I know how to swim but cannot float. LOL!
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Not everyone can float. Usually thin people cannot. Due to the fact of not much body fat to displace the water. Larger people can, becuse of body fat. I am not picking on large people. Just stating a fact. I too am a large frame person with about 30% body fat.
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do what ever floats your boat
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I had trouble just flat out doing it but I wasn't afraid of doing it. To fix your fears I'd say go one one of those big twister things that flip you all around and have 3 rings with some guy running it and turning you all around. It'll get you used to flipping. But for the hitting your head part just flip kind of before you're supposed to flip and you should be all set. If you come up too short then just gradually work your way in and the frustration of not doing it right will get you to do a flip and you'll learn that the chances of hitting your head (even for a tall person) is very slim at either end of a pool. The only time I ever hit the bottom bad was when I did a backstroke flip turn and I was pointing right towards the bottom of the pool and I got a bad hang nail. Other than that you should be OK doing flip turns.
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STAY CALM U ONLY SINK WHEN U PANIC AND INTAKE A LOT OF WATER , LEARN TO FLOAT ON YOUR OWN IT IS VERY EASY
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you need to relax properly it's natural to float lie on your back and realx if you feel like you are sinking move your hands under water in a small figure of eight try it \nhope that helps
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I swim competitively currently under the coaching personel of 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist Kristine Quance.  I love swimming and im not in high school yet.  no funny stories yet but swimming is really good for you
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YMCA I learned how to swim there and went on to take SCUBA , about two years later. When I learned to swim I was actually trying to learn not to fear the water. if you cant get over this part you are not going to learn to swim you have to let go of the fear.
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You don't need to know how to swim to do water aerobics. You wear a flotation belt and use a floating "noodle" as well. Your head never goes into the water. Water aerobics in deep water are zero impact and in shallow water (waist deep) are low impact.\nI do 4 hours a week of specialized water aerobics in 7 feet of water and I can't swim at all.
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to tell u the truth dont try to make big splashes its not cool with diving remember to keep ur back straight ur feet together and to bend ur wrist in to overlap eachother which makes a whole in the water to minimize splashing and have fun
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I am in a similar position as you, training for the swim of a triathlon relay even thouugh the run would be my strongest leg.  I can run and run but struggle with the swim.  \n\nI have found the same thing too about others being naturally quick and it is frustrating since I know I should be more able than I am.  What I have learned is that to swim comfortably you have to be really relaxed otherwise you burn out quickly because you lose breath.  You have to keep your head very low in the water, facing the floor and push your torso down into the water.  Try to accelerate your stroke under the water as you pull your arm below you, and keep your elbows high when out of the water.\n\nI don't have any training regimes, for training I just try and go as fast as I can for the race distance without getting my breathing and stroke all messed up.
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I would suggest that you stop running and investing more time into your swim training. Although swimming involves your cardiovascular system, there is a whole lot more involved in swimming than breathing. If you are not comfortable in the water, your body will tense up. This anxiety often results in having difficulty breathing. \nWork on improving your swim strokes. You could be exerting so much unnecessary energy that you exhaust yourself. Being as hydrodynamic as possible helps. Be streamlined. Your strokes and kicks should be efficient. There is a lot more to swimming than just getting from one point to another in the water.\nYour comparison is like saying that Tiger Woods can hit the golf ball so he should be good in baseball.
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Ya,when I was little I jumped in a pool w&#92;o my parents around.The pool was 5 ft deep, I wanted to go on the slide...so I climbed the stairs and then when I got to the top,I didn't want to go down...but I slipped and feel in the 5ft. water...I couldn't swim...I saw these girls by the water fountain and they were taking pictures."I said Help"But they couldn't hear me then i remember i was in my dads arms.:(\nIm really proud that Im hear now!
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Occasionally I'm like the rubber duck on the surface of the water. Effortlessly content and buoyant, but also hopelessly separated from the body of water by the surface tensions that make up another person's life. I can't bring the water to be as happy as I am, and the only way to be truly empathetic is to punch a hole in myself, sink myself to the bottom.
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To be free enough of pain to be able to swim again...I miss the feel of water moving over my body while I experience the closest thing to weightlessness I will ever get to feel. I haven't been able to swim, or even sit in a bathtub for almost 20 years...
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butterfly is swam entirely from the chest and hips. if you dont got rythm you probably cant swim the stroke to your full potential. make sure to press the "T" [line across youre shoulders and down your chest] and kick from your hips. dont breath on the first stroke coming off the wall but DONT hold your breath the whole time either. your muscles need oxygen to function so dont try to hold your breath.  try breathin every 2 or 3 strokes. keep your arms straight on the recovery and make sure your timing is right so that youre breathing during the pull of the strok and not the recovery. dont kick from your knees either cuz you actually dont get much power from that.  dont be too nervous either. its ok to be a little nervous.. mostly excited because thats when you are at your peak performance. try to have fun with it.  sing a fast song while youre swimming to keep your rythm up. and dont let up on the last 10 yards. no matter how tired you get its almost over.  \nduring training do lots of im sets because you get to work on fly as well as every stroke, and youre not stuck doing 10x100s fly over and over again. also do a 500 fly kick on your back to work on abs. push ups help too, as well as sit ups and lunges.\nmy coaches are constantly on me to work on my fly because its my weakest stroke. i swim im so they all have to be good. all this crap they tell me well i hope it helps you. just dont get psyched out. good luck!
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faster than I can swim
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The depth of the water shouldn't have anything to do w/your swimming ability, your confidence maybe but not how you swim.  Are you doing the crawl, breast stroke or underwater?  If you are swimming underwater, are you diving in or just swimming down from the ledge?  I don't know if this is helping or if I am just asking you questions to consider.