FabSwingers.com forum: How many people can't swim?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Just saw a post on another thread and it got me wondering how many people can't swim?

it must be difficult if one has a genuine phobia.

Having taught swimming in the past adults are generally harder to teach due to deep seated fear built up over the year's.

But the joy and elation on people's faces when they overcome it and learn is amazing.

If you can't, do you want to?

Btw not offering any service at all.

Just interested that's all.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can float lol if I'm not panicking

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can't as i have never tried

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

I took my son from six months old the only reason I didn't take him earlier was because it was winter.

My mum can't swim she has a genuine fear

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By *iewMan
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over a year ago

Angus & Findhorn

I can swim really well and play squash well.

Nowt much else sports wise.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can't swim I can't get the knack of it and I guess it has become a fear in time

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By (user no longer on site)
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over a year ago

I thought all children had swimming lessons with their schools

I did and so did my children even though I took them to lessons as well

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can swim, but have only swam in pools for the last few years, not been to hot enough climes recently.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

"I thought all children had swimming lessons with their schools

I did and so did my children even though I took them to lessons as well

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same here, we went with the school but I could already swim same with callum he went to private lessons as well as school

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By *empting Devil.Woman
over a year ago

Sheffield

I often attend the women only sessions at a pool near me which a lot of Muslim women go to. Quite a few are poor swimmers. Some I guess are new learners but most of them learnt a little when they were young but after reaching the age at which they are regarded as women not children they don't always have facilities to have gender separate swimming sessions. As a result they have never progressed.

I am a competent if not very stylish swimmer and I swim lengths while many of these women swim breadths so they stay in their depth. Since I do a fair bit of backstroke I'm the pain in the pool who bumps into people

. But the 'only just' swimmers are full of joy in being in the pool and never mind, in fact I've shown quite a few how to do backstroke.

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By *uby0000Woman
over a year ago

hertfordshire

I cant swim

im scared to get my face wet

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By *4nc3rCouple
over a year ago

Clacton-On-Sea, Essex

I love swimming and water in general!

My hubby however can barely swim.. well he can swim, but he can't float so has to keep moving all the time.. and at 5ft 4 he is quickly out of his depth lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just saw a post on another thread and it got me wondering how many people can't swim?"

A difficult one to answer accurately but at the last estimate worldwide it was about 3,678,123,007

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I cannot swim a stroke without my floaties. Yes Im 34 and still wear arm bands, much to the amusement of other people's kids on holiday.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nearly drown when I was 7 and been frightened of going near a pool ever since.

So bad I've even refused hydrotherapy that's been suggested to run alongside my physio

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I cannot swim a stroke without my floaties. Yes Im 34 and still wear arm bands, much to the amusement of other people's kids on holiday."

You seem to have some pretty good built in flotation devices already

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I thought all children had swimming lessons with their schools

I did and so did my children even though I took them to lessons as well

Unfortunately when I was a kid the way they did classes those who could swim were looked after whereas those who couldnt were taught pretty much F*** all

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can't swim I have a real phobia of water, I panic if I see deep water, I took my kids to have swimming lessons when they were young because I wanted them to learn, I couldn't even sit at the side of the pool while someone else tough them, I was very restless and fidgety I kept pacing about till the end of the lesson my sister had to take them to the rest

I can't stand in a shower because water runni ko polo o see seeng over my head is just to much for me to cope with

I have no idea where this deep rooted fear comes from but its not getting any better with age

I remember a couple of years ago my dog jumping in the canal, I called him back but he was struggling, he was obviously cought up on something because he was swimming but not moving, after a few mins of this he'd started to tier and had gone under a couple of times, I have no idea what I was thinking except I can't just stand here and watch him drown so I jumped in

I have no idea why because had the water been deep I couldn't have helped we'd have both died in that canal together

luckly when I got in it was barely waste high when I got to him he was tangled in the undergrowth, I got him free and we got out, when I got back on the side I couldn't stop crying I was so scared and just stood there like a total twat crying and shacking

I still have no idea to this day why I jumped in

I guess love really does conquer all

I told him after if he does it again he's on his own

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

PE teachers at my secondary school told pupils they wouldn't be allowed to move from 1st year to 2nd year unless they could swim.

It wasn't true but it concentrated the mind.

