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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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
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
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
Today, I was teaching swim lessons. I got felt up by a 6 year-old boy. Three times. FML
Today, I got chewed out by a parent for putting her kid underwater. I teach swim lessons. FML
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
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
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
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
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
What an ass. Either way he's the teacher, it's his fault they can't swim.
ciumegu 6
Look on the bright side at-least you are building some muscle
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Comments (209)
AaronGuy 12
How long is your pool? 25 yards? I can swim two laps with no breath.
mrperson12345 2
Boohoo 50 laps is nothing you pussy
jewfrobro 0
Well 50 laps is only 1250meters that's some weak shit if you have a problem with that.
PolarNorth 1
I remember when I was 13 and going for my Bronze Cross, one of the requirements was to swim 20 (or so) 25 metre laps in under 15 minutes. To go 50 laps continuously with no pressure of a time limit sounds easy. Although, you didn't deserve do have to do it simply because the class before you was displeasing to your coach.
blondebrunette37 4
I know hoy you feel OP, my coach has a short temper too :/
Fail_For_Me 3
50 laps isn't much, really, although it still isn't fair.. My coach made us do a mile (72 laps) nonstop for no reason, and I'm 14. If you pace yourself, you won't get too tired. Although I was pretty nauceous after all those flipturns.. :P
remy9474 7
While 50 laps is a lot, it really just depends on the pace. That's only about two sets of 500's should only take 10-15 mins at Max.
bryan788 29
look at it this way chicks dig a swimmers body and when the girls are all over you thank him for the extra 50 laps
dankoneon 3
I feel your pain. My coach did the same thing to us
Black_Rose6 10
Ouch. My high school swim coach had "Fly for Fun Fridays" They were not fun. All Butterfly, nonstop. We did at least 50 laps each Friday. Plus, our "warm up" was a 500yds of just freestyle, then a 500 of just kicking, and a 500 of just using your arms. Then we got to the fun stuff. I was in the best shape of my life those 4 years lol.