That practice isn’t just reading or watching to learn. That practice is the motor skill development necessary to apply what you have learned.

Which means the answer would still be no because you are cheating by practicing. You did not just learn about it by watching videos and reading, You learned about it through development of motor skills through practice.

You have not “learned to swim” by only reading & watching at that point. You have learned to swim the way everyone else does, but being in water and practicing.

Which is opposite to the presented problem.