Lmao same, i've only been practicing with neck deep pool height might be the main reason why tho. It's kinda hard to find a swimming pool that deep in here tbf
Phobia. If you're afraid of the deep, im afraid of heights. Just looking down on tall buildings, as high as the 6th floor gives me anxiety already. My legs gets weak and wobbles like a newly born calf.
I 'swam' (more like waddled) to the deep end once without knowing then my sister told me I was in the deep end (knowing I can't float/swim) and then I panicked and started to drown. Confidence is quite important. It's all in our heads.
Yeah that happened to me too but my mom told me to go and she will hold but when I search for her I found out she was with my brother and then I started panicking and drawning but then a man came up and saved me . I felt like it was the last for me it was horrible actually :-\
Lol I'm here because my kids 11 and 6-year-old. Did the same thing to me and I'm 39 they told me that I was in the deep end I panicked luckily the corner was not too far off and I swam over there or whatever I did. You're right it is all in your head it's the feeling of not being grounded. It's easier to learn at a early age that's what my kids did with no help from me cuz I don't get in anything I can't stand in.
Damn. I would've just told you to come to a shallower area and said you were on the deeper end and that you were floating lol. Kinda gives you a confidence boost
I am so afraid to go down. Once my feet leave the ground I panic. I should focus on controlling myself in the water. Instead I allow the water to take control of me. It's definitely the power of ones mind and a little confidence. I hope to be swimming soon.
I can swim in the shallow end but once I can't touch the floor, I start to panic without even trying to panic. Edit: I finally learnt how to get over that fear and now can swim anywhere! It's crazyyyy guys, I just practiced, challenged my mind and WOWWWW!!
Thats like 99% of people on non swimmers. I think real swimming is being able to not panic or float with ease in deep water if you feel off a boat or thrown into 15 feet of water.
The fact that this guy has taught me more in 5 minutes compared to what my school taught me is actually shocking, at school they only teach you to swim laps not how to float or even equalise pressure my squeezing your nose than breathing out
In many of EU schools (specifically Nordic countries), an approved swimming test (containing: 200 meter non stop chest swimming + 50 meter non stop back swimming + rescuing a doll from 3+ meter depth) is required to obtain a grade in sport subject, and the test shall not exceed 20-30 minutes for all the 3 parts
@Mr.Pikachu29 O_o it has nothng to do with weight. Or at least that's what i think. I'm a little fat too and I'm actually fine. I just need to know how to kick my legs repeatedly lol.😂
@Mr Apostle Late reply. Nah weight doesn't prevent you from floating, it's most likely that you either not skauling correctly or you not moving your legs enough. Basically if you do step 2 properly you should be able to float.
Actually at 4:18: You should REALLY be careful while swimming next to one of those drains at the bottom of the pool. They can create problems for people and there have been accidents where people get "stuck" next to those drains and not be able to get up because there are some sort of "suction" if you are close to those drains. Avoid them if you can.
Pool drains should be equiped with VGB compliant drain covers that prevent this type of accident from happening. i dont think its legally required everywhere though.
I love your instructions. It sounds way better than the other videos I’ve watched. I’m 25 atm and I’ve never had enough balls to learn to swim. I was planning to learn through classes, but the pool is deep and that alone is holding me back from going. That and a bit of embarrassment. However, I know a hotel that has a five foot pool. Shitty depth but I’m a shitty swimmer. I just came from your other video. I’ll be trying the other one first before this one.
20 for me but still! I'm having a pool party at school for a celebration.And they test us to see if we can swim so they know which deep or shallow end we can go, but I can't swim, last time I failed and everyone kept pressuring me saying that u need to learn how to swim and stuff, and I cried bc that embarrassed me and I'm sensitive, now I'm gonna feel embarrassed again :(
I am 8 years old. And if you want to swim, there are 2 parts, 1 part: learning how to float. 2:learning how to move forward. This video was rlly helpful! My mom already taught me how to move forward so I just needed to float. This video was perfect! Tysm!
@@joeycheckers114 Ah come on. Never ever is this thing 8 years old. It is the same old Story: A somewhat young person commenting under adult videos just fishing for likes...
