swimming for beginners
Get help from a swimming ‘Buddy': If you know a competent swimmer you trust, it will help a lot to have them in the water with you. We call them a swimming ‘buddy.'
Develop a feel for the water: Water is an alien environment to us; something we're not used to. Start off by simply learning how your body moves and feels in the water “ it's so important.
Blow bubbles: Practise your exhalation technique when standing in chest deep water.
Not many people know this, but the most important skill in freestyle is to be able to exhale freely into the water.
Create manageable chunks: Attempting to perform the full freestyle stroke without any preparation is a recipe for failure. The key to learning the stroke is to break things down into small manageable chunks. Use fins:Using fins to work on your stroke isn't cheating. Invest in some swimming flippers (called 'fins' in swimming).
