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THE BACK FLOAT METHOD:
The confident swimmer considers floating to be an alternative to
swimming. Visualize a child or person floating in water - face up
(supine) with an appearance of DOING NOTHING! Face is out of the
water (maybe even smiling), This child is actually DOING IT ALL
with Comfort, Trust, and Knowledge of Skill.
COMFORT comes from
a feeling of wanting to be where you are: "I like it here and
I want to stay!" as opposed to: "I do not want to be here!
How can I get out of this water? I need to go to the steps, edge
of the pool, the boat, or shore!"
TRUST is a sense of
knowing that whatever happens next or whatever I do, I will be all
right! "I know that the water will hold me!
KNOWLEDGE OF SKILL
is a sense of knowing what to do next. "If I do not want to
keep floating I have other choices and skills I can use to change
what I am doing right now! I can roll around and swim to a different
place and return to this nice float if I choose. I can gently kick
to move myself in the water. I can swim to the wall, to the steps,
or to the person in the water with me or back float again if need
be."
The child who has (with full knowingness and confidence) learned
to trust the back float, and who can effortlessly get into and out
of the position, has become autonomous with the water, or in other
words - is "at one with water." Unless the child has reached
this "State of Fish", he or she is not yet ready to learn
advanced swimming skills like freestyle over-arm pulling and side
breathing, etc
Read all about the advantages of The Smart
Fish Method
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The confident swimmer considers floating to be an alternative to swimming.
Visualize a child or person floating in water - face up (supine) with
an appearance of DOING NOTHING! Face is out of the water (maybe even smiling),
This child is actually DOING IT ALL with Comfort, Trust, and Knowledge
of Skill.
COMFORT
TRUST
KNOWLEDGE
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