My father has always been saying relax your body to float but since I saw this video I realised that conservation the air within your body is the essential thing to float
As someone who really wants to learn how to float in the water and afraid of the deep, I find this video very helpful and give confidence that I will be fine next time if I do this steps. Thank you very much 😊
I once went to one of my friends' house because they told me that they wanted to do their homework with me. But once I got there, I saw them swimming in the pool with 2 of my other friends, and then I said "I thought we're gonna do our homework together?" And then one of them said "Oh come on, we're just having fun together. Do you want to join us?" I can't swim but I wanted to join, and so I tried to float like in this video, but instead I was floating at the surface in a sleeping position and I don't know how the heck I managed to do that to this day
Thanks a lot Christian, your video helped me. I've never feared the deep end even when I jumped the first time, but I could only swim and not float. After I tried your technique, I can float with ease. Thanks a lot.
I'm learning swimming and I've sort of got the basics, I think the last part is to learn how to float in the deep end and to get over my fear. the video initally was scary for me but watching him at the end of the video swimming down to the bottom then calmingly floating up was kind of soothing so i hope my fear goes away soon and i get to get back to swimming after Covid is over :)
I love the way you describe the steps. You make everything seem so easy and a lot of what you’ve taught in your videos has been easy for me to learn. Taking swim lessons now but I’ve already learned so much from you that I’m ahead of my peers
I used to be so scared of water and never knew how to swim. Watching this video made me gain my confidence and now i know how to float!(without drowning lol)
I didn’t even learn to swim until 22 and that was a doggie paddle and it took me so long because I would panic. I was also scared of drowning due to the water. After I got over that fear ( a little) I learned to freestyle swim by 23 (age). I still can not float while staying still and I hope this helps me. It’s so odd because I feel like I should be in the water all the time and I love it but the same time my fear of drowning gets in the way. I will update how this goes for me later on
Thanks for the video super helpful. As a kid swimming in the deep end was always scary for me but now it seems kind of fun. Do you have to pass the deep end test to swim in the deep end?
I hear a lot of people asking what is the point of floating, well, here is one of the many reasons: Floating technique is very crucial when you are out in a lake and your muscles getting tired / exhausted and you cannot swim anymore. What you do is take a deep breathe, float on your back a bit to regain some energy for your muscles to relax. Keep your breathe half a minutes. Breathe out but then you have to flay your arms a bit like in 1:21 in this video so you don't sink. After that repeat the process again by deep breathe , hold it and lay on your back again to float to rest. This technique is just for YOU to survive when you are getting so tired that you can't swim any meters anymore. You basically just buy yourself some time to rest at one spot in the lake until you have energy back to your muscles so you can continue to swim back to shore. Without this technique , you would just sink and die whenever your muscles are too tired too work. You can also use this technique to swim on your back as well since it is less tiring than to swim on your chest facing the water. You can float AND swim at the same time which is very crucial for less experienced swimmers or swimmers who don't have good stamina for longer swims.
Thanks for these tutorials. I want to join the parachute regiment but if I don't know how to swim then I'll never pass basic training. Thank you for these videos and may god be with you
You should lay on your back while floating. Move your arms behind your head in the water. That will help lift your chest and stomach out of the water. Relax your legs at the knee and let the lower legs hand down in the water. Your pelvis and chest should be at water level. Breathe normally or slowly while briefly holding your breath to maintain buoyancy. Use your arms and legs to move your body through the water. You can float and swim in the water like this indefinitely without getting tired.
You make this look so easy even I know it's as easy as it seem but the anxiety and panick attack already ruin everything but at least now I know the steps
After watching your video, I learned how to swim in a matter of one hour! For years I tried to learn how to swim but couldn't get rid of my fear of water. Thank you for your tips. God bless you!
I remembered when I was a kid and I was 6.5ft and the pool was 8ft I recalled my P.E teacher saw me panicking and I even raised my hand which was a bad idea because I sank quicker. Luckily I remembered floating and backstroke...
I'm currently at a swimming lesson and my instructor isnt the best at explaining so your videos have been helping a lot! Now I have a little more hope about actually learning how to swim! Thank you!!
