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How. when and where did you learn to swim?

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Xtras:
I mean whether someone has intensive coaching or not, swimming is usually like riding a bike. It just kinda dawns upon you how to do it when you are in the situation if you ask me. For it to hit somebody, it takes longer than others, and for other people it just never hits.

Personally, a week or so after my 6th birthday, my dad just took me to the neighborhood pool. He did all kinds of demostrations, told me all about it, and then tried to get me to follow along. I pretty vehemently refused to get anywhere near the water, so he kinda picked me up and tossed me in. Its kinda vauge now, but I remember being annoyed at how flapping my hands everwhere was getting water in my nose so I just decided to stop moving. Turn out I ended up floating on my back with my face above water. My dad yelled something about kicking my feet. I did. My dad yelled something hold your breath, turn over and do the same thing. I did. Voila, swimming  ;D

Probably tells you a lot about my dad, but hey he got the job done :)

Roven:
I was thrown from top of cliff into the lake by my master ninja.

Meomix:
Only managed to go to a water park once, i told dad i wanted to go back there only for him to throw a rude sarcastic remark that "It is not your house." after years pass now he wants to take me to swimming lessons in case i find myself in a aquatic environment... as usual i make sure not to talk to the shithead more than necessary.

rostheferret:
I was tossed in a pool as a baby so I learnt the basics pretty early on. Then I had swimming lessons in primary school from the age of like, 8 or something. I ended up leaving with some basic personal survival skills; basically, I knew how to perform CPR and swim like 500m or something in full clothing by the age of about 12. I was a stronger swimmer in primary school then than I probably am now. How's that for fuckin' depressing? I could scull quite happily (though keeping feet up was always a pain) do butterfly (badly), constantly fucked up my dolphin, and could only ever seem to bellyflop off the top board, so I left without complete swimming skills but enough to see me through life.

flyawave:
I used to be a really weak swimmer when I were a wee lad. At the age of 7 my Father asked this very powerful Australian swimmer called Darren to teach me to swim. AFAIK It wasn't like a properly organised thing, this beast just took me under his wing and got me into swimming.

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