In parenting, I have an obsession: if you want your child to be like that, you must be like that first. I hope my baby can have the quality of "courage", so I decided to practice it and teach her what "courage" is by learning to swim, which is what I am afraid of. Therefore, the matter of "learning to swim" was put on the agenda.
In the first half of this year, I bought a full set of swimming equipment and prepared to study. I definitely don't have time on weekdays, so I can only study on weekends. I consulted several colleagues who have just learned swimming, and they said: It is best to learn swimming at once, and intermittent learning is not as effective as continuous learning. I immediately backed out and bought the equipment like this.
I have time during the summer vacation, and there happens to be a swimming pool near my home. I have to learn to swim quickly, otherwise it will be delayed for several years.
After consulting the swimming pool, I found that the large class time was not suitable, so I had to find a private tutor. Actually, I don't want to find a tutor. As a person who is born without exercise cells and learns slowly, the teacher's one-on-one staring at me will make me more nervous and is not conducive to learning to swim. But I can't. Large classes are not suitable. If it is delayed any longer, my sixth sense tells me that this matter will be ruined in the summer vacation. Anyway, I must learn to swim in the summer vacation. I'll pay the fee immediately, make an appointment for private education, and start learning tomorrow.
Early in the morning, after sending the baby to kindergarten, I went straight to the swimming pool. It was just after eight o'clock when I came, but I found that many aunts and grandfathers had finished swimming and bathing and were ready to go home. The living habits of the elderly are much healthier than those of the young. I see many aunts and grandfathers can swim. Compared with them, I am too young to learn to swim. This idea adds a bit of courage and confidence.
Get dressed, and I'll go to the teaching area to find the coach I made an appointment with yesterday. Several children have been swimming in the teaching area. The babies got up early and worked hard and praised them.
The coach asked me: Have you ever touched water? I said: I have touched it with a swimming ring. I was about to continue when the coach suddenly smiled and said, Oh, I see. Let's do some warm-up exercises first.
Me: Huh?
The coach said: Not even a warm-up exercise? For example, chest expansion exercise and so on.
He just asked me to do warm-up exercises, but he didn't show me. I quickly recalled what warm-up exercises I could do while doing chest enlargement. The first thing that comes to mind is the leg lift jump taught by the high school physical education teacher. I made a few symbolic jumps again, and the coach couldn't stand it anymore. He squinted at me and said, you can't even warm up? Get in the water, get in the water.
I was devastated and helpless: isn't warm-up a part of swimming class? Coach, why don't you show me some?
My foot just touched the water before I came to the escalator. God, it's so cold. The coach said: Oh, nothing, let's go down.
I dawdled and shook step by step, and another man came behind me and got into the water.
"I am an adult, but I can't be so timid." When I am cruel, my body is in the water, and the water can probably reach my chest. The board next to it says: the water depth is one meter and two meters. I want to wait until my body gets used to the water temperature a little before I go to the coach. The coach's voice, cold as water, floated up again: hurry up. My heart hardened again and I took two steps forward. The buoyancy of water makes me dizzy. I don't know which old aunt said, "Nothing, just come in." As she spoke, she enthusiastically pulled the water on me, and I shivered, so cold.
Walking to the coach, I got all wet places on my body and finally got used to the water temperature here a little bit. The coach asked me to walk along the shore with my hands on, and I walked carefully along the shore twice. When I left, the two people next to me were preparing to go down the escalator. Their reaction when they first got into the water was exactly the same as mine. As they walked into the water, they shouted and said, every time this time, it was like killing pigs. Haha, I'm not alone. I thought it was only when I was a rookie in the water.
The coach told me to stop walking around the shore with my hands, so I did.
The coach said, now let's practice holding our breath.
Hold the shore, take a deep breath and stick your nose into the water. I did it, and suddenly I felt so good that my head almost came out. The coach said, do it a few times more. I will do it obediently. The coach said, this time put your ear into the water. As soon as my ears entered the water, I felt a strong sense of fear. It's really hard to feel the water gurgling into my ears, and I feel completely isolated from the outside world. I quickly put my head out, the outside world is really good. The coach said, do it a few times more. When I entered the water for the second time, I was already mentally prepared, but I still felt uncomfortable and held my head up and down. When I buried my head in the water, I actually had time to think of those people who committed suicide by jumping into the river. They are really brave. How hard it is to die.
This time, my head was in the water a little longer and slower than before. My head sank into the water again. After practicing several times, the coach said: the lung capacity is ok.
My heart jumped out: Nani? I have always felt that my physical fitness is very poor.
I don't know what the standard of good or bad lung capacity is, and I will be skeptical about the coach's comments. However, I am quite surprised that the coach will praise others. I thought this kind of coach, like the driving school coach, would only swear. When I came, I was fully prepared to be called "idiot, idiot, idiot", and his "comments" surprised me.
The coach spoke again: scratch the shore with his hand, take a deep breath, put his head into the water and float his body.
I did it. Gee, it really floated. It's amazing. Every time I see my husband swimming, he will open his mouth, take a deep breath and start swimming. Every time I see the action he just got into the water, I think he is so awesome. Is it that simple? I won so many praises for nothing.
The coach said: float more times. I floated for several times, feeling a little tired and holding my breath unsteadily. I can hold my breath for a while, and if I can't hold my breath for a while, I need to wait for a while before I can float next time. The coach began to urge me again: hurry up, sister, the children are coming soon, and there are more people. I 10 have a class.
