@Ghaidaa Jubail @Luciana Tudorache @Shilpa Sanodya @Diana Speaks @Hasen Jemal @Jose Riesco Welcome to the "3 Day Floating Challenge"! We are so excited to support you through your learn to float journey. Please don't hesitate to ask for help, share your progress, and most importantly introduce yourself and let us know what you are aiming to achieve in your learn to swim journey. Our passion is fueled by our students getting the answers and support they have not been able to find anywhere else. We love helping our students reach breakthroughs and prove it is truly never too late to learn how to swim. With Love & Support, Coach Mer

Welcome to the 3 Day Float Challenge! @Miriam Abu @Maximiliano Principe @Rohan Walker Please take a moment to take these 3 actions: 1. Introduce yourself to the community and take a few moments to connect with others who are learning, just like you. 2. Like and comment on other posts from other community members that you resonate with. 3. Schedule your 15 minute discovery call with me, you’ll see that in your inbox :) We are so excited to help you develop a new relationship with water and overcome your fears. ❤️ Coach Mer

One thing we believe about going back to the foundations, if you’re a swimmer that fears depth, is that it has to become more about how long and how far you can propel yourself through water, without effort, sustainably. That’s what helps us feel safe and confident in our ability to always get air, and float, regardless of depth. When we develop a deep trust for the water and our ability in it, we make a partnership with it. It’s Not necessarily about in what way you do it. And as you can gain gentle endurance doing super simple techniques and mastering them, truly, truly mastering them to a point you do it with instinct, you can get more exposure to swimming further distances, first… before trying to swim far with freestyle. you can gain exposure for the very foundational movements that all comprise a very complex stroke like freestyle, with simple glides and pulldowns, roll overs, you can begin to gain higher endurance for consistent freestyle because you have a deeper feel for how you move through and use water as a tool for your forward movement, and your body can relax into the movement and the glide while also stretching yourself forward & moving with the water. It becomes less exhaustive when you spend a lot of time learning how to swim without effort, or to swim “SLOW”. You can also practice swimming at home, out of the water. One thing I notice when I do this, is sometimes how tired I get after just a few strokes/rotations, and I’m not even doing the breathing sequence that goes with it. Make sure you’re giving yourself the right warm up movements and breathing exercises before doing freestyle and that could help improve your endurance & over all feel for the water that day. By spending time relaxing and opening your shoulders and lungs up I think you’ll find improvement. Also begin envisioning yourself swimming. I did this all the time for big events and it truly, truly helps connect your mind to your body and your body to the water and download what you’re asking your body to do. It even has been shown to give you a literal actual work out too! With all the benefits of it. I hope this all helps. Would still love to learn about anyways you find that help you on your learn to swim journey!

@Kathy Hunter @Anoushka Simpson @Parvaneh Rasouli @Lekeumo Paul yan Welcome to the community! Looking forward to helping you accomplish all of your learn to swim goals & learn more about your journey!

Looking forward to hearing how it goes! Welcome to the community!!

@Jamie Richardson you’re on the right track! Very excited you are here and look forward to supporting you through the 3 day challenge with any questions you may have.

I am certain that you will accomplish what you’ve set out to learn by increasing your amount of time practicing weekly and following our program to master shallow water. Very excited to welcome you to the community and to see all the wonderful skills you’ll achieve!