swimming lessons

[Mulletino]

Re: swimming lessons

I never really liked swimming lessons at school (in the UK), even less so when force to wear a verucca sock. I still got a few certificates though but only up to 25 or 50 meters i think, never been a great swimmer but get by.
My school didn't have their own pool so we were bus'd to the local swimming pool. If I went there in the school holidays i'd rather get Chewits from the vending machine and play the Galaga machine there than swim.

Swimming seems to be a much bigger concern here in Australia though and everyone is encouraged to learn to swim. As we've our own pool it's important our boy learns early on the dangers of water and how to swim. He's been having swimming lessons since he was 6 months, he's 1.5 now so we always makes sure we try to get him to swim when we're all in the pool.

[darren]

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Very odd maybe it was to see if you could hod your breath or something.
Ive never heard of that before in a swimming lesson.

i had swimming lessons that involved having to dive into the deep end of a swimming pool with clothes on and recover a brick from the bottom. Why? Just in case i have to recover my car keys from the bottom of a river in the future?

[culnara]

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Here's a gross fact for you, we had a new swimming pool open up and one of my mates is a lifeguard, I noticed the pool was lacking the usual strong smell of Chlorine
and commented on it to him, his reply although making sense sent a shudder down my spine
"the strong smell of chlorine is usually caused by contaminants in the water

i.e. sweat and Pee :O

[Twocky61]

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The character Gerald (the old guy) on The Full Monty reminded me of when, like him, I got rather excited with all the bikini clad girls around me. Like Gerald I jumped into the deep end to spare my embarrassing predicament lol

[Arran]

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I had swimming lessons that involved having to dive into the deep end of a swimming pool with clothes on and recover a brick from the bottom. Why? Just in case I have to recover my car keys from the bottom of a river in the future?

[staffslad]

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That chlorine smell hit you as soon as you went in the building. I haven't been to a swimming baths for decades but in my mind that smell is there as soon as I think about swimming. lessons

[darren]

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You would think so but its why it put me off.
althou it was my teacher teaching me not a proper swimming instructor.
Mr abraham was his name.

that's a pretty decent reason to learn surely ?

[Zincubus]

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Yes thats right chlorine and it does sting.

Sadly i never did learn to swim.

Once or twice i nearly drowned.

That's a pretty decent reason to LEARN surely ?

[darren]

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Yes thats right chlorine and it does sting.

Sadly i never did learn to swim.

Once or twice i nearly drowned.

that would be the chlorine, i also remember getting water up my nose & it really stinging.

[Richard1978]

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oh yes that smell cant think of the name of it.

One thing i didnt like was getting the water in my nose when trying to swim.

Made ones nose funny.

That would be the chlorine, I also remember getting water up my nose & it really stinging.

[darren]

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oh yes that smell cant think of the name of it.

One thing i didnt like was getting the water in my nose when trying to swim.

Made ones nose funny.

i haven't visited a public swimming baths in decades but that smell particular to such places is still so fresh in my mind, and as soon as you entered the building that smell was there.

[staffslad]

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I haven't visited a public swimming baths in decades but that smell particular to such places is still so fresh in my mind, and as soon as you entered the building that smell was there.

[darren]

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I REMEMBER MY LOCAL SWIMMING POOL HAVING CUBICLES WHEN WE WENT SWIMMING.
PRETTY SURE THERE LOCKERS AS WELL.

WE HAD A SMALL POOL AND THEN A BIG POOL.

SMALL POOL WAS FOR LEARNING HOW TO SWIM I NEVER DID LEARN SO NEVER UPGRADED TO THE BIG ONE.:cry:

The baths we used was, I think, a standard size. I can't remember any cubicles, just a room with benches and hooks for your clothes, one room for boys and one for girls. I don't remember seeing any lockers for the public to put their stuff in, but I suppose there must have been some there.

[staffslad]

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The baths we used was, I think, a standard size. I can't remember any cubicles, just a room with benches and hooks for your clothes, one room for boys and one for girls. I don't remember seeing any lockers for the public to put their stuff in, but I suppose there must have been some there.

[Zincubus]

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Some of my swimming lessons were in a very small pool (5 by 10 metres) which had cubicles round the edge.

I remember the floors were always wet so I was always careful not to drop anything on them.

Yeah , 50 odd years ago , we went to the local council baths which were standard sized but had the cubicles along the side of the pool with little curtains !!