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By *mmabluTV/TS
over a year ago

upton wirral

I swim nearly everyday winter and summer,keeps all the muscles moving,very good for you.

Never to late to learn

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love swimming but not that confident, so often start using a noodle (zoodle?) then leave it on the side when i feel i don't need it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Petrified of water. X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just saw a post on another thread and it got me wondering how many people can't swim?

A difficult one to answer accurately but at the last estimate worldwide it was about 3,678,123,007

Some terrible news, it's now 3,678,123,006

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Me im pathetic, i bob up and down

Her

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Just saw a post on another thread and it got me wondering how many people can't swim?

A difficult one to answer accurately but at the last estimate worldwide it was about 3,678,123,007

Some terrible news, it's now 3,678,123,006

Lol - a drowning in Papua New Guinea we here

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Surely i can't be the first to say i'm an excellent breaststroker?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Surely i can't be the first to say i'm an excellent breaststroker?

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By *lanwoodMan
over a year ago

Alton

I almost drowned as a child and the fear has never left me. I can do about a width in a pool but only breast stroke, as I won't put my face in the water. I can't even do that in the bath. I wish I wasn't like that but I don't think I could ever overcome that feeling of fear.

Not sure how I'm going to cope next month as I'm going to the Great Barrier Reef!!! Yikes!

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By *unky monkeyMan
over a year ago

in the night garden

"I can swim really well and play squash well.

Nowt much else sports wise."

*wafts gauntlet in Views face*

Then sir! I challenge thee to a duel! My sport? Aqua Squashhhhh!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My dad couldn't swim and as my mum couldn't leave my disabled sister it meant we didn't go swimming unless we were on holiday together. Then it was just paddling for me until I was 9 and went with the school. All my children were taken from toddler age and could swim by the age of 4 or 5

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By *ountain of youthMan
over a year ago

lincoln

Barely I can just about do 1 length and then I'm screwed. Apparently I like to go to fast before I've learnt the technique but going fast is the only way for me not to start sinking!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I cannot swim a stroke without my floaties. Yes Im 34 and still wear arm bands, much to the amusement of other people's kids on holiday.

You seem to have some pretty good built in flotation devices already

Haha yes...good one!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I couldn't swim until I was in my early 20's, felt I was missing out & decided to do something about it.

Really enjoyed learning as an adult in a small club as opposed to being shouted at as a kid in community centre, even leant to dive in, which was a massive achievement for me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Me, I cant swim and am terrified as i sink straight away, I used to think it was due to me having west indian origins and denser bone structure until i fund out all my sisters can swim so it must be down to my enormous knob dragging me down like an anchor

Gigantic gimp

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

I can swim. A couple of years ago I swam a mile every morning. Then I got a chest infection and was ill for months, got out of the habit and didn't start going again.

Now I can't afford to join a gym anyway.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm great,I can dive like a shovel and swim like a brick,just can seem to stay afloat.....lol

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By *sarMan
over a year ago

Ferndown

Did all the swimming classes as a kid. Started getting good then one day diving into a pool ruptured my ear drum. Lots of blood and haven't been able to cope with water since.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm not a brilliant swimmer but I have no fear of the water. I just jump in the deep end and sort of doggie paddle my way around.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There's nothing better than a good length.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh gosh I can't imagine not being able to swim. I love the water and anything in it. I haven't found anything I'm afraid of in the water yet...

Im a dive instructor and used to have a few people who couldn't swim every week.. Wouldn't matter though, as the point is to sink and your lungs do the rest

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Swimming was my number one sport. Just not fit enough anymore to be able to swim like I did

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can't. Can't even float. More than 10 min's in a bath and I'm outta there.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Love the water, love swimming, love going swimming in the local reservoir, when it's a hot summers day..yeah I get told off for this. Love swimming in the sea, abroad especially at night. You just assume everyone can swim. Must be awful, if you can't.. Just kind off take it for granted.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can swim but I have an irrational fear of drowning which stems from a childhood experience where I nearly drowned... Turns out I wasn't as paranoid as they said ...ha

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By *oudnproudWoman
over a year ago

penrith

I cant swim. and have a total fear of water if i cant see the bottom.

i will go to a pool splash around but not go out of my depth. i will also not get my face wet i hate it!

