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I've just taken the first few evenings of my Basic Open Water course and I have a question (already).
It seems I can't swim.
I've been snorkelling and freediving (a little bit, not to any great depths before anyone asks) yet I couldn't meet the requirements for length of surface swim, length of time treading water, or the part where you have to retrieve a 10 lb weight off the deep end of the pool.
I could swim some lengths of the pool on the surface, yet got too tired to do the required number of laps. It didn't help that nobody had ever taught me a specific technique for surface swimming.
I could retrieve the 10lb weight (on the second try), yet couldn't quite get it up to the surface. When I started to sink despite finning my bare feet madly, I decided it would be more important to get myself to the surface than the weight.
And I can't tread water. Never could - was never taught.
Does anyone have any ideas to get me through the swimming portion of the OW?
It seems I can't swim.
I've been snorkelling and freediving (a little bit, not to any great depths before anyone asks) yet I couldn't meet the requirements for length of surface swim, length of time treading water, or the part where you have to retrieve a 10 lb weight off the deep end of the pool.
I could swim some lengths of the pool on the surface, yet got too tired to do the required number of laps. It didn't help that nobody had ever taught me a specific technique for surface swimming.
I could retrieve the 10lb weight (on the second try), yet couldn't quite get it up to the surface. When I started to sink despite finning my bare feet madly, I decided it would be more important to get myself to the surface than the weight.
And I can't tread water. Never could - was never taught.
Does anyone have any ideas to get me through the swimming portion of the OW?