Jon-boi:Hummmphh! I will be doing my OW course in about 1.5 weeks and I've been making sure my swimming was good enough by going to the local pool over the last few weeks or so...but last night has made me wonder....I swam like a complete numpty - just didn't 'feel right' at all. :shakehead
I am just out of having a throat/chest infection which meant I haven't been swimming for almost a fortnight. Perhaps i'm still recovering?
Any other newbies suffered from this irrational feeling of concern about the swim test?
A lot of people see, anxious about the swim, but if you've been practicing i wouldn't worry about it. You don't have to finish with any sort of grace, you just have to finish. The fact that you're practicing already says a lot- those who put in the effort to do such things generally turn out to be great divers simply because of the effort they put in.
Whats really annoying is when people can't swim, don't practice and then need to be rescued from the pool. Why is it that people who can't swim and aren't willing to put in the effort to at least learn how to doggy paddle think that scuba diving is the sport for them? (can you tell that I'm having fun with my current course?)