I learned to swim at 5. After getting tired of me begging to have him take me in the pool, my father pretty much pushed me down the slide and let me go. I swam fro that day forward. It truly was sink or swim.
When I was 3 1/2 my dad threw me off our boat in to the Ohio River. I swam.
Today though there are programs nearly everywhere to teach kids and adults how.
No excuse.