My friend Vance has no idea how to swim and sinks like a rock when he tries to, so he asked me if I could teach him since I work for a swim school.
Vance is a pretty cool guy and he practices MMA as a hobby. He said he wants to learn how to swim not just for survival skills but to “get one step closer to world domination.”
You see, Vance has ambition and in order to achieve his goals, he learns a new skill. Be like Vance. Learning a diverse range of skills makes you smarter and definitely more hireable.
During our swim lesson, I tested Vance on freestyle, backstroke, and back floating. Testing him gives me a good idea of where he’s at right now so he is starting from rock bottom.
Before we tried to learn all the swim strokes, I wanted him to master back floating first because it’s one of the most important survival skills. Noodles and kickboards come in handy when you’re trying to teach an adult how to swim.
Once he gets his back floating down we’ll move on to basic strokes and kicks.