Hello,
I'm 22-years-old and recently I've decided that I'm FINALLY going to learn how to swim.
So far, my girlfriend and I have been going to our local gym and she's teaching me the basics. But, I came here to seek more advice/suggestions on learning how to swim.
Anything at all would be really appreciated. I'm not really asking for anything in specific. Thank you.
Take a class.
I took Beginning Swimming when I was 27-years-old, in graduate school. It was such a beginner class that on the first day, a guy showed up in shop class goggles because those were what he had. I had never done any real swimming other than kid's swim lessons when I was young.
By the end of that first term, I had learned the basics, and caught the bug. I sought out swimming lessons when I moved East from Oregon, and joined a Masters team 8 years ago, truly refining what I had learned.
13 years later, I swim up to 10-mile open water races and am in the A lane at my Masters practices.
Give yourself time, have patience, and learn from someone who is trained and skilled at teaching swimming.
Good luck, and oh, MOST IMPORTANT: Have fun!!
Take a class.
I took Beginning Swimming when I was 27-years-old, in graduate school. It was such a beginner class that on the first day, a guy showed up in shop class goggles because those were what he had. I had never done any real swimming other than kid's swim lessons when I was young.
By the end of that first term, I had learned the basics, and caught the bug. I sought out swimming lessons when I moved East from Oregon, and joined a Masters team 8 years ago, truly refining what I had learned.
13 years later, I swim up to 10-mile open water races and am in the A lane at my Masters practices.
Give yourself time, have patience, and learn from someone who is trained and skilled at teaching swimming.
Good luck, and oh, MOST IMPORTANT: Have fun!!
