Board Thread:Role Plays (Adult)/@comment-25151516-20140513234907/@comment-24572299-20140526220310

Aurea grabbed hold of Blood when he started thrashing and held him steady. She let him calm down and catch his breath before holding him out so that he could stand on the sands beneath the water.

"Well, you were doing good, but you messed up a bit at the end. However this shows the point I was making earlier with having you getting used to having your entire body submerged. When swimming the last thing you want to do is panic. That was why you kept sinking. When you torso goes under like that it's because you've positioned your body the wrong way. And flailing like that will only make you sink more. So you know how to float now at least, next time just don't raise your head up like that unless your going to and upright position. Now then, lets try to move forward. Once you get this down, it's all about applying what you've learned and getting over your fear. Next we're going to be doing strokes. This time I'm going to have my arms under you the entire time so that you can have the right position and focus on what strokes you should be doing. But first a demo."

Getting into position Aurea started demonstrating the stroking technique that Blood would need for swimming. It was relatively simple. stretch out one arm and turn your head to the opposite direction through the water. This allowed for the swimmer to get a breath of air. Then bring the outstretched arm down through the water to help push yourself forward. Then while the first arm was completing the stroke through the water the second arm would stretch out in the same way the first one did. The head would turn to the opposite side of the arm to get air and the second arm would follow through with it's stroke. The process would then repeat. The entire time Aurea would demonstrate kicking her legs as well, making sure that Blood saw how hard he needed to kick and how it would help keep him afloat. Once done with her demonstration Aurea would swim back over to Blood and support his weight once again. This time her hand would be on his stomach and chest to help him float on his torso.

"Now then, just try to imitate what I was doing. Once you think you've got the hang of it we'll swim alongside the shoreline to get you used to doing it by yourself."