My mother told me that swimming is not only a kind of entertainment, but also a life-saving skill that everyone should master. So, this summer, I took part in a swimming training class. In a short 15 days, I tasted its ups and downs. ...
First, the "acid" behind joy
With the increasing difficulty of swimming skills, I learned to breathe in a blink of an eye. This skill sounds not difficult, but it is still a bit difficult to practice.
On the first day of learning to breathe, the coach taught us to exhale underwater before breathing. When we come up, we breathe in with our mouths open, our feet don't touch the ground, our hands paddle hard and our heads are raised as high as possible. I grabbed the wall and practiced as required. "One, two, three, shout" I dived into the water, and then there was a "grunt". I looked up, paddled hard, took a deep breath and dived into the water again. "This skill is quite simple!" I'm thinking in my head. But when I really swim, I dare not look up. I'm just used to stepping on the water. The coach swam over and said to me sternly, "Look up for air, don't step on the bottom of the water, do you hear?" "hmm." I nodded gently, and suddenly I felt a sour nose, and a burst of sadness and deep remorse came to my mind. I secretly made up my mind to do it next time. The second time, I swam to the other side with confidence and secretly encouraged myself. "Gollum!" I wanted to raise my head, but what I never expected was that I felt my body sinking when I was only halfway up. You can imagine what happened next. I choked a lot of water, my nose was sore and I kept coughing. The coach swam over and said something to me, but this time it was a kind encouragement: "Choking water?" Breathe out your breath before you look up, and then you can look up with your hands. Take a break and try again later. "After countless times of practice, I finally learned to breathe. I am so excited! Every time I think of those "sour" experiences, I feel more proud, because I can persist and am not afraid of failure.
Second, the sweetness in making friends.
I made some friends while learning to swim. We often practice together, play together and have fun together. Sometimes telling jokes, sometimes giving lectures outside knowledge, sometimes talking about learning, and sometimes discussing swimming skills. With the company of friends, this 15 day is really happy.
These pleasures stem from the conversation that day.
On the third day of learning to swim, I practiced frog legs with several teammates. In practice, I have the idea of making friends! So I said to a little girl next to me, "What's your name? My name is Chen! " "Well, my name is Wang Xi!" She seems a little shy.
I continued to ask as kindly as my big sister: "How many days have you studied?"
"On the sixth day, what about you?" She gradually became generous.
"Me, grade three, let's make friends!"
"ok!" She agreed happily.
I am very happy because I can make friends on my own initiative. At this time, the coach came to check, and the two of us shouted, "One, two, three" to dive into the water to practice frog legs, and then came up one after another.
"I held my breath longer than you!" She smiled and said excitedly to me.
"Not this time, once again!"
"ok!"
"One, two, three!" The two of us dived into the water again and again, and this time I won. In this way, I made many other friends. We competed with each other, corrected our own shortcomings and learned from others' advantages. After several exercises, our movements became more and more standard. I'm so happy!
Third, training is really "bitter"
Don't look at swimming, not lifting weights, not running, not working hard on a hot day. Actually, swimming is quite bitter.
During training, I sometimes choke on water, sometimes my legs hurt, sometimes my ears hurt, sometimes I feel exhausted, and sometimes I get hurt. Even so, I will stick to it every day. I really want to give up, but when I think of the beautiful posture of swimmers in the water and the case of death because they can't swim, I make up my mind to keep practicing no matter how difficult it is.
No, I passed the "bitter barrier" and learned to swim. "If you eat hard, you will have a master", not bad!
Fourth, the "spicy" taste of sighing at the ocean.
In the process of learning to swim, I will fall behind because of a bad movement. Watching others practice skillfully, I can only look at the ocean and sigh, and the spicy feeling will suddenly rise in my heart.
I remember it was the first day of study, and the coach told us to hold our breath underwater, so people naturally floated up. I practiced according to the coach's requirements. "Hoo-"I dived into the water and clung to the wall for fear of drowning. So people are like a deflated ball that sinks to the bottom of the water and can't float. I looked up and saw my teammates floating on the water like a full ball. I couldn't help feeling anxious and ashamed. As soon as the coach checked, only two people failed, and one of them was me. When the coach demonstrated again, we both nodded like chickens pecking at rice, but when we got to the bottom, we forgot everything. We just clung to the wall and watched me being left behind and unable to study. I keep practicing, but I can only sigh. When can I get rid of my troubles? I look at others with envy and sadness. How can I not learn? Am I too stupid? Suddenly, I felt a heat in my heart. The coach pointed out my shortcomings and said that I was too anxious and nervous. I listened and decided to relax. When I was in the water, my hands relaxed a lot, but my shoulders were tense again. Halfway through, I sank like a deflated ball. I'm depressed again.
That day was my saddest day. But then I got rid of my troubles, learned this movement, and caught up again.
postscript
Learning to swim this time made me understand a lot of truth and made many friends. Really benefited a lot! What a happy summer vacation!