| KC, Mentor,
Swimming is a skill that can be learned. If you have access to a swimming pool, you can hold on to the edge of the pool and start learning to move your legs. Then you can switch to practice your hands and arms with your legs hold on to the edge of the pool. Then the next step will be learning and practicing the coordination of the arms and legs, with breathing. Personally, I find that the breaststroke is easier to learn than the free style. When you are learning to coordinate your arms and legs, it will be helpful if you have a friend who can hold up your tummy while you practice the coordination. If you can get a float, it will help you in the beginning when you start learning how to swim. As for Mentor, to swim more than 10 m or longer distance require strength and stamina, which is slowly build up during your training. Swimming is an excellent exercise. If you know any of your friend who can swim, they will be the best source of training you can get. The following web site shows the animated version of learning to swim. It gives you a brief idea how to do the basic swimming step by step. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/swimming/skills/newsid_2099000/2099612.stm http://swimming.about.com/cs/breaststrokeandb/a/basic_breaststr.htm Hope you find the two sites useful. |
Learning Swimming