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do you have to pass the swimming test at prmc because i thought it was just for them to see where you are
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ahh cool because my swimming isnt that good at the moment and i have prmc on monday
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no mate its just a jump off a high board then 1 length of the pool breast stroke, takes about 30 seconds then youre done.

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thats not too bad i dont get why its the breast stroke the girliest swim why not the front crawl ?
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azard9330 wrote:thats not too bad i dont get why its the breast stroke the girliest swim why not the front crawl ?
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ye i was thinking that aswell but its not very fast i hope they let you do both though my breast stroke is shocking
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No i'm pretty sure its just breast stroke pal.
Jump off, swim, drag yourself out the pool. As said before, breast stroke is more tactical than the other techniques as its only your head above water.
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Front crawl with webbing and rifle + boots = drowned nod :D
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azard9330 wrote:thats not too bad i dont get why its the breast stroke the girliest swim why not the front crawl ?
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yer how on earth is breast stroke considered girly?
personally i think its the best form of swimming possible
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It is if you wear a hairnet and don't put your head under the water like the old women at my local pool. They go so slow it can't be doing them any good.

Crawl is pretty hard to to under water as well...
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breast stroke girly? Im sorry but the last time i checked anything that involves me stroking breasts isnt 'girly'...while theres a girl involved of course...

but yes as said before its quite, doesnt break the water as much as say freestyle and is low intensity so you can if need be swim like that for much longer than freestyle which is why the old ladies at the pool do it. It also doesnt move the core of your body as much so its easier to do when you have your webbing on i'd assume.
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yer how on earth is breast stroke considered girly?


well im always seeing fat old lasys doing endless amounts of the breast stroke and never doing the front crawl so the breast stroke is the easiest
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Then you shouldn't have any concerns about passing it should you. On another note, surely back stroke is easier than breast stoke.
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