21st Century swimming lessons CONTEST

If I put my face in water, I'll get water in my nose or mouth.
It's dangerous when I get water in my nose or mouth.
If I get water in my nose or mouth, I'll struggle, sputter, cough, and possibly drown.
If water gets into my mouth, I'll swallow it.
If I relax in water, I'll drop straight to the bottom like a stone.
Sometimes I can't keep my presence of mind in deep water.
I would not be able to keep my presence of mind at all in deep water.
I am not a floater.
I know I can float.
I am not a swimmer yet.
I was born a swimmer.
It would be unwise of me to relax in water.
If I relax in water, I might lose control.
I may not have adequate lung capacity to swim.
Safety is possible.
Deep water works differently than shallow water.
My mind works differently in deep water than it does in shallow water.
It would be unwise of me to relax in deep water.
If I relax in deep water, something dreadful will happen.
Each breath I take must be maximal in case I don't get another one.
I can't control my body well in deep water.
I can't control my body well in shallow water.
To learn to swim, I’ll have to follow the instructor’s directions, even if I don’t want to.
If a skill works in the shallow end, it won't necessarily work in the deep end.
To float correctly, my body should be horizontal.
Being able to float depends on where the bottom is.
Being able to do other skills depends on where the bottom is.
A person can't get air if s/he's in deep water because there's no bottom to stand on.
When I'm in deep water, I must move vigorously to stay afloat.
In deep water, I need skills that I don't need in shallow water.
In order to rest, I need the bottom or the side.
It's harder to breathe in deep water than in shallow water.
If I don't have a place to swim to, I'm unsafe.
If I can't see through the water, I'm unsafe.
If people are close to me in the water, I'm unsafe.
My fear is more dangerous to me than deep water is.
In order to learn to swim I'll have to do things I don't like.
I'm only safe if I can stand up or hold onto the side.
Shallow water is as dangerous as deep water.
Deep water won't hold me up.
The water is more powerful than I am.
I need to be more physically fit than I am to learn to swim.
The MSI method may work for others but it may not work for me.
I don't trust myself in deep water.
I’m not comfortable standing in shallow water in a pool at the side.
I’m not comfortable standing in the middle of a shallow pool.
I’m not comfortable putting my face in water.
I’m not comfortable putting my face in the shower.
I’m not comfortable standing at chin-depth in the middle of a pool.
I’m not comfortable swimming across deep water in a pool.
I’m not comfortable stopping in the middle of deep water as I swim across a pool.
I wouldn’t go into deep water.
I wouldn’t go into deep water unless I could hold onto the side of the pool.
I wouldn’t go into deep water at a lake or the ocean.
If I fell into deep water, I’m afraid I’d drown.
If I fell into deep water, I’m sure I’d drown unless someone saved me.
I’ve tried swimming lessons before.
I’ve given up on swimming lessons.
It would take a guarantee that I’d learn (or my money back) in order for me to take your lessons.
I realize that there may be something new I hadn’t heard about that could teach me in a way I’d like to learn.
I hear you saying you can teach me, but I don’t believe it.
I hear you saying you can teach me and I’m willing to try since you’re so confident I’ll succeed.
I wish I could swim and play freely in water with my children or grandchildren.

When was the last time you were in a pool, or went “swimming?”
How did it go?
©2012 M. Dash

We wish to find the most afraid adult in Sarasota to truly help them. If you're deemed that person, you will win a free Miracle Swimming Beginning class in Sarasota in that calendar year. There’s no question that you’ll be successful in class. If you’re willing for the Sarasota News Leader (local weekly e-publication) to follow your progress, great! Submit your entry by May 31.

2012's entries may be submitted until August 31 and the winner may take the free class in 2013.

Our first two winners were A. Gregoratos in 2010 and N. Ganesh in 2011.

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