How did you learn to swim?
By jamed28
@jamed28 (1903)
Philippines
September 20, 2010 7:16am CST
When I was young, me and my friends usually went to a river to take a bath. We just stayed on shallow water since we didn't know how to swim yet. But until sometimes, we learned to swim by simply trying. We will go to a much deeper water then try to swim, until we finally learned how to swim. But that river now is filled with garbage and the youth of today's generation can no longer swim on that river. This is one reason why most youth in our place today don't know how to swim, unlike during our youth. Now, how did you learn how to swim?
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5 responses
@Robben2009 (146)
• China
13 Aug 11
I remember I was 8 years old when I learned swimming, my brother teach me how to swim in a small ditch, he showed me the action, told me the skills. Ah it is really a beautiful memory, very funny.
@my_name_is_coco (4333)
• Philippines
12 Jun 11
I just had my swimming lessons.I learned proper freestyle and backstroke.I became more addicted to swimming after the lessons.I will be spending next weekend with some friends in a gorgeous island with a nice swimming pool.I feel very comfortable in the water and I feel very relaxed in the water.
@youless (112595)
• Guangzhou, China
20 Sep 10
When I was a child, my parents often brought me to the swimming pool in summer. My dad taught me swimming there. This is how I learned to swim. As to my child, since he is timid, I don't think we can teach him swim by ourselves. So I let a swimming coach to teach him swim. At least he learned it now, although he doesn't swim very well.
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@allamgirl (2140)
• Philippines
28 Nov 10
when i was a kid, we have a kiddie pool in our house. almost everyday, my brother and i would just lounge around there. it's pretty big for a kiddie pool so you can actually swim a little. so when we go to actual pools, we weren't scared of the water (like our cousins were), and then the adults thought us the basics.
