On 09-10-2010 me, sasi and rajesh have joined the swimming course on YMCA. From last month they were asking me to join the course. After we stopped playing cricket on weekends, my friends will go for swimming but I never join them because of water allergy. But, recently me and sasi have put more weight wanted to reduce as much as possible. So we decided to join swimming along with our regular exercises yoga and running.
First day, senthil came along with us to introduce everyone to the master. Before he introduced, Mean time we were watching him giving strict instructions for small kids. He was around 60 plus was working in Indian navy. The way he scolded them was remembering my school days. We were looking ourselves and thinking will he treat us also in the same way. If it happens it is very embracing especially when there are few girls. First day for assessing everyone’s swimming capability he asked us to swim one by one. After seeing everyone he told to me and my friends that we don’t require basic training and started with intermediate level of training. Since I didn’t have much swimming practice as like my friends was bit surprised that he recognized me in intermediate level.
Next day, onwards he started to give the exercise like pedaling breathing and swimming with help of swim pad. After few days of practice it was on 16-09-2010 (Ayudha Pooja day) master gave us jumping training. First he asked us to jump from 7 feet height, though we had a little fear jumped from that height successfully and swim. After 5 counts there he asked everyone to jump on water from 25 feet height. I was standing second and watching the 1st person jumping. The way he feared to jump me too got scared. Finally, he didn’t jump and said to master he can’t jump. By seeing this everyone was laughing at him. I was thinking about my turn and wanted to make sure that I jump at any cost. But after seeing height and requested master to postpone on tomorrow but he didn’t allow. Then, first time in my life I jumped from that height on water and swim, it was so thrilling until I landed on the water have enjoyed so much. Still 25 days more to go to become a proper swimmer if my body condition permits planning to continue for one more month.
