Can you SWIM?...

[Rubbeet921]

and FLOAT... and DIVE?

... like a fish I can! [:p] (ok, not really, but who says I can't exaggerate? [:D]) I like floating a lot more 'coz it tends to make me feel soothingly relaxed. I would usually swim as far as I could and then start floating (but sometimes the waves carry me back to the shore [:D]).

I learned to swim/dive/float back in my elementary years just trying on my own. No "instructors" whomsoever. Funny thing was the way I learned to dive- I used to watch my cousins throw a white stone and compete diving for it. So, I figured that if I would carry a huge stone with me, it would take me down to the bottom and then I could proceed swimming under the waters. So, I did (clutching the stone in my chest) and voila! I learned to dive! [:D].. Our house is just nearby a beach. (It's now a great time to go swimming here in Dubai and in the Phils. as well)

So, who can swim and who can not? If you could, how and when did you learn?

[savethewave]

My mom, who never learned how to swim, was determined to make sure that I could. I could swim from about the same time I could walk.

I took regular lessons, and I used to be on a swim team. I still swim and surf regularly, and I live about 10 minutes

[xtc-1957]

Taught myself how to swim...and even did a few backward dives off the high-dive at our community pool in my early teens. Now, I'm too skeered to try it!

Nothing better on a 95-degree, 95% humidity July day in Maryland than being in the water.

[xtc-1957]

[quote][i]Originally posted by kimiiii[/i]
<br>C'mon people, don't let this thread SINK.

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[ben_at_work]

Sorry to say, I cant swim. It's very embarrasing to have to use floaties. I actually got pulled into the ocean when i was 3 by a wave and was under water for quite a few minutes befor the lifeguard got me. He tried to resesitate me but failed, i had no vi

[xtc-1957]

[quote][i]Originally posted by ben_at_work[/i]
<br>Sorry to say, I cant swim. It's very embarrasing to have to use floaties. I actually got

[mygreen]

School is killing me because I love to swim! I bought a 24 foot pool a few years back and I loved it! It wasn't until recently when I took a microbiology class, I learned a lot about the water in water parks, swimming pools and of course lakes, rivers etc

[Rubbeet921]

[quote][i]Originally posted by savethewave[/i]
<br>My mom, who never learned how to swim, was determined to make sure that I could. I coul

[Rubbeet921]

[quote][i]Originally posted by ben_at_work[/i]

...I made sure my son can swim though, so if dad falls in the lake on a fishing trip, he c

[Rubbeet921]

[quote][i]Originally posted by kimiiii[/i]
<br>C'mon people, don't let this thread SINK.

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[Otters Walk Among Us]

Mom taught us all to swim when we were very little using in toss-em-in-and-let-em-figure-it-out approach. She showed us what to do, dragged us into the middle of the pool and let go.

Pretty much just like an otter mom would.

[scramjet]

If I fell out of a boat a hundred yards or so from shore I probably wouldn't drown, if the water weren't too cold or choppy, but I won't win any races. I know it's great excercise, but I don't enjoy it that much. Besides, you can't listen to music while

[tiger_mn]

I've swum all my life, including competitively in HS. Growing up in AZ, it was almost a necessity to escape the heat.

Making sure my kids get a good start, too. They started out as water babies, and at my parent's place in Northern MN, can't keep t

[WolverineSyr]

Ever see a dog swim? That's about the extent of my ability.

Swimming was a manditory class in my major at college - (Broadcasting...go figure.) I took beginners swimming and the "coach's" idea was to dump you off in the deep end and scream at you. It

[manekineko]

My mom enrolled me in swimming classes when I was four. Then in college I took two semesters of swimming to improve my technique. I enjoy swimming and I'm confident I could save myself, but I'm certainly no competitive swimmer. I never got the hang of