I Still Want to Do It!

How’s your experience when the first time you tried to swimming? Is that difficult? Are you able to do that at the first time immediately?

Everyone must have different experiences. Including me. I can not swim. More precisely I can't swim. Actually I really want to be able to swim. I've studied several times with my friends.

I learned from the basics. Started from learning to moved my feet. I moved my feet up and down, paddling water until my feet reached the surface of the water. It worked. Then my friend took me to the middle of the pool. She held my hand and asked me to pad my feet as before. She moved slowly. It made me follow the direction my friend went. I'm very happy that this worked.

The next step is learning to moved my hands. She gave an example of a movement similar to when we open the window curtain. I followed her, of course with my feet still resting on the bottom of the pool. I began to feel exhausted because it seemed like it was using a bit more energy than before. My friend invited me to practice like before. The difference is, this time she released one of my hand. At first I panicked but over time I began to get used to it. Then she told me that she would let go of my other hand. I refused it. I feel unprepared and very scared. Several times I refused to do it, but finally I ventured to try.

Are you curious about the results? Am I successful and finally able to swim?

Absolutely, no! When my friend let go of my hand, I was getting panic and of course I was drowning. Out of fear, I could not control my movements, even my breath. I breathed a lot of water. I felt pain in my nasal cavity and my head. I tried to catched my friend's hand but it didn't work. finally she caught me and helped me back to the surface.

That’s really scary. But I still want to try swimming. Maybe next time I have to reduce my fear when I'm in the water.

Do you have any tips for me? It will help me if you have some.

Thanks.