I won't go into any details because I don't know who might be reading this, but after my son's first day of USS he does not want to go back. He hadn't been in the water in 6 weeks (summer rec)and worked so hard (swam over 500 yards!) and did some of the best kicking (compared to the other kids with fins!).
I won't make him go back, but we now need to find a way to get him feeling good about what he HAS accomplished in swimming.
Anybody else, swimmers themselves for a long time, teach their own children to swim? We originally didn't want to, but we are now convinced that that is the best thing for our son. Help please :)
Thanks everyone for the great advice.
Patrick absolutely LOVES the water, in fact, today he wanted to go swimming, in Grandma's pool! He did do summer rec and had a ball. His first "meet" (25 free) was in mid-July and his last was the first week of August. He was very excited. He liked the idea of swimming again, but I think you're right, this USS team is not the placement for him now.
We are having a pool built this Fall (hopefully starting next week) because all three of our kids love the water. We will continue to play a lot, have friends over, and learn the strokes. My husband taught Patrick butterfly in about 20 minutes (and it's really good!).
Thanks for letting me vent. I wasn't so disappointed that Patrick didn't want to swim (that's OK, I don't want to push him), but I was really disappointed in this program, the lack of coaches with experience with young children, etc. I wish he could come to Ohio, that program sounds wonderful and what we would ideally like to have.
Thanks everyone for the great advice.
Patrick absolutely LOVES the water, in fact, today he wanted to go swimming, in Grandma's pool! He did do summer rec and had a ball. His first "meet" (25 free) was in mid-July and his last was the first week of August. He was very excited. He liked the idea of swimming again, but I think you're right, this USS team is not the placement for him now.
We are having a pool built this Fall (hopefully starting next week) because all three of our kids love the water. We will continue to play a lot, have friends over, and learn the strokes. My husband taught Patrick butterfly in about 20 minutes (and it's really good!).
Thanks for letting me vent. I wasn't so disappointed that Patrick didn't want to swim (that's OK, I don't want to push him), but I was really disappointed in this program, the lack of coaches with experience with young children, etc. I wish he could come to Ohio, that program sounds wonderful and what we would ideally like to have.
