Learn to Swim - whatever your age
As many people learn when they make the
decision to learn to swim, almost all of the lessons available cater for
children.
If you are lucky, you will find a
learn-to-swim program at your local pool but it's likely you will have to wait a
long time for a place and in our experience it is unlikely you will have learned
to swim a year after starting, that's if you manage to learn at all! Read
what we have to say about public pools and learn-to-swim classes under our
private lessons page.
Many people would like to learn to swim
but fear they are the only ones with the sort of problems they have.
Frankly men are the worst for this (sorry for being sexist). Trust me,
you're far from being alone and not learning to swim because you don't want to
feel a fool while you are learning or because you think you are too old is a
real shame and so unnecessary.
We have taught so many people to swim
that started out being embarrassed, fearful or simply disbelieving that we
almost know what you are going to say when you walk through the door. Just
trust us when we say that whatever is going through your mind, others have gone
before you thinking exactly the same and they DID learn to swim.
If you've made the decision to learn to
swim, or even if you are simply just thinking about it, drop us a line and tells
your fears or concerns, or what you would like to achieve, and let us tell you
how we can help you learn to swim.
Learn to Swim for Adults
Do you feel that only children can learn to swim? Do
the adult swimming lessons at your local pool leave you cold? Maybe you
been there - done that - still can't swim. Maybe you can't even pluck up
the courage to think about it?
Let me tell you my story.
Above is me behind the camera, so sad watching hubby swim
when I'm too frightened to even go close. At 45 I got ME (chronic fatigue
syndrome). At 48, having been so terrified of water all my life - I
wouldn't use the shower in case water went in my face - I decided I was fed up
of being a victim and I would learn to swim.
Below is me, age 54, in Egypt the day I qualified as an Open
Water Scuba diver. In between I learned to swim, qualified as an
instructor, took a life guarding qualification, taught many many people to get
over their own phobias and learn to swim, and finally I learn to dive.
I tried to learn to swim at my local pool and frankly was
horrified. For almost 3 months I went and steadfastly refused to put my
face in the water or take my feet off the bottom. I scoured the net
looking for 'learn to swim' books that would teach me how to swim without
putting my face in the water. Needless to say - there aren't any. It
was a long time before I made any progress during which time I saw the vast
majority of adult swimmers give up along the way. Eventually I met Irene
who shared my fears and phobias and also had decided to learn (she's even older
than me <grin>). Together we found TI swimming which teaches balance in
the water and altogether different techniques to ASA swimming.
Long story short, Irene and I qualified as ASA instructors
then took the best of all we had learned to put together our own 'Learn to Swim'
methods. These we adapt for each and every student to suit their needs and
swimming phobias. We also address the fact that adult swimming/learning is
or should be, very different to the way children learn to swim and also that
every adult learns in a different way and has different challenges in life.
Finally, this is me below, diving in the Red Sea. Take
heart - you CAN learn to swim as an adult.
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