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How. when and where did you learn to swim?

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Mistgun_Zero:
Learned in school, they had swimming classes. It was in fifth grade, when I was 9 years old. I was pretty bad at it  :-X. But after I got a hang of it I became quite good  :). And that took me a whole year  :-X.

My only problem was my breath control. I have chronic sinositus (from birth and I still do) so trying to regulate my breath under water is almost impossible for me, thus whenever I had swimming classes I used to swim the laps in single breaths.

As such I quickly get tired and can't go on for long.

That fact aside, I was quite a fast swimmer. (I can proudly say I have always lead my team to victory, I was the team captain many a times, with zero losses to this day  8)). But of course, I couldn't qualify for national school competition due to my breathing problems (kinda sad since swimming was the only sport in which I ever took part or interest in  :().

Well that was until 10th grade. It's been about four year since I quit swimming (due to various factors, one being availability of nice swimming pools or beaches where I live). I still retain my speed but my stamina and skills have somewhat degraded. Once I move out of the sorry place I live in now, I plan to get back my swimming skills and hopefully I find a solutions to my sinositus.   

the trooper:
A bunch of friends picked me up on the beach and said to me "now you move your arms and legs like this or you will drown". I had fear of pools at the time so i never took swimming classes when i was young, but i did what they said and i started swimming. I was 5 at the time.

I only took swimming lessons at the age of 15 just to learn the all the swimming styles.

Sosseres:
I learnt in school's swimming class. I have never liked swimming so I can just complete the minimums needed to pass school physical education.

jinhong91:
I learned to float first and from there, I learned to peddle and then some basic swimming techniques at around the age of 7.

harpy:
I was small (before elementary school, long long time ago when I spent all summers near by sea) and it was summer and most likely it was my dad who started to teach me swimming the rest most likely was done by myself just like with bike riding, but i think brother might have given me a hand there. And it most likely was the sea at the beginning and then river and lake. Later one perfected my swimming skills in school pool and sometime in lake I finally learned to swim on my back. Diving was the first thing I learned :D Still can not go into water without a diving into it at first.

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