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Adult beginners swimming class: what exactly do they teach you?

• i am almost 19 and have never learned how to swim. ive never really saw the need to. however, the job i want to have in the military requires me to be a proficent swimmer so i have signed up for a swimming class that starts next week. its 2 months long but is only once a week so its really just 8 one hour sessions. what do they teach in an adult beginners class? its only 8 days so how much could i possibly learn? is it just the basics? i imagine ill be spending a lot of my own time out of class practicing in order to get to the lavel that i need to be at.

• Answer:

  I teach adult swimming lessons. What the teacher will teach depends on the level the students are at; some beginners are afraid to get in the water and some can swim ten feet on their own. I like to teach rhythmic breathing (exhale under water, inhale above), floating (on front and on back), kicking with a board, and strokes. My students who progress the quickest are the ones who come early or stay late or come during the week to practice. However the students who only come during the lesson do make progress, just not as fast.