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AUGUST 1924
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the water. Don't pufi along with little uneven splashes, bul take | long strokes thai will land j where without using half the amount of breath tin shorter sti take, [f you can manage to ex< tin' back stroke and tin br< ast stroke really well you'll be an exception to the general rule, because nine people out 0
who think they can swim don't know
the meaning of the word.
As a matter of fact, though, swimming should come naturally to most people, just as it does to animals. There is a lnios.mey ahout the water, especially sea water, that
Top: " Never fall flat on the water or you may hurt yourself severely," says Reg. Right: "A hand beneath the body of the beginner gives the confidence necessary for her to strike out."
which I am teaching my
fair pupil — a very apt
one, by the way — to
dive. If you're very observant you'll
notice that she has her mouth partly
n. I noticed that, too, luckily, and
warned her just in time, to keep it
closed. But I wasn't so fortunate when
I made my first dive. Nobody
reminded mc to shut my mouth, and
when, in the fulness of 'time, 1 came
spluttering up to the surface. I was
firmly convinced that I had the best
pan of that full-flavoured old river in
my little inside.
J^alkmu of diving, I should like to
remind you ahout one thing. Never
make tin mistake of falling flat on 'he
'•—you're likely to do yourself
iry. And don't be afr ml
ruler wati
51 of all I want you to remember
tempt any fancy swimming
until you are really sure o'f yourself in
/ he /
limbs are us important
as the arms in swimming.
Always remember that"
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supports the swimmer, and quite a number learn to swim by themselves without very much difficulty.
A beginner always learns" the breast stroke first. In case you have nev< r done this yourself I wilj give you some idea of the movements. First of all put your two hands together as you sec me doing on page one of this article; next push them (still together), straight out in front of you. Briny them apart with the palms out to push the water away from you, then swing them out to the side and back again to the first position. Practise the arm movement without the legs, first, and when you think you've got it. try the legs whilst holding on to a lifebuoy.
""Then see if you can manage both legs and arms together, and before long you'll find yourself moving along on top of the water, almost without knowing thatyour feet have left the bottom. Don't yet into the habit of using the lifebuoy though— it will only make you lazy, and you won't want to do without it. And once again let me remind you to learn to keep your eyes open in and under the water.
You'll find, when it comes to under water swimming, that you'll want to be able to see in the water, and so get your eyes accustomed to it. And the same thing applies to surface diving. It's no good groping around in the water after an object with your eyes shut, you might pick up something that b
And now. my gentle reader, ha' thoroughly taken in these words of wisdom, gel some kind friend to push you into the nearest rner — and whether you rememher a word of it '