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Lesson 8:
Ch 8 Mind control of body parts at the wall
The only way to get rid of your fear of drowning is to learn in small steps that build your confidence. You want your mind to control your body parts by focusing on only the immediate small action and not your fear. The brain can't learn if you keep focusing on fear or what you cannot do. But a small easy-to-master step builds your confidence and rewards you to learn the next small step. Then you put all those small steps together in a sequence or pattern to swim. By staying at the wall or on the steps into the pool you provide security.
Mind control of your body parts is essential to avoid panic. Keep your focus on holding your breath with your mouth open to form a better air lock in your nose for at least 15-20 seconds standing on the pool bottom. Feel yourself relax more and more as you master these simple steps. When you can hold your breath for 20 seconds you can float without panic and stand up before you run out of air. When you master this you can easily add your arm strokes to swim and eventually learn to master your breathing to swim continuously for your fitness and safety.
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Most people think of only one kind of floating in the face down position. Actually there are seven kinds of floating positions and another five kinds of skills to improve your floating ability. What may not seem obvious to you but you should learn to improve your overall swimming skills are: Face float, Turtle float, Survival float, Sea otter float, Salt Lake float, Back float, and Pencil float...