I thought it would be good for me to float every three minutes. At his urging, I estimate that it can float once a minute. Therefore, it is right for coaches to be tough and strict with teachers.
When I was gone with the wind, I thought I only ate a boiled egg when I came in the morning. It is said that swimming consumes a lot of energy. I wonder if I have the physical strength to learn the next move. Thinking about KFC and McDonald's while floating in my mind. . . Be sure to treat yourself with a big meal at noon
Hands on the shore for a long time, the coach said: now take a step back, squat, lean forward, take a breath and float yourself.
I asked the coach: Are you coming to save me?
The coach said: Don't worry, it will.
I did it with trembling hands. Oh, my God, it worked. The coach said: float more times.
I floated a few more times, the coach said, and this time I floated away, drifting from me to there. The coach said the route was drifting along the shore, and I asked the coach, are you sure you will come to save me?
The coach said, save it.
I did what the coach said in fear, but fortunately, fortunately, I floated here alive. I floated a few more times, the coach said. This time, I floated like that. The coach said that "over there" is the route that floats farther and farther away from him.
Wow, I'm so scared, but I have to follow the flag that I have to learn to swim in summer vacation. Once again, I asked the coach uneasily: Are you coming to save me?
The coach said, I'm impressed with you. Help, swim.
I took a deep breath and put my head into the water with mortal courage and determination. It's floating, but I'm still so nervous that my muscles are stiff all over.
I successfully floated to the opposite side, and then floated back to the coach from the opposite side. The coach said, sister, you have been practicing water rafting.
I drifted smoothly on the water, but the accident happened inadvertently. Once I held my breath in the water, and I felt almost unbearable. I tried to stand up, but my foot slipped and I didn't stop. When I tried to stand up again, my foot slipped and didn't stop. I suddenly panicked. I tried to stand up again. At this point, my body's center of gravity has tilted backwards and I can't stand up at all. My people consciously fluttered back and wanted to stand by. I pulled my hand back twice, and I felt my body sinking, and there was no fear in my mind. I thought of the picture of the woman sinking into the water in the film and television drama. It's really a lot of TV dramas. Then someone hugged me, and I hugged him hard. He tried to pull me up like grass, but I didn't feel it. I almost cried in my heart: no, no, it's over, it's over. Pull it out again, and the man finally pulled me out of the water. Ah, scared the baby, scared the baby.
It's the coach. He didn't lie to me. He came to save me. The coach asked me to hold my hand slowly on the shore. He said, "Sister, you really can. This is the first time since I became a coach to go down to save people. When you are unstable in the future, you can stand up by hugging your knees. " .
Damn it, why didn't you tell me about such an important life-saving skill just now? What a good coach.
I asked: What should I do if my knees can't hold up? He said, then hold it hard until you can't hold it anymore. I asked again: what should I do if I can't hold my breath and haven't hugged my knees? He said: then pinch, and then try to hug your knees. You must firmly believe that you can stand up on your knees.
Gee, it's disgusting to think about it, but at the critical moment, you'd rather drink more disinfectant in the swimming pool than save your life, wouldn't you?
I leaned against the shore and slowed down. The coach asked me: Do you dare to float? I said: as long as you come to save me.
The coach said: You scared me to death just now. Dare I not save you?
I continued to practice water rafting. I still remember what the coach said: Hold your legs with your arms, and you can stand up as long as you can hold your legs. The coach told me to stand on my feet and then raised my head. I often raise my head in a hurry before my feet stand firm. I didn't even stand up for the first time, trying to stand up with my arms around my knees, but fortunately nothing happened.
It's almost gone with the wind The coach asked me to go ashore and practice my movements on the shore. He said that swimming is actually very simple, just four words: take, turn, board and clip.
He made a demonstration and asked me to practice on the shore. I tried several times, but of course I failed. I know I was stupid. The coach said: spread your legs when turning. I continued to practice, but I still failed, mainly because I couldn't open my thighs when I turned over. He saw that there was no hope for me as a student to do this action, and said helplessly, let's practice in the water.
I got into the water and began to practice "folding pedal clips". I held my breath three times at most, and my head was deprived of oxygen. My head had to come out of the water, take a breath of fairy dust, and then make the next "folding pedal clip" At this time, the children came into the arena. It was already 10, and the children's swimming class began.
The swimming pool became lively as soon as the children came in. The children chattered like larks and brought my coach. There are three coaches here, each of whom is responsible for a bunch of children, about seven or eight people, and my coach is responsible for a bunch. When he is in charge of the children, he doesn't care much about me.
I practiced the "folding pedal clip" in the water, but I still can't feel it. My legs are shaking and my body is completely motionless. It can be seen that the leg force is not right at all, but I still don't know how to do it.
This shouldn't be the first swimming lesson for these children. The coaches checked their swimming equipment, such as goggles, and let them lie on the shore and do the action of "closing the pedal clamp". When a child was doing it, the only female coach among the three coaches broke the child's foot with her hand, and I happened to see it. When I made a "turn", I immediately understood what was wrong. This action is very similar to what a yoga teacher once said.
I did it according to my understanding, which is really much better. After "folding the pedal clamp", my body can move forward, so happy.
The children are in the water, swimming happily like happy little fish. When the baby is older, I will definitely let her learn to swim. Don't be silly. Don't learn to swim until she is old, just like her mother.
It's the first time that I've been in close contact with water for so long. It doesn't feel as disastrous as I thought. My fears are all my own. If I learn, I can still get along well with water.
Courage grows in tempering, and I look forward to learning tomorrow!