Health: Harsh

Harsh

By blue - 25/08/2012 21:59 - United Kingdom - London

Today, my swimming coach made us swim fifty laps non-stop as punishment for his previous class being unable to swim a drill properly. They're 8-11 year olds who are still learning to swim. I feel like my arms and legs are filled with lead. FML

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By Cantswim - 20/05/2009 15:45 - United States

Today, I had to go take swimming lessons because my mom has a fear I'll drown and I'm totally afraid of swimming anyway and never get anywhere near water. My instructor? A high school classmate of mine. My fellow swimming classmates? 5 and 6 year old kids. FML

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Draining

By grlzze444 - 16/11/2010 00:19 - United States

Today, my swim coach had me swim a 400 meter freestyle. Feeling a little sick near the end, I lifted my head to breathe, then burped, and threw up violently all in the pool. All my team mates screamed horrified running out of the pool, and now they have to drain it. I was told not to come back. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/07/2014 05:00 - Australia - Darlinghurst

Today, a new session started for my swimming squad. I walked down to the pool, tripped over a stray equipment bag, and belly-flopped into the pool in front of everyone, fully clothed. I'm the coach. FML

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Little perv

By cplaner - 04/02/2009 12:56 - United States

Today, I was teaching swim lessons. I got felt up by a 6 year-old boy. Three times. FML

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By AFH2O - 14/07/2014 23:04 - United States - Visalia

Today, I got chewed out by a parent for putting her kid underwater. I teach swim lessons. FML

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By fat teen - 05/06/2016 23:33 - United Kingdom - Leeds

Today, I decided to get back in shape so I went swimming. I only managed 10 lengths and was completely out of breath. I was so embarrassed that when a lifeguard asked me if I was OK, I made up a story about a leg injury as a reason to leave only 15 minutes after I got in. FML

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Tyranny

By luh8r - 09/04/2009 14:38 - Canada

Today, while teaching swimming to a bunch of five year-olds, one particularly bratty girl decided she didn't want to swim and led the entire class to strike, leaving the pool empty, and me without a job. Apparently I was teaching the next world tyrant to swim. FML

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By Anonymous - 04/09/2013 17:28 - United States - Dell Rapids

Today, my entire gym class had to run the 1600 with our coach calling out finishing times. My finishing time was reported as "3 days short of a year." FML

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Denied!

By Anonymous - 17/04/2009 17:07 - United States

Today, I swam in a race against all of the girls in the midwest in the hardest, longest, most grueling race you can swim. I won. Happy but so tired I could barely move, I looked up to see my time. I had been disqualified. For flinching. Before the race started. FML

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By Anonymous - 26/08/2011 04:55 - United States

Today, my dad taught me how to swim. I had to keep doing a lot of strange movements to keep my body floating. While doing that, two 8-year-old girls came and asked me if i needed help getting out of the water. I'm a 20 year old guy. FML

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KingCeltic77 18

Sunday 26 August 2012 2:10

What an ass. Either way he's the teacher, it's his fault they can't swim.

ciumegu 6

Sunday 26 August 2012 2:10

Look on the bright side at-least you are building some muscle

Comments

stitesy29 18

Tuesday 28 August 2012 1:32

Ass hole

rockurheart 9

Tuesday 28 August 2012 14:07

maybe practice 50 laps repeatedly til it becomes a piece of cake, and when you get punished with 50 again itl be a piece of cake;)

BlackWiger 0

Wednesday 29 August 2012 3:49

What A Prick.

music_1795 2

Wednesday 29 August 2012 4:26

hes an ass for taking his angery out on you but 50 laps is nothing. buck up

kaitkat14 1

Tuesday 4 September 2012 1:34

During winter break my swim team does fifty fifties at 5 am, which is basically king down and back 50 times at 5 in the morning. This is followed by an entire regular practice.

Moonfist 1

Sunday 9 September 2012 0:34

50 laps is quite literally half my warm up. Don't complain, it should only have taken you about 10 minutes to finish. Even the little kids on my team can do that no problem.

JockoKC 3

Friday 9 November 2012 10:17

No one's impressed by your imaginary accomplishments.

cc135 5

Thursday 24 January 2013 8:05

At first I thought it said "fly laps continuously." Be thankful it wasn't butterfly...

tommyfox 19

Tuesday 14 May 2013 17:58

Even in a long course pool, 50 laps is not that bad.

bluerhhajfk 17

Thursday 23 May 2013 3:13

He's punishing your class for something another class couldn't do?

ShayLive 7

Monday 3 June 2013 2:51

Oh, please. Try doing a special edition 100 100's practice, consisting of 400 laps. In a row. Ten second breaks if we are lucky between every 20 or so laps. And that is when coach is HAPPY.