Learning how to swim. - Health, Fitness, and Sports

If you're over the phobia and the worst anxiety, that'll help.

My mother had a near drowning incident at a pool party as a kid and hasn't liked deep water ever since, but she'll still go in a pool - especially shallow water - and can float and sort of swim.

As a result, we were all put in swimming lessons from the time we were quite young - 5ish?? and can all swim well. I was in a swim club for a year, swam on my jr high swim team, completed all of the swimming lessons and most of the lifeguarding courses etc.

I know none of that helps you.. but this bit of info may help your confidence and thus your ability to learn to swim if you're determined to: I've read, and it makes complete sense, that those of us on the spectrum can really excel at swimming because we feel much more natural and coordinated in the water than out. The pressure of the water on our bodies just sort of.. balances things, equalizes them, and is very comfortable. We're also much more fluidly coordinated and moving in the water vs. out & it's why myself and my siblings could all swim for hours and enjoy it, do quite well at it, then get out of the pool and be back to our clumsy uncoordinated selves. but IN the pool, it's very very peaceful and relaxing, fun, and good exercise.. and it does feel good to be able to move "right," for once. I hope you find your own experience to be similar once you get the swing of things!

As for public pools, if you go really early in the morning you won't have all of the kids and noise to deal with - just a few people exercising and some serious swimmers training and focused on themselves. You could try wearing earplugs meant for swimming to block out noise, or if you really wanted to get fancy they do make underwater headphones/mp3 players for use while swimming - eventually I'd like to pick one of these up for myself, as I listen to the radio almost all the time while out in public these days or while running/working out etc and I think it'd be nice to have in a pool as well. But I rarely swim these days and can't really justify the expense right now, but maybe later. Earplugs are dirt cheap, though. And swim goggles can provide a bit of tunnel vision so you're not distracted by things in your peripheral vision, too.

Good luck!

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