I want some BASICS in SWIMMING.. I want to learn.. please help..?

Answer 1

I am unsure if this holds true in other countries, but om the US the YMCA has some excellent beginner swimming classes.

Answer 2

Children are often given formal swimming lessons, which serve to develop swimming technique and confidence. Children generally do not swim independently until 4 years of age.[1]

In Sweden and in Finland the curriculum for the fifth grade states that all children should learn how to swim as well as how to handle emergencies near water, with the exact definition varying from school to school. Most commonly, children are expected to be able to swim 200 metres (220 yards) – of which at least 50 metres (55 yards) on their back – after first falling into deep water and getting their head under water. Even though about 95 percent of Swedish school children know how to swim, drowning remains the third most common cause of death among children.[2]

In the Netherlands swimming lessons under school time (schoolzwemmen, school swimming) are stimulated by the government. Most schools provide swimming lessons. There is a long tradition of swimming lessons in the Netherlands, the Dutch translation for the breaststroke swimming style is even schoolslag (school style).

In many places, swimming lessons are provided by local swimming pools, both those run by the local authority and by private leisure companies. Many schools also include swimming lessons into their Physical Education curricula, provided either in the schools' own pool, or in the nearest publicly accessible pool.

Recently, in the UK, a new plan called the "Top-ups scheme" calls for school children who cannot swim by the age of 11 to receive intensive daily lessons. These children who have not reached Great Britain's National Curriculum standard of swimming 25 metres by the time they leave primary school will be given a half-hour lesson every day for two weeks during term-time. [3]

In Canada there has been a call for swimming to be included in the public school curriculum. [4]

Answer 3

You can go to a local YMCA or Community College that has swim classes for adults. OR you can find a friend who is a good swimmer to help you learn the basics.

Get in the water, put your face in the water and blow bubbles. Turn your head to the side but do not lift the head out of the water to take a break. Take a quick breath and turn, not lift your head, so your face is back in the water. You can also practice breathing (blowing bubbles) getting in the water and pretending you are sitting down until your head is below the top of the water. Then to breath you just stand up slowly.

Breathing is the most important thing to learn before you learn the strokes.

Next, with the help of a trusted person, lay on your back in the water and learn to relax and float. Once you have accomplished that, turn over and lay like a "dead person" in the water and learn to float. Whether on your stomach or back, your arms are out to the side and your legs are slightly separated. The key is RELAX.

Once you can do those moves, have the friend hold you up as your lay on your stomach and keeping your face in the water, reach with one arm out above your head, then drag that arm down and toward your stomach as you reach out the other arm. When you need to break, with may initially be every or every other stroke, turn your head to the side. Once you can move your arms, then add fluttering your feet.

With that you have learned a lot.

However, many people start out doing a dog paddles, which is okay but you can not swimming in the acceptable manner. Having your head above the water as in the dog paddle slows you down, but if that is necessary until you feel more comfortable in the water, no biggie.

Good luck

Answer 4

the YMCA or local health center

Answer 5

CALL YOUR LOCAL YWCA OR YMCA OR HI SCHOOL IF THEY HAVE A POOL GOODLUCK HUNNY

Answer 6

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