The first time I stepped into the swimming pool was the summer vacation of 2001.My parents urged me to participate in a swimming class instead of playing table tennis all day long with my friends.‘I can never stay in water,’ I opposed.‘You know that time I almost drowned in the basin when washing my face.’
I sought for ads in newspapers and eventually discovered one swimming club recruiting swimming learners,and I enrolled.Sitting on the edge of the pool,I looked around:the teaching site was divided into three areas---a shallow pool no deeper than 1 meter,a medium one to the depth of 1.5 meters and deepwater area of 2 meters in depth.‘Greetings,my friends.’ our coach said,a twenty-year-old man of medium stature.‘You’ll be starting from this second to learn how to survive in another realm (We smiled).We have a criterion here:no shrinking back.All right,before you are bold enough to jump from a cliff into the sea,let’s make it from the ABCs.Today we’ll learn how to float.’
Well,I learned to float,I learned to hold my breath in water (It’s wonderful.I’ll never worry about drowning in my basin),I learned to control and adjust my direction in water and I mastered the fundamental skills to advance and recede in water.“Terrific,Wanli.” the coach clapped me on my shoulder and said,“Why not try the deepwater?” ‘I will,sir.’ I replied.
The class moved to the deepest area and queued in a line.We bumped into the water in turn until my feet paused at the rim of the pool:fear attacked me and made me dizzy when I witnessed the pool as deep as an abyss in my eyes.
‘Go ahead,go!’ the coach exclaimed.
I just couldn’t move.My nerve was frozen at the thought of drowning here instead of in my basin.
Suddenly the coach gave me a push on my back and I lost my balance on the humid floor of the gym and fell into the deepwater area.In the first few seconds I felt that my end had arrived,but upon the danger my mind was unusually sober.Swiftly I applied the skills I learned to reach the other side of the pool,and when I finally placed my hands onto the edge,I saw the coach’s satisfactory smile.
I told this experience to my father.Dad put down his newspaper and said,‘I have said that you would benefit from it.Maybe you should give your gratitude to your coach,as he has taught you not to flinch in the face of challenges.’
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