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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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)
kimbliee 4
lol 50 laps isn't even that many
tj4234 36
depends on the length of the swimming pool.
Dasturdly 0
Not to be an ass but 50 laps isn't that bad.
stache67 2
Shoot y'all got off easy! My coach would have made us run the school in our speedo's.
JuicyJoe97 0
That's not that much. Is on Lap 50 or 25 meters for you?
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
Wow I feel sorry for you and the kids, if your coach has such anger issue that he needs to take it on his students when something goes wrong. Kinda pathetic for a teacher...
fadingaway 17
I would've simply refused.
afairshake 8
That's just not right he shouldn't be coaching. Sounds like a guy with anger issues probably going through a midlife crisis. Seriously I'd tell my parents and get them involved to try and stop his crazy behaviors. If it were my child I'd be all over that guy that's not ok.
Bmck112 4
Get parents involved for doing his job? Every decent parent I know would thank him for pushing their child to make themselves better.
afairshake 8
Sorry I disagree you think it's fair to punish a group of children for something another group of children did? That was also extreme so yes they should get involved. I'm guessing you don't have a child or maybe you'd understand protecting them more not to mention its not a teacher or coaches job to do that it's the responsibility of the parent/s.
Mauskau 36
8-11 year olds that still can't swim? Don't people give their kids swimming lessons when they're much younger? That or the coach expected too much from them.
TheNewGuy03 29
This is a time at which you repeat the old mantra: "Just keep swimming." It becomes abuse when your coach starts bludgeoning you with an iron rod. More practice = better results!
Habu987 9
If the previous class was 8-11 year olds, I presume that puts you in the 12+ age group. 50 laps is at most a 1250 if you're swimming short course, 2500 if you're swimming long course. Unless you don't swim regularly, that's not hard at all. I put in my years as an age group swimmer and am now a coach. Man up!