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Sametobi SC, 16th Iris Avenue - Genessia Free swimming lessons today, on Tueday, November 10th. Try it out. Consider paying for extra lessons. Contact: Yamazaki Sousuke

[The same message without the address information has also been placed outside the Swim Club's doors. Its very pain and simple, because Sousuke did it himself.

... someone might needs lessons in advertisement side of the business.]

OOC: Anyone is free to join the swimming lessons, but also come in for a scheduled lesson with coach Grumpysuke here!

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[Sakura's been to a lot of different worlds and they all had their own unique traits. While she hadn't been swimming before she isn't afraid of the water either. It's cool and the longer she stays in the pool the more comfortable she feels.

She does as he says, nodding once so he knows she's listening. Inhaling deep relaxing breath she attempts her first try at floating. Her eyes slip closed and she focuses on the water around her and the echoing sounds of the pool. It isn't hard to relax and she feels her outstretched legs lifting up along the surface of the water. The problem is her torso, she tries to put out her arms to either side as if it mgiht steady her but her hips are slowly sinking and she's worried her head might dip below the water.]

I can't... get my center to float...

[Does it really count as floating if her hips are positioned completely under the water. She can't say how far with her eyes close and she feels as if opening them would shatter her concentration.]

Okay, try staying as you are and I'll come over there.

[Sousuke gets down to the water as well, after taking of the jacket that was on him, getting to where Sakura is and observing her form. As he watches, he tries to give her some tips on how she could correct the form so that her hips wouldn't sink under water.]

[It's a long harder than she thought it would be though she tries to listen to his words even as the water laps against her ear.

For a few seconds she has it but it doesn't last, her head sinks beneath the water and since she hadn't noticed her mouth filled with the thick chlorinated taste. She curls up reaching for the side of the pool coughing with one eyes closed and another green one looking at her instructor.]

Did I.. [Cough] ...do it?

It was brief, but you go it. Do you remember how it felt? Focus on that... though we can take a break if you want, first.

[Sakura shakes her head.]

I'm ready to try again.

[She smiles at him before carefully letting herself fall back and float in the water. It's peaceful and as she thinks about the swirling water she feels herself lift and float along the waters surface.]

[That's more like it.]

You did it. Well done. That's the first step in learning how to swim.

Really?

[She lets her legs float back down and touch lightly against the bottom of the pool.]

What's the second step?

Learning the right way to kick while swimming. For that we need a kicking board. I've left a few on the edge of the pool.

[Sakura's head pops up a little, looking along the side of the pool. Once she spots the dark blue and bright red boards she doggy paddles over to them, rather awkwardly, and grabs one. Her trip back is a little slower because she decides its easier to pull herself along the wall of the pool.]

Got it!

[Awww. At least she knew how to doggy paddle.

Sousuke will explain how to use the kicking board and the basic way to kick ~~because mun is too lazy to put it into words~~ and encourage her to try it out.]

[occ: Want to hand wave the rest of this with learning to swim more?]

[ooc: Handwaved teaching is the best type of teaching, I would go with that.]

Edited 2016-03-16 18:32 (UTC)

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