Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> It's really super-super easy.

  How to learn to swim properly:

1) Buy swimming goggles. They are *essential*. Don't bother trying without
them. (When you buy them, it's extremely important that you check that they
are watertight and don't leak water when on. They should act like suction
cups.)

2) In the pool, before starting any swimming, learn to immerse yourself
under water and exhale air from your nose at a normal breathing rate
(ie. not too fast, not too slow, just the normal rate of breathing).
Do this repeatedly over and over (iow. when above water, inhale, then go
underwater, exhale air from your nose at a normal pace, come up, repeat).

3) Look up some pros swimming using breaststrokes. (There are some
animations in wikipedia as well.) This is by far the easiest form of
swimming. Swim like that. Pace your breathing with the swimming strokes,
just like in step 2: When your head is above water, inhale, when it's
underwater, exhale from your nose. Try to maximize the time your head
is underwater and minimize the time above (no need to exaggerate, of
course).

  Don't rush to other swimming styles. Breaststrokes are by far the
easiest and most economical.

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                                                          - Warp

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