Poll: Can you swim?

[kurupt87]

I learned to swim at a young age, it was just something my parents and school taught me. Every other week or so, I think, we'd pile into a coach and head off to the nearest commercial pool to have lessons.

I can swim well enough to know how bloody hard it is to swim in clothes; I also scuba dive, but that isn't really swimming at all.

 

[SomeLameStuff]

I cant swim at all. Well okay I can float for about... six seconds, but that's about it.

Nearly drowned twice while learning how to swim, probably explains why I never bothered to learn after that.

 

[Lord Kodous]

Decent enough. Had lessons when I was a kid, so I know what I'm doing.

 

[XJ-0461]

Yeah, I can swim, and I must have learnt when I was 8/9. My school gave us swimming lessons as there's a big ass river near where I live, so we could theoretically save ourselves if we fell in.

As for quality, I'd say I'm all right. I could be better, but I could be worse.

 

[Shifty Tortoise]

I can swim well enough that i won't die... But I won't be crossing the channel any time soon

Everyone should be able to swim anyway, and if you can't, go out and learn.

 

[Woodsey]

Been able to swim properly since I was about 7.

I always had trouble riding a bike instead, but I got there in the end.

 

[ultimateownage]

Yes, and I'm quite good at it if I say so myself, I never had a trainer but my dad used to take me to a swimming pool every week, and I quickly learnt myself, I can tread water for ages and I can float indefinitely. Riding bikes though? That's another story.

 

[joshuaayt]

Well, I live in Australia, so the last thing I want to do is expose my body to the excess Ultraviolet radiation. So, I CAN swim, but I wouldn't be able to beat you in a race, James.
EDIT: The 'Other' option scares and confuses me.
"Can you swim?" "Four bags of it, you say?"

 

[Ekit]

Of course, I learned at about 9 i think. But i'm not very good at it.

 

[Kaymish]

my grandparents had a yacht he built in a barn next to the Tamaki River and every summer they would take us out to one of the islands in the Hauraki Gulf where my brother and i would swim off the boat and you would never touch the bottom so we had to learn how to swim since like 2 or 3 years old last time i was out on it i remember swimming right under it im no Olympian but im not bad at swimming

 

[Kukakkau]

Not too bad at it, if I go to the pool I can manage a good number of lengths. Even have my own unique style of swimming.

Also how can you answer other? to whether or not you can swim?

 

[Proteus214]

I taught myself to swim at the age of 4. It's a family thing. Everyone that I'm related to is a naturally strong swimmer.

 

[Tom Phoenix]

It took me a long time to learn how to swim. I think I was already in my early 10's (12 or 13) when I did finally learn. Even so, I can only swim in a very basic way (frog style, although I can also do backstroke swimming) and slowly. It doesn't help that I am overweight (although I am currently working on losing weight) which additionally drags you down. So you can imagine how much "fun" I had during swimming classes...

So basically, I can swim well enough to enjoy myself in a pool or not drown if I accidentally fall into water. Anything more advanced, however, is beyond me.

EDIT: The ironic thing is that my real-life name is based off of a successful Yugoslav swimmer.

 

[The Hairminator]

I could swim since very little, but took swimming lessons around 7-8 something and perfected it.
Now I can easily swim a few kilometres, and after that it's just my poor cardio and boredom that stops me.

 

[ShockValue]

I can't swim. I've never really bothered trying to learn how to. Probably due to my crippling fear of deep water.

 

[Marter]

I can swim well enough to keep myself from drowning. I don't enjoy it, so I never bothered to learn how to do anything above that.

 

[ParkourMcGhee]

I could swim from a very very early age, suffice to say I have no idea when. But I probably learned how to walk first... I think :S.

 

[StBishop]

yes i swim, really fast.

used to go every day, now kinda stopped
i was going to swim today but it started raining....it still is.

age 4 btw

I read that as your current age.

I lol'd.


OT: I was under the impression, until age 10, that every one could swim and it was like walking, you just pick it up.

I'm Australian and it's actually manditory for any highschool that offers HPE (Health and Physical Education) to teach swimming safety. I think this also applies to primary schools but I'm not certain. If you don't believe it look it up in the Curriculum Council's 'Curriculum Framework' for the various states. (No one will do this but I'm right)

My sister could swim before she could walk, literally. She actually took her first steps to get to a pool. She grew up in Darwin, for those of you who know of the place this makes perfect sence, for those who don't. Tomorrow's forcast is 32deg.C (89.6 F) with 65% humidity. It's winter in two days.... Swimming is manditory.

 

[tim98042]

i used to swim quite a lot but i havent been in god knows how long! shame really.

 

[HK_01]

I can swim and I'm average at it. I'm not particularly fast, but I can swim alright.