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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TADspace 30
Report his ass.
graffitied_love 20
I remember when my volleyball coach punished us for missing more balls than the 8 year old team. This makes since younger children were doing better than us we deserved. You on the other hand didn't FYL for sure
perfectflower 12
Trust me I know how that feel ive been on a swim team for 8 years my coach have done that before :( unfornetly she used to tie us to bungie cords until we could reach the other side of the pool then we would be dragged back and repeat this until ur body gave on u
nevershoutkendal_fml 11
Is that legal? That's cruel and unusual punishment, isn't it?
Avatar_Kirra 14
That's not illegal and it's not punishment. I mean, doing it until you can't anymore is sort of punishment but my team does bungees all the time. They're not that bad. They're actually pretty fun.
perfectflower 12
They can be fun but staring at the bottom of the pool floor at hours on end isn't as fun a u think does ur coach out weights on u as u swim??? Like leg weights and wrist weights those things leave a rash
nevershoutkendal_fml 11
Whose fault is it that they can't swim? Oh right. It's his.
BenL97 5
You annoy me, so much.
nevershoutkendal_fml 11
How so? Are you new? I haven't seen you comment on anything of mine before.
BenL97 5
That's because I try to avoid people whom annoy me, but everywhere I go on FML, one of your damn annoying comments is there.
Katie_Mexican 0
You obviously aren't on a swim team, or that would be normal for you.
nevershoutkendal_fml 11
OP said coach, not teacher. I think that implies team, right? But then again, he also said "previous class". It's a mystery. I've been on a swimming team before, and nothing like that has ever happened to me.
swim4life98 1
Thank you 44 :)
djinnsnme 19
I think a lot of coaches do things like this. According to them they have done it already and it's our turn now. If they show me that they can do it before us then I would gladly do it without complaining.
sarahannewrap 7
Well, at least you'll get in shape ^^
mpclaw 3
Those who can do. Those who cant teach. Those who can't teach, teach gym.
nevershoutkendal_fml 11
I think you flubbed a little. Those who can't do, teach. Those who can't teach, teach gym? Yes?
Avatar_Kirra 14
Oh please, try 200 laps non-stop. That's what my coach made us do because we didn't make an interval. ONE interval.
Tuffay 14
We used to have to swim 500 laps, uphill both ways!!!
swim4life98 1
Uphill?
KiddNYC1O 22
Lmfao...
Avatar_Kirra 14
#70- Damn, that's awful. Some coaches are just insane.
kellmichelle 1
Pansy. 50 lengths is nothing.
BlackIce911 17
50 laps = 100 lengths