I first learn to swim with my father at the mobile home park pool as a 7 year old. Then I took lessions in the summer time at the community pool in our area thru Red Cross. I went to a swim school to learn butterfly.
I learned to swim at Wilson High School in Long Beach, CA. It was a Red Cross program and I was about 7 years old. I don't have any "evidence" that I took lessons beyond the beginner level but I did join the Pacific Coast Club swim team (where my brother was already a member) a year or so later.
I went on to be a swim instructor for many years - always in a Red Cross program. The ARC taught the "trudgeon crawl" which is what I think Cynthia is referring to. I see people doing it during lap swim all the time. And I still do the elementary backstroke - it's quite relaxing.
Sally
I learned to swim at Wilson High School in Long Beach, CA. It was a Red Cross program and I was about 7 years old. I don't have any "evidence" that I took lessons beyond the beginner level but I did join the Pacific Coast Club swim team (where my brother was already a member) a year or so later.
I went on to be a swim instructor for many years - always in a Red Cross program. The ARC taught the "trudgeon crawl" which is what I think Cynthia is referring to. I see people doing it during lap swim all the time. And I still do the elementary backstroke - it's quite relaxing.
Sally
