Why is very important to learn how to swim?

Question

Why is very important to learn how to swim?

Answer 1

because if u go on a boat and  the boat starts to sink you need to know how to swim to get off

Answer 2

Because if you slip and fall into deep water then you will have virtually zero chance of survival. And just think how great it will feel to overcome something that you may previously have been afraid of.

Answer 3

if you were to fly to another place and your plane crashed in the middle of the water how can you survive imagine

Answer 4

Well if you ever wound up in deep water, then you would not drown. If you never plan on going around any deep water in your life, then do not worry about it. When I refer to deep water, I mean anything over 5-6 feet.

Answer 5

So you can enjoy swimming, great fun and great exercise.  I learned about the same I learned how to walk.  

If you have a fear of swimming, don't.  You won't sink as long as you have some air in your lungs.  My sister and I used to experiment with that.  We would be in the 10ft deep end of a pool we used to visit when we were tiny kids and just float standing up.  We could regulate how buoyant we were by changing how much air was in our lungs.  If we blew out the air, we would sink.  But we would never sink as long as we kept air in our lungs.  Once there was this older guy in the pool with us who was about 100 lbs overweight.  He could float standing up in the deep end and his shoulders were showing.  We learned that fat makes you float better.  We were skinny little kids back then.

Answer 6

I'm sure the majority of reasons would focus on your safety in the water that you would have if you learned how to swim, and the lack of safety if you wouldn't learn how to swim.  I must, however, add that if you don't learn how to swim and feel very comfortable and at ease and "alive" in the water, you'll be missing a WORLD of fun, just in being at the local pool if nothing else.  If  you don't know how, please do.  You'll LOVE the world so much better when you feel free in the substance that covers most of our globe and is the predominant material our very bodies are  made of.   God Bless you.

Answer 7

because if u fall in the water u can drowed and die. and in summer u can enjoy going to the pools and beach with friends water is fun when u learn how to swim.