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Lets do some back-floating!

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Have you observed swimmers in back-floating posture - the peace they exuberated?! Ever since my eyes fell on that lovely sight, been in awe of back-floating. For its cozy, relaxed posture and effortless balance! A few years back, as soon as I joined my swimming class, I curiously asked my swimming teacher pointing at a senior's backstroke, "Master, Master! Can you please teach me that back-stroke?!". He scanned me head-to-toe and ridiculed, "First go learn to float properly! Haa, Not even started crawling yet, and this girl wants to run it seems!" And that remained an unfulfilled wish since then. Recently, after many years, in a small pool, while I was panting and busy catching my breath with normal strokes; A father-son duo was having fun swimming in different strokes - Indeed, "back stroke" caught my attention first. That day, I was determined to crack the deeply desired back-strokes subject all by myself. Slowly grasping the walls of the pool, I lai...