My journey into the swimming pool began when i was 2 and a half years old .and the award for this goes 2 "my dad" , who had made up his mind that i had 2 learn 2 swim.l ya, little did he know that i would learn 2 drown first..
As every day would start with a small ring round me so that i would stay a float on top n he could monitor my every move .as any ordinary day in the morning i would enter the pool with the ring round me , i was 3 and a half then, and my mom who didn’t take to the idea of swimming to well , would be watching me from a close distance with a book in her hand..
So as i was saying, i would enter the pool n was like this restless fish trying 2 swim round . Suddenly in the middle of my glorious swimming experience, the swimming ring gave way n the air inside the tube started comming out i started sinking down , n i tried pulling my self up, like a yo yo 2 draw my dads attention who thought i was just waving a hi at him but i wasn’t. I was trying 2 say"daddy help "., then my mother felt that something wasn’t right n she told my dad 2 pull me out , it only then my dad realized that the ring had given way. The next 5 minutes were spent 2 get the water out of my tummy which looked as if i had swallowed a shark.
But what changed my life after that day was , that my dad managed 2 teach me to swim in the most easiest of techniques in 10 mintues without the tube and by 4 years i could manage 2 swim without the ring inside the deep water, and had learnt 2 dive to , which i thought wouldn’t happen till i was 8 or 9..
" I fell in love with water , and 2 be precise "swimming." I became aware of my self and my body , i became aware of its "benefits"- say
Stamina, Flexiblity,
Helps u calm down when in water, i could burn calories n baby fat easily. It taught me how 2 save a life to. The only "negatives " i discovered were these tanning. Insects also join u at times, rainy season specially.
Chlorine could make your eyes itchy at times and you can’t dive from a high board when there’s someone swimming down, cause there could be "crash landing ".
For me, its more than just a sport its something i relate to without effort. Swimming is a effortless sport for me and am happy that it became a part of my life.
I do recommend swimming as a sport 4 sure specially if u are the kinds who like being alone at times to get rid of your fears, to increase flexiblity n strength in ur legs n hand., an overall workout..without observing the monitor which one does when in a gym n that 2 in a fun way.