The Things had the last day of their two-week refresher swim lesson with the "swim nazi" today. This woman is so great, her kids went to college on swim scholarships. I like that she gets great results quickly—she'll take a totally terrified kid and turn them into gleeful divers in two weeks—not cruelly, just no-nonsense. At the public pool program, it would take the entire summer to make the progress she achieves in two weeks. I think she's wonderful, but she does insist that the students follow direction and pay attention. Somehow, that really grates on a few parents, hence the nickname.
This year, the lads improved their diving skills, firmed up freestyle breathing, and various backstrokes. Thing 1 is a strong swimmer, who can go for hours. Thing 2 is very competent, but I think he's not quite strong enough to go very far yet. Kid needs some muscle!! We had to make him do the lessons without his spf shirt because it would bubble up around his head too much. He was spending too much effort fighting past the shirt. Fortunately, lessons were at 9am (good morning!!!) and its been gloomy in the am lately.
Here are the boys doing timed floating. Miss Carrie is telling Thing 2 to try to get his legs up. He's just a slip of a guy, so his body wants to sink at the slightest twitch. Its hard to stay still when you're 7.
This year, the lads improved their diving skills, firmed up freestyle breathing, and various backstrokes. Thing 1 is a strong swimmer, who can go for hours. Thing 2 is very competent, but I think he's not quite strong enough to go very far yet. Kid needs some muscle!! We had to make him do the lessons without his spf shirt because it would bubble up around his head too much. He was spending too much effort fighting past the shirt. Fortunately, lessons were at 9am (good morning!!!) and its been gloomy in the am lately.
Here are the boys doing timed floating. Miss Carrie is telling Thing 2 to try to get his legs up. He's just a slip of a guy, so his body wants to sink at the slightest twitch. Its hard to stay still when you're 7.
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