side of the pool, and back and forths in the pool just kicking using these floaty things. Glad I signed up for classes!

I have no time to go and learn anything I want to do …. I feel disappointed …

I’ve had a couple of lessons but I’m not good at all. I want to feel comfortable in water.

There are swimming lessons not even a mile from me…
http://www.iunat.iupui.edu/documents/LTS08.pdf

I hate to admit, but I’m a neophyte when it comes to swimming. My kids are proficient at all the strokes (I made sure of it), but I haven’t done it yet. I can float all day long, but I want to be able to nail each stroke. I’m going on a cruise this summer and come hell or high water, I’m not getting on that boat until I can at least do the breast stroke without drowing.

First a little history… I have tried to learn to swim many times, and each time I have been unsuccessful. I have this mental block – I just can’t get comfortable in the water. Two near-drownings will do that to a person. Today, I found on-line a guy in my area that teaches by total immersion method. I don’t know if it will work, but traditional methods have failed, so… I took the first step of e-mailing him about taking lessons. I’ll keep you posted.

i tried to swim laps today. it was very painful, but i think that if i keep at it, then i will eventually get there.

i need to tell myself: THIS WILL COME EVENTUALLY.

my dad was a college swimmer, excelling at every stroke possible. he always tried to teach me when i was younger, but i never wanted to learn, i just wanted to play in the pool. now i’m regretting it. all my siblings took the time to learn, but i never did. now that i’m getting my rear in gear and i want to be more fit and healthy, i wish i knew how to swim!

I signed up for lessons starting this July Can’t wait. Hopefully by the end of summer I will have fulfilled this goal.

Check out the Total Immersion training series of videotapes, etc. Used to be at www.totalimmersion.net; something unrelated was at .com, though maybe by now they own them both. The training makes a ton of sense - it’s all about balance in the water. The actual workshop you can go to is a little hard ass - lots of guy triathletes trying to shave nanoseconds off their time. But you can still learn how to swim well and confidently with this program, even by yourself.