i am 26 yrs old and never learnt swimming .. i have recently joined swimming class ..infact i hv just finished one class ... here i was taught the basic of swimming one of which is to keep ur feet above water and kick the water using ur feet .... i just cudnt do it ... i used to get it whn the instructor held me but cud never do it well on my own ...i weigh around 100 lb ... there were 2 other people in my group much older to me ... however they managed to do it real well ... i am really disappointed with myself and discouraged .. do you think i will ever be able to do that ... i cant even practice on my own in my community pool as thr is no1 to guide me ... how can i keep the feet above water ?? every time i try to do it my feet automatically goes down and i am noe able to float ... is thr any trick to do this .. pls help ...
At 100 pounds, you are probably fairly lean, and it is harder to float without body fat. So you need to find your balance point that you float and that would be where you will be able to kick better. You do that by playing with your head position as someone mentioned above. The kids I teach I always say, head up bottom down, head down, bottom up. Everybody's balance point is a little different, that is why you have to play with it.
At 100 pounds, you are probably fairly lean, and it is harder to float without body fat. So you need to find your balance point that you float and that would be where you will be able to kick better. You do that by playing with your head position as someone mentioned above. The kids I teach I always say, head up bottom down, head down, bottom up. Everybody's balance point is a little different, that is why you have to play with it.
