Depends on your current level of ability and most importantly, whether you have a fear of the water. It also depends on how often you plan to practice (if at all, between sessions). Some people classify themselves as a beginner but already have experience with...

1. Exhale through your nose longer and stronger

2. Pull your arm up with your thumb or little finger first, to avoid scooping water over your face

3. Don't rush with pulling your arm out of the water

4. Wear nose clips to develop confidence with swimmin...

Do: be patient with yourself. It takes time to learn and can prove harder than you think. 

Do: take it progressively - and don’t worry about what to do when you don’t have flotation aids…take it one step at a time.

Don’t: avoid wearing goggles when you’re learni...

Very good question!

Key thing to remember is to try to avoid direct physical contact with the person drowning, otherwise you put your own safety at risk - and your personal safety is paramount.

Throw something to them to hang on to i.e. a flotation device (e.g....

From an adult learn-to-swim perspective, there are 3 main benefits:

1. If you have a deep phobia of the water and struggle to master front floating, then a snorkel can assist with eliminating the fear of drowning. This is because you can breathe freely through...

Yes and no.

You can learn the theory of how to float, breathe and move in the water through watching videos online.

However to put it into practice and to really master it, you would need to be in the water! Learning to swim as an adult requires more co-ordinati...