Swimming thread

[Cmonster]

Right outside my door, in the beautiful, blue Pacific;

SC

[bobws]

Honestly, I, myself could've learned that way---its just I was so so
young when I learned how to float that I forget just how I learned it.


I used to pretend I was SUPERMAN---I would go in the deep end
and get rid of most of my "breath"----it helped to sink faster.
Then I had a few seconds to walk on the pool bottom like it was
"the ground"----and THEN I'd "take off" and "fly" to the top
just like SUPERMAN!

I also pretended I was AQUAMAN a lot.
Aquaman used to manipulate water during
the FILMATION cartoon and I used to pretend
to do that too.....my favorite thing to do was
to spread my arms out and spin around quickly
creating a "whirlpool"

DUDE! I did the same thing in our pool all the time growing up. i love to throw the water balls like aquaman.

[huedell]

DUDE! I did the same thing in our pool all the time growing up. i love to throw the water balls like aquaman.

Cheers to the great memories

[Meule]

Last time I swam was about a year ago, in the sea in Alicante, Spain

no where.. i can't swim

D, you're in Miami and can't swim ?????????

That's what I was thinking
Come on D, gotta learn to swim... for your little one

[Gorn Captain]

I can't swim.
On my first swimming lesson, the teacher opted for the "throw him in the deep end, he'll swim" approach, as I was hesitant.
And no, I didn't swim.
They had to drag me out of the water.
To this day, I cannot stand water covering my face. It might sound stupid, but when I shower, and the water splashed over my face, I snap back as if I'm drowning.

Thank you, teacher psychology. You sure did me a world of good....

[David Lee]

Our Homes Association has a pool, we also have season passes to Oceans of Fun a local water park with slides and a decent wave pool. They are completing a Schlitterbahn water park (300 acres) just a few miles from where we live and I can already see us being season pass holders. I have always swam and I just figured that's what summer was for... I got SCUBA certified in college and from then on I have been hooked on diving... I can;t imagine life without it... Oh and Typhoon Lagoon is my favorite water park too...

-Dave

[raider5gt]

I take my daughter swimming at the city pool,every other weekend,we both love it,its not to great in the winter and autumn months

When i use to go when i was a kid,i also did the Superman off the bottom and tried to swim like The Man from Atlantis

I can do most strokes but i can never do the Butterfly Stroke.

[Gorn Captain]

I can do most strokes but i can never do the Butterfly Stroke.

My specialty is "The Brick".....

[raider5gt]

^^^^ mines the Anchor stroke....... straight to the bottom

[Mikey]

My favorite "stroke" ... not sure if this is even a real one but I have pretty big feet - size 12 and I can swim only with my feet flapping with my hands beside me ... Like a frogman would swim.

Is that even a real swimming stroke ?

[Cmonster]

My favorite "stroke" ... not sure if this is even a real one but I have pretty big feet - size 12 and I can swim only with my feet flapping with my hands beside me ... Like a frogman would swim.

Is that even a real swimming stroke ?

Yup, and it's even called the "Frogman".

SC

[HardyGirl]

I can't swim.
On my first swimming lesson, the teacher opted for the "throw him in the deep end, he'll swim" approach, as I was hesitant.
And no, I didn't swim.
They had to drag me out of the water.
To this day, I cannot stand water covering my face. It might sound stupid, but when I shower, and the water splashed over my face, I snap back as if I'm drowning.

Thank you, teacher psychology. You sure did me a world of good....

How horribly traumatizing! I really hope you can one day conquer your fear and get into a good adult swim class one day. It really is a lot of fun to swim.

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Honestly, I, myself could've learned that way---its just I was so so
young when I learned how to float that I forget just how I learned it.


I used to pretend I was SUPERMAN---I would go in the deep end
and get rid of most of my "breath"----it helped to sink faster.
Then I had a few seconds to walk on the pool bottom like it was
"the ground"----and THEN I'd "take off" and "fly" to the top
just like SUPERMAN!

I also pretended I was AQUAMAN a lot.
Aquaman used to manipulate water during
the FILMATION cartoon and I used to pretend
to do that too.....my favorite thing to do was
to spread my arms out and spin around quickly
creating a "whirlpool"

I did too Hue

[Rallygirl]

Growing up in the late 60's and early 70's, my family owned tourist cabins on a harbor within sight of Lake Michigan. Yes,...those cruddy, little cabins that dotted the pikes before interstate highways were how we made our living. On top of having Lake Michigan access, we also had a pool for both family and guests. After the family sold the cabins to some guy who built a mega-million mansion on the site, we moved into town and once again had a pool. I hated the water then and never learned to swim, even with water all around me.

This all proved problematic in high school, were I flunked phys ed only because I couldn't pass the swimming section. My senior year, I was still stuggling to pass swimming. The teacher finally told me if I could jump off the side of the pool and get back to the ladder I would pass. I jumped so close to the ladder that I actually hit it! LOL But I graduated!

Prior to my marriage, I bought a house on a large river. I wanted to take swimming lessons so that I wouldn't drown if I fell off my dock. I took adult swimming lessons that entire first summer in the river house and it didn't work; I still cannot swim a lick. My biggest frustration was that I also sunk like a rock. My instructor told me that not everyone can float. And boy, oh boy, do I ever NOT float! LOL So even to this day, I HATE water and anything that has to do with it. I will not go in pools, even shallow ones, or on boats.

[lepage]

unless it is in my pool, I don't swim anymore especially here in Florida. The Gulf has Portuguese man of war, sharks, sea urchins, etc. and the fresh water has gators and cotton mouth snakes. I miss the fresh water lakes up North.