I had my first taste of jumping from a diving board into a 15 feet pool! Yeah!

Fifteen minutes into the class, while we floated around in the shallow pool, scissor-kicking and stuff, Mary surprised us by saying that we were going to be moving to the West side pool and jumping from the diving boards! There was obviously apprehension and sounds of nervousness around the pool. After all we have been trying to learn swimming only for 6 weeks! Are we ready for the deep pool? What if?

There were at least 10 trained lifeguards-cum-swimming assistants in the west-pool when we …

It is 5 weeks since I have began learning swimming with Mary Donahue. I have no access to a pool to practice what I learn during the class. So, part of my living room carpet area is dedicated for my scissor kicks and mock freestyle swimming! My son has also left me a snorkel so I can practice and accompany him on a future offshore trip to see marine life!

While I reflect back on each class I notice that there is a really good structure to Mary’s teaching methodology.  It is hard to get the kind of success …

I intend to do a Triathlon. But there is a small problem… I am afraid of water and cannot swim!

I finally got some recommendations and joined the De Anza College for PE 26A, the novice swimming class. Yesterday was the first day of  the Spring semester class. The class started at 10AM with a large number of nervous students sitting on the bleachers for the instructor to start the class. It was a little cold.  Mary Donahue spent more than an hour on the class formalities, getting signatures, tour of the locker rooms, giving us details of her expectations of …