Start Learning to Swim

I am wondering where to start learning to swim? What is best to concentrate on to start with when you first begin to learn to swim?

As a beginner learning how to swim for the first time, the most important parts to concentrate on will depend mostly on your level of confidence to begin with.

Some people come with confidence built in whereas others come with a complete fear of water and fear of swimming.

For those that are comfortable in the water and have some confidence it is important to learn how to stop and stand up mid swim. That is of course along with the basics of learning how to kick and how to pull with the arms.

Adult beginners can choose between learning front crawl or learning breaststroke and most usually find breaststroke the easiest to learn to start with.

If you have a fear of the water or lack confidence then the areas to must become comfortable with to start with are getting the face wet and submerging under the water. That is along with all the other basics of learning to swim such as arm pull and leg kick techniques and stopping and standing mid-swim.

If you lack confidence you must take each step slowly and gradually, progressing at your own pace and trying out new things only when you are comfortable to do so.

Our best-selling book 'The Complete Guide to Simple Swimming' contains aspects of learning to swim plus over 80 separate swimming exercises to help all parts of basic swimming, including submerging. You can download it, print out the parts you need and take them to your pool to try out. Click the link below for more information.

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