Me and my sister were in the deep end of the pool and this lifeguard comes up to us and goes. 'Are you strong swimmers?' and I said, 'What?' and he goes 'Can you swim more then 4 lengths?' and I said no because we could swim 3. So he said to stay in the shallow end.
So how are we supposed to become more strong swimmers?
In fact the better question is why is every lifeguard i meet such a jerk?
2006-11-20 02:40:12 · 12 answers · asked by Dreamer 4 in Sports ➔ Swimming & Diving
The only way to become a stronger swimmer is to swim more! Join a swim team and 4 laps will be nothing after a few weeks.
It does seem lifeguards are kind of jerks, but they are doing their job and don't want anyone to drown, Can you imagine what it would be like if you let someone drown? The person drowning also might be inconvenienced.
2006-11-20 02:48:44 · answer #1 · answered by Merrily 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To become a strong swimmer you have to swim more and practice. Practice on your strokes and floating techniques. Most importantly swimming has to be your sport. I've been swimming since I was 3 years old, so I have a strong passion for swimming. If you want to become a good swimmer you have to take the step that swimming is something you really want to take up. It's not easy and you have to be willing to deal with everything.
Who knows why certain lifeguards act the way they do. I'm a lifeguard and I act different from those you probably have met.
2006-11-20 06:28:48 · answer #2 · answered by Monica 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be stronger swimmers just swim more lengths and swim more regularly. I dunno how strong of a swimmer you want to be, but I also go to the gym and work out regularly to make the muscles I use in swimming stronger, but you might not want that.
Lifeguards may seem like jerks, but they're doing that for your own safety. Like you seem to be a good enough swimmer to swim in the deep end, but imagine if a not so good swimmer was ignored and let to swim in the deep end and drowned? It would be the lifeguards' fault because they didn't keep an eye out and didn't make them swim in the shallow end. Also, he doesn't quite know you, so he can't know how well you swim automatically.
2006-11-20 02:58:01 · answer #3 · answered by Triathlete88 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like the lifeguard who spoke to you was just an idiot, I'm sure if you went back again you wouldn't have a problem. And if all else fails just say yeah you are a strong swimmer - afterall you can swim 3 lengths, thats practically 4 eh!
2006-11-20 02:52:21 · answer #4 · answered by loknights 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just keep practicing hard and harder until you get to the point that you want to get to, when i was going into competative swimming when i was in high school the first year and time that i got in the pool after swimming my own style have to learn to swim the competitve style it was kind of hard at first so I got a friend who is a lifeguard who taught me some breathing techniques so that I would not get tired fast and also tought me to push it when I was getting tired by then it was just a matter of time before i started to swim meets, just stay safe and practice hard but don't over push your limits or you could cramp up and take it easy once in a while so that you can preserve your energy as well good luck and stay safe, and try to beat your own time on each lap while practicing.
2016-05-21 22:18:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know that it is hard but he is only doing his job.You need to practise your swimming and you can do it by swimming in the shallow end you need to swim the width of the pool and when you can swim 8 widths you can start swimming in the deep part of the pool (there are 2 widths to every lengths of the pool) Don't be to hard on the lifeguard he is just trying to keep you safe
2006-11-20 02:56:48 · answer #6 · answered by Bella 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you just have bad luck with lifeguards. although he is doing his job, i don't think you need to swim four laps to be in the deep end. but when he saves your or someone elses life, just think of how all the lifeguards you meet are jerks. even if they are being a jerk, it isn't their job to be friends with you, it is their job to keep the pool area safe and to save people if needed. and be sure to be nice to the lifeguards, if they feel you are making the pool area unsafe (for yourself or others), they could just kick you out.(plus we have to deal with a bunch of whiners and stupid people running and diving into 3ft of water)
as for swimming, just try swimming a little further each day, and before you know it, you can swim the four laps.
2006-11-20 14:28:48 · answer #7 · answered by swid 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been in the Special Olympics for more then 20 years and I am still Swimming. I lap swim at the YMCA. Swimming one time a week is not enof for me.
2006-11-20 08:05:03 · answer #8 · answered by chickswim77 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think that every time you go swimming try swimming a few more lengths and just build up your stamina that way. Don't go straight in and do a mile build it up! Thats what i done and last time i swam i swam 200 lengths
2006-11-22 20:39:00 · answer #9 · answered by frankie j 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
JUST PRACTICE IN THE SHALLOW END THEN TELL HIM YOU CAN DO IT KNOW
2006-11-21 02:01:47 · answer #10 · answered by doc1ab 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