Taking swimming lessons : No one learns to swim in the shallow water

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I learned a very basic rule to learn swimming that "No one learns to swim in the shallow end of the pool".

I go for swimming every year for one month but always afraid to go in deep side of the swimming pool, this year my 9-year old son also started to take his swimming lessons and, I am really surprised as well happy to see that he started to swim within few days and I am still not that much confident in swimming.
My son's fast learning of swimming made me sure that to get confident in swimming I must practice in the deep water where I could not stand whenever I drown.

After seeing my son swimming I also decided to swim in deep water so could swim with confidence.

My son inspired me to make friendship with water and now I am confident that I too will swim with confidence soon.