Sports & Fitness

Learning to Swim

An adult explains how he finally learned to swim at the age of thirty.

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1I never learned to swim when I was a child, and that always bothered me.

2So last spring, at the age of thirty, I signed up for lessons at the local pool.

3On the first day I was embarrassed because all the other students were children.

4My instructor was patient and told me to relax and just float on my back.

5For the first two weeks I only practised kicking while holding the side.

6Slowly I became braver and started to move away from the wall.

7One evening I swam the whole length of the pool without stopping.

8The children clapped for me, and I felt like I had won a medal.

9Now I swim three times a week before I go to work.

10Swimming has made me fitter, calmer, and much more confident.

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