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Introduction to Swimming🔗

Why learn swimming?🔗

  • Swimming is a essential life skill - it can save your life or someone else’s
  • Opens up opportunities for other kinds of water sports : snorkeling, surfing, diving, boating etc.
  • Builds overall body co-ordination and motor control
  • Helps conquer fear of water and builds self-confidence

Benefits of swimming (fitness, safety, fun)🔗

  • Full Body Workout : Builds endurance, strength and flexibility
  • Low-Impact : Gentle on joints, great for injury recovery, and all age-groups
  • Improves Cardiovascular health : increases lung capacity & heart function
  • Burns Calories : Great for weight loss
  • Relieves Stress
  • Fun & Social

Common fears and how to overcome them🔗

  • Fear of drowning
    • Start learning in shallow water under supervision
    • Learn to float and tread early-on
  • Fear of Deep Water
    • Gradual Exposure - don’t rush to deep ends
    • Practice with float or noodle until confident
  • Fear of not Breathing
    • Practice breath control & exhaling water in a relaxed way
    • Use Rhythm : Inhale out of water, exhale inside water [Very Important]
  • General Anxiety
    • Get a Coach or Friend who could swim

Basic pool etiquette🔗

  • Shower Before entering in pool
  • No running on pool deck - its damn slippery
  • Avoid blocking lane or swimming across others
  • Be mindful of splash and space, especially in shared pools
  • Wait for your turn to dive
  • Respect Life-Guards, Instructors, & Fellow Swimmers