At What Age Did You Learn to Swim? Help a Student Gather Data
Friday October 17, 2008
I'm in a math 111 class and we are working on a paper about linear functions. I want to do my paper on the age a person learned to swim and the number of different strokes they know to see if there might be a correlation. So here is my question for you: At what age did you learn to swim?
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Dear Sirs,
There is no age limit for learning swimming.
I am 77 and yet do all type strokes.
I have learnt swimming when I was very young
and in a villege in a well.
That time I never new anything about strokes.
I have learnt the strokes very recently on my
own without any instructions or guidance.
Ram
Sir,
I didn’t learn to face up to my fear of water until I was around 65. I am now 69 and I now swim laps at the YMCA almost daily and I also learned to dive on my 66th birthday. I love swimming and only wish I had started years ago. Diane
My father held me on his palm and taught me to swim (freestyle)when I was three. The next year we joined a swim club and I learned the back, breast, and butterfly. I swam a lot when I was a kid but only recently picked it back up. I swim an hour almost everyday.
I learned to swim when I was about 5 years old. I was on swim team for many, many years even all the way through college. My kids are now grown and I still am a very active swimmer. I have my own pool and teach water aqua-aerobics. Number of strokes that I swim; side-stroke, breast stroke, freestyle, butterfly, backstroke, and elementary backstroke.
It was important to learn to swim when I was a kid. My friends and I all grew up together–from kindergarten to young adulthood. One of the requisites for hanging out together was athletics:tumbling, all kinds of “ball” diving and swimming,too. We were all pretty good swimmers since around 10 or 12 years of age. Today, at 60, I’ve become a competitive swimmer. For the last 4 years or so, I’ve taught myself many other strokes, including the butterfly, and have won gold medals in all of them at one time or another. I really like this sport!
I HAVE BEEN SWIMMING FOR NEARLY FOUR DECADES AND I STILL HAVE`NT HAD ENOUGH OF IT,FROM THE TIME I AS 8 YEARS WHEN I WAS INTRODUCED TO SWIM I TOOK TO IT LIKE A DOLPHIN. AT THE AGE OF 25 I USED TO SWIM 200 LAPS OF 25 METERS IN A STAR HOTEL POOL CONTINOUSLY AND NOW WHEN I AM NEARLY 48 I SWIM 20X50METRES LAPS IN MY CLUB OLYMPIC SIZE POOL. IAM VERY FLUENT WITH FREESTYLE,BREASTSTROKE,BACKSTROKE,BUT I DON`T DO THE BUTTERFLY BECAUSE I HAD A SMALL SPINE PROBLEM 2 YRS BACK.SINCE MY LOVE FOR SWIMMING IS SO STRONG, I HAVE LEARNT ALL SPORTS RELATED TO W A T E R.
I was 3 when I learned how to swim.
My mother literally threw me into a survival swim class. I didn’t learn all of the strokes until I was 12 though.
Now Iam teaching swimming to children about 5 yearand above. I have own pond about One arcer land. My address
M.S. HARILAL,MOOTHEDATH HOUSE ,THAZHEKKAD P.O ,THRISSUR DIST ,KERALA ,INDIA.IN OUR VILLAGE ABOUT 350 CHILDRES ALREADY LEAN SWIMMING
WE ARE PLANNING TO CONTACT A SWIMMING CAMP TO TEACING SWIMMING TO ALL PEOPLE IN OUR VILLAGE. KINDLY GIVE PROPER ADVISE AND GIVE FUND FOR THIS CAMP
BEST REGARD
M.S HARILAL
09446525145
I Have learned to swim at the age of 32 and I am now the first black female commercial diver.
I think I learned to swim as I learned to walk. For the sake of putting a number to it let’s say 3 yrs. Every summmer my mother would clean up the house after breakfast and pack 7 kids up for a day at the pool. We would be there in the AM for lessons, then a picnic lunch then until suppertime. Sometimes my dad joined us after work and we stayed longer. I swam competitively from “8 and unders” through high school. I picked up Masters two years ago. age now, 45.
sir,adon’t know how to swim & my age is 22. is it possible to me to learn how to swim?
I never took swimming lessons at all until I was 32. I have not swum regularly for many years. Now am trying again at 58. I will need some tips to help me do a better job. Thank goodness my daughter is a great swimmer.