is this board only for professional swimmers ??
can someome pls help me with my queries ...
i am 26 yr old and never learnt swimming or even really been in a pool .. i am a complete novice ... i am planning to take swimming lessons starting next week .. the course is 8 classes 1/2 each ... i would like to knw the following .
1. how easy/difficult swimming is
2. will these 8 classes be sufficient for me to swim in a pool without an instructor .
pls help me with these queries of mine .. pardon me for my english .. thats not my native language ...
Here is my experience.
Before age 38 I could dog paddle, swim under water, was not afraid of the water. But I could not swim all the way across a 25 yard pool.
I knew a lot about technique because my kids swam, and I learned a lot from listening to their coaches, private and club.
At 38, my youngest was 7 and swimming fairly well, so I decided to take lessons at the local YMCA so I could start swimming laps.
I took two 5 week lessons, which was enough for me to swim about a 50(two lengths) of freestyle, a little bit of backstroke, some breaststroke. I could not do flip turns, did open turns.
I practiced on my own through out the summer, managed to swim as far as a 100 without stopping and joined the Y's Master's group in the fall and started in the very, very, very slow lane. Master's is where I learned tons and tons and started to really get better. By October, about 6 months after I started, I was able to swim 1000 yards straight very slowly, could do back, and ***, and the start of flip turns. It took two more years to be comfortable with flip turns, and to learn butterfly.
I don't think swimming is easy to learn. It is one of the hardest things I have learned, but I really enjoy it now and swim 2500-3000 yards 4 times a week.
Most important is to find a good teacher/coach. Someone who knows how to teach adults, and is encouraging because sometimes it really feels impossible!
Here is my experience.
Before age 38 I could dog paddle, swim under water, was not afraid of the water. But I could not swim all the way across a 25 yard pool.
I knew a lot about technique because my kids swam, and I learned a lot from listening to their coaches, private and club.
At 38, my youngest was 7 and swimming fairly well, so I decided to take lessons at the local YMCA so I could start swimming laps.
I took two 5 week lessons, which was enough for me to swim about a 50(two lengths) of freestyle, a little bit of backstroke, some breaststroke. I could not do flip turns, did open turns.
I practiced on my own through out the summer, managed to swim as far as a 100 without stopping and joined the Y's Master's group in the fall and started in the very, very, very slow lane. Master's is where I learned tons and tons and started to really get better. By October, about 6 months after I started, I was able to swim 1000 yards straight very slowly, could do back, and ***, and the start of flip turns. It took two more years to be comfortable with flip turns, and to learn butterfly.
I don't think swimming is easy to learn. It is one of the hardest things I have learned, but I really enjoy it now and swim 2500-3000 yards 4 times a week.
Most important is to find a good teacher/coach. Someone who knows how to teach adults, and is encouraging because sometimes it really feels impossible!
