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# Swimming – Lessons
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- Published: 2004-01-18T07:54:14.000Z
- Updated: 2004-01-18T07:54:14.000Z
- Description: Day 1 – [1/10/2004] Instructor – Tiger . Check out our capabilities by asking us swim for a short distance (half lap). I managed to churn...
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Day 1 – \[1/10/2004\]  
Instructor – **Tiger**  
. Check out our capabilities by asking us swim for a short distance (half lap). I managed to churn up the whole pool with my thrashing :).  
. Grab kickboard with hands and learn to kick legs properly.  
. Grab floating handlebars with hands and learn to kick legs properly and use one hand at a time to thrust forward.

*Thank God, we were not asked to put our head under water 🙂*

Day 2 – \[1/17/2004\]  
Instructor – **Seth**  
. Grab kickboard and swim (kick) all the way till the end of the pool !!! (freaked me out)  
. Grab kickboard and swim (kick and push with one hand alternatively) all the way till the end of the pool.  
. Throw away kickboard, put your head **under** the water and swim half a lap. (Drank half the pool during this exercise. I tell you, chlorinated water makes you pretty nauseous)  
. Swim (kick, push with hands, head under water – AKA real swimming) the whole length of the pool.  
. [Backstroke](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backstroke?ref=kudithipudi.org) – This was real hard for me. I could not relax enough to believe that you could float in the water on your **back**.  
. [Scissor Kick](http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaststroke?ref=kudithipudi.org) – Grab kickboard, put it under your head and grab it with your arm as if though you are holding a violin. Lay on your side in water and kick your legs as in a scissor action. Again, was pretty difficult for me to lay on my side. Kept slipping onto stomach or back.

It was a pretty intense second class. I thought that the instructor was pushing us too far, too soon. Have to work on my kick. I am bending my knees, keeping my fingers apart and thrashing wildly. The key is to move your whole leg. Will keep practising in the pool at home.