I was *way* too uncoordinated as a kid to learn how to swim. My mom enrolled me in classes when I was a kid but I never got very far.
Fearing that I'd have to take California's "mandatory" swim test in order to graduate from high school, I tried again when I was 14, but to no avail. I took that set of classes at the YMCA. Enrollment dwindled so much that by the end, I was the only student in the class. Even with the dedicated attention, I was unable to swim. (I never had to take the swim test, either ... Whew!)
I feel that now, as an adult, I have a much better awareness of my body and that I'd be successful. I'd like to think that learning to float on my back or tread water won't be nearly as daunting now.
I can float and make it from one end of a pool to the other but it's not pretty. :)
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2008-02-07 06:57 am (UTC)Fearing that I'd have to take California's "mandatory" swim test in order to graduate from high school, I tried again when I was 14, but to no avail. I took that set of classes at the YMCA. Enrollment dwindled so much that by the end, I was the only student in the class. Even with the dedicated attention, I was unable to swim. (I never had to take the swim test, either ... Whew!)
I feel that now, as an adult, I have a much better awareness of my body and that I'd be successful. I'd like to think that learning to float on my back or tread water won't be nearly as daunting now.
I can float and make it from one end of a pool to the other but it's not pretty. :)