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

I trained and worked as a lifeguard from school as I've been somewhat addicted to fitness and I've found swimming a challenge and lots of fun. You get to perve a fair bit too.

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

My mum hates water and swimming with a passion, which made it all the more surprising when I got her and the old man tickets to go white water rafting for Christmas. I'd plain forgotten about her animus, but should have remembered as I've known my mum most of my life.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can do a length...no, a breadth is it?.

No! A depth....just one depth...I normally need fishing out after that....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Oh gosh I can't imagine not being able to swim. I love the water and anything in it. I haven't found anything I'm afraid of in the water yet...

Im a dive instructor and used to have a few people who couldn't swim every week.. Wouldn't matter though, as the point is to sink and your lungs do the rest

I'd let you teach me anyday.

...do you do cpr too? Mouth to mouth first before the compressions though.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Oh gosh I can't imagine not being able to swim. I love the water and anything in it. I haven't found anything I'm afraid of in the water yet...

Im a dive instructor and used to have a few people who couldn't swim every week.. Wouldn't matter though, as the point is to sink and your lungs do the rest

I'd let you teach me anyday.

...do you do cpr too? Mouth to mouth first before the compressions though.

Hehe yes I do actually!

I'll hold your hand and guide you down

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By *umpkinMan
over a year ago

near the sounds of the wimborne quarter jack!

I was never a strong swimmer to start with and until last year, haven`t been swimming since I was at school! Do the maths and you`ll know why I nearly drowned myself at Studland last year!

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By *thwalescplCouple
over a year ago

brecon

I love the water, quite happy blasting down white-water in a kayak, or cruising around the coast in one, however I'm not a great swimmer, I failed my bronze medallion swims due to being too slow, despite loads of extra coaching!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

feel its important to know how too swim, started my daughter with swimming lessons just after she was 4yrs old.

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By *ulie and PaulCouple
over a year ago

stockportish

I'm a great swimmer my teachers were Len fairclough and Rolf Harris

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I moved houses and thus schools when I was 11... My new school didn't do lessons so I never got beyond flapping around with spongy floats... I really ought to learn

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By *abes in the woodWoman
over a year ago

wales

I cannt swim got phobia of even sea

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By *overs14Couple
over a year ago

norwich

I can't swin. The thought of deep water petrifies me. Even looking at a pool makes me scared. I wish I didn't feel like that as it's not fair on my children that I won't go swimming with them.

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By *pice of life 79Man
over a year ago

lincoln, sleaford , grantham , nottingham

I love swimming I find it the best all over workout for me

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By *obbytupperMan
over a year ago

Menston near Ilkley

I am a very poor swimmer. It didn't stop me working at sea seven years though.

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By *at69driveMan
over a year ago

Hertford

I learnt at school and can swim a few lengths . Whilst I am glad that I learnt , I get enough exercise from both gardening and walking to work. I never really enjoyed swimming in cold water .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I cant swim. and have a total fear of water if i cant see the bottom.

i will go to a pool splash around but not go out of my depth. i will also not get my face wet i hate it! "

Same for me, i got pushed in the deep end when i was about 5 and have a phobia now. I get a panic attack if i go too far and i have to be able to touch the bottom. Also cant stand water splashing on my face

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I never had lessons as a kid. My mums idea of teaching me (bless her) was to walk backwards while I swam towards her.

I never knew she was moving so as far as I was concerned I put all this effort in and didn't get anywhere.

My tiny childish brain concluded I was a crap swimmer and I never got past doing a very dodgy width.

I finally did swimming lessons for a bit as an adult.

Now I can do about, ooo a length. A short one. Lol

Just never found the time to dedicate to it. I'd rather go for a run.

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By *4nc3rCouple
over a year ago

Clacton-On-Sea, Essex

I already posted, but it amazes me how many people talk about not getting lessons?

I learnt to swim without lessons :-s

We would go on holiday to Cornwall and well, if you end up out of your depth you have no choice but to learn and learn fast!! I was about 3-4 I think the first time I got swept over by a wave and had to swim back to my dad.

I had swimming lessons when I was about 5-6 but I never needed arm bands by this point - it was more so lessons of the different ways to swim, and then diving lessons after that!!

Which I failed cause I was too fat to backflip off the side of the pool

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