Where can I find a swimming teacher/tutor in Taipei?
Requirements would be to teach a teenager how to breath properly. Because of the lack of this skill it is not possible to swim in deep waters since the need to stop to to put feet down when tired. Swimming 25m and even 50m without stopping is ok, the breathing between strokes is fine, but no skill on how to stay still in water without sinking, so swimming in a deep pool or in the sea is out of question now without a life jacket. The main goal is to learn the necessary in order to not need the life vest.
Lessons could be either in English or Chinese, but key points should be explained in Chinese if possible.
I would prefer a foreigner with some Chinese language abilities to teach this because I don’t want the commitment to compromise and take classes in a course with a Taiwanese company that forces you to take n classes in a specific routine time per week since the schedule is pretty tight with school lately.
We are not looking into becoming a professional swimmer or anything like that. Just basic swimming skill that is so lacking here with the lack of outdoor activity. You know when you jump off a boat or jump in a river, lake and just enjoy the water ? That’s what we are looking for . Right now school gives swimming classes and teaches swimming styles (butterfly, back etc etc) but, to me, it doesn’t make sense if you cannot be in deep waters to do that. If you didn’t learn to stand still it is the same as not being able to swim since you will always need a life jacket when taking that trip in Greece, renting that boat in the Philippines
I hope my post is clear