If a person reads a lot of theory about how to swim, different types of techniques, other people’s written experiences etc., can they swim if thrown in a deep swimming pool? Or, at least, be able to swim enough to reach the steep end and save themselves from drowning?
By “a lot”, I mean spending over 6 months to a year, gaining theoretical knowledge. And when we throw them in the pool, they are willing to try it, as in, “I have learnt enough, and I am willing to try it out.”
Possibly. But there is a good reason that is not the way swimming is taught and I’d not jump in the deep end based on book knowledge.
That being said read, then practice, then read, then practice loop is a very quick way for me to learn.