What makes learning to swim so hard?
So I was just hanging out at the seating area by the poolside, watching people swimming (or just simply chilling in the pool) and swimming instructors in action; teaching swimming to students of all ages. This is a rare occasion for me by the way. Usually I was the one inside the pool- teaching swimming. But anyway, it is a good thing to be the one outside the pool sometimes. So you get a view from another perspective. Watching people trying to get to swim. Learning to swim. Some are struggling. Okay, MOST of them are struggling. Instructors giving so many examples... Now and then they would demonstrate the movement. And then they would assist the student to which particular movement they are supposed to do. What makes it hard? The water itself. Being inside the water itself is a whole new thing. We don't live inside the water... And now you want me to move my legs like this like this like this... Even balancing your body inside the water is a challenge. Okay, try walk