There is an opinion among the people that it is very easy to learn to swim, it is enough just to fall into the water once and start drowning. The method, of course, is not devoid of logic, but very dangerous. It is much easier to learn to stay on the water by exercising in the pool. There you will not only be taught to swim in any style, but will also tell you exactly what to start with the development of any body of water.
Water selection
You can learn to swim in any body of water, including a river, lake or even the coastal strip of the sea. But experts advise choosing for training all the same indoor or outdoor 25-meter pools, where full-time trainers and instructors work and drowning in which is very problematic. In addition, the pool with its changing room, shower and permanent medical center is much more not only safe, but also comfortable and hygienic. The main thing is to get medical permission to visit him and buy a subscription.
Health and preparation
The first thing to do when you are going to learn to swim is to visit the doctor's office. More precisely, even several doctors. In the bathtub of the pool or water sports center, whose employees seriously care about the health of their visitors and constantly monitor the purity of the water, you will be admitted only after examination and receiving certificates from a therapist, venereologist, dermatologist and, for girls, a gynecologist.
But if no one requires medical certificates from you or if there is enough paper from a therapist, it is better not to visit such a sports complex. You should not learn to swim in the pool, the leaders of which actively use its premises for the arrangement of commercial saunas. Firstly, sauna access usually does not require any permits. And secondly, those who come to it love to dive and cool down in the pool. Sometimes even bypassing the shower and intoxicated.
The list of necessary and useful bathing accessories, which the pool administrator will probably tell you about, includes standard swimming things - swimming trunks for men or a swimsuit for women, swimming goggles, a rubber cap, as well as slates for walking on the floor from the changing room to the bath and back. towel and soap with shampoo.
We start with a warm-up
You should not, barely approaching the bath, immediately jump into it. Especially if the pool is deep enough. Experts strongly recommend that you first talk with the instructor and listen carefully to his recommendations. And, first of all, about how to warm up, warm up the ligaments and muscles that are basic and necessary for swimming, how to breathe correctly in water. He will also select the necessary gymnastic exercises. For example, squats with an inward bend of the feet and a wide stance of the legs.
It is the instructor who will become your "lifeline" when exercising directly in the water. In order to learn to hold on to it and swim at least a minimum distance of 25 meters, it is enough, regardless of age, from 10 to 15 individual trainings.
