I was surfing the web for my swimming class to find a couple of articles on swimming, when I came across an anecdote that was so funny I almost died laughing:
I teach group and private swim lessons at our local Y and am constantly amazed and entertained by the comments from the kids. Last year, little Ben, 5 years old, was swimming backstroke, eyes to the ceiling, goggles bigger than his head, blonde hair falling in his face. I'm watching from the side, signaling to kick and streamline. All of a sudden he yells out "Miss Barbara!""What Ben?" I reply, still making kicking motions with my arms. And loudly comes this little voice echoing throughout the pool "I want to eat you like a strawberry!". I thought the lifeguards were going to fall out of their chairs. What could I say? "Keep kicking Ben, just keep kicking!"
I didn't use this for my class (it's not copyrighted by the way, and it's not my personal story), but it made me realize that there's got to be a lot more swimming humour out there.
(Of course I could mention the time where I smashed my head twice in one lap swimming backstroke. They moved the backstroke flags!)
I'm interested to hear more...
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Hi. It's been a while ... so I hope that all my friends on this Forum are OK.
I teach a number of kids (5 through 12) at the pool where I also work out at. These kids have various degress of ability and they are there because they really like being in the water.
I wear a pair of board shorts when I am working with the kids as a matter of habit. One of the kids wanted me to teach him how to do a start dive from the deep end of the pool off the pool's edge. No problem, I would start the lesson by showing him how to stand, bend over, etc. After going through those basics, I told him that I would then dive in a couple of times to demonstrate, then he should follow. So I did. And board shorts ended up around my knees. Good thing though I had my Speedo on from my own workout under them just in case. A word to wise, I suppose.
BTW, good luck to anyone going to the Colonies Zone SCY Champs this weekend.
Later.
Hi. It's been a while ... so I hope that all my friends on this Forum are OK.
I teach a number of kids (5 through 12) at the pool where I also work out at. These kids have various degress of ability and they are there because they really like being in the water.
I wear a pair of board shorts when I am working with the kids as a matter of habit. One of the kids wanted me to teach him how to do a start dive from the deep end of the pool off the pool's edge. No problem, I would start the lesson by showing him how to stand, bend over, etc. After going through those basics, I told him that I would then dive in a couple of times to demonstrate, then he should follow. So I did. And board shorts ended up around my knees. Good thing though I had my Speedo on from my own workout under them just in case. A word to wise, I suppose.
BTW, good luck to anyone going to the Colonies Zone SCY Champs this weekend.
Later.
