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 ...
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When I teach swimming I teach students to blow all of the air out but only as a method to let the body sink to the bottom of the the pool, bobbing and exhaling, rolling while kicking and breathing on the side. My critisim was not in the theory of a coach saying exhale all the air, it is the over exagerating that happens and of course I just think it is wrong to say Exhale all the air.
I don't have any problem asthma but maybe because of my age I have trouble when doing breath control swims of breathing every 5, or 7 or 9.
When I teach swimming I teach students to blow all of the air out but only as a method to let the body sink to the bottom of the the pool, bobbing and exhaling, rolling while kicking and breathing on the side. My critisim was not in the theory of a coach saying exhale all the air, it is the over exagerating that happens and of course I just think it is wrong to say Exhale all the air.
I don't have any problem asthma but maybe because of my age I have trouble when doing breath control swims of breathing every 5, or 7 or 9.
