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 :)
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DGD went to an out of town meet when she was 5. There weren't a lot of events suitable for her so to give her a chance at something the coach put her in the 100 fr. DD and I were worried about it, but the coach said she could do it. A couple of events before the 100 fr the coach had DGD with him and talking with her (the were across the pool from DD and me so we couldn't hear what he was saying to her) but she was hanging on every word the coach was saying, nodding her head, etc.
Then the event. She gets up on the block (smallest girl in the 8 and under group) does a fairly good start considering she had just learned to dive, and goes out really hard and fast. DD and I just look at each other with an oh no expression. She hung in there for 25, the next 25 she was still doing pretty well, the next 25 you could see her dying. I thought she might have to be fished out on the last 25 but she made it. The volunteer timer from one of the companies at Ft. Benning, reached down and scooped her out as soon as she touched the wall. When he put her down everyone started immediately to congratulate her on her swim (because she had finished it). She was white as a piece of cotton and I was afraid she was going to throw up... she didn't.
Of course she was to go talk to her coach after the event and as she walked past DD and me she put her hands on her hips and said, "I'M NEVER SWIMMING ANOTHER 100 AGAIN!"
LOL, of course those were her famous last words. She enjoys 100's now and when we jokingly remind her that she said she would never swim another 100, she laughs ands says, but I was just a kid then. She is all of 7 now.
DGD went to an out of town meet when she was 5. There weren't a lot of events suitable for her so to give her a chance at something the coach put her in the 100 fr. DD and I were worried about it, but the coach said she could do it. A couple of events before the 100 fr the coach had DGD with him and talking with her (the were across the pool from DD and me so we couldn't hear what he was saying to her) but she was hanging on every word the coach was saying, nodding her head, etc.
Then the event. She gets up on the block (smallest girl in the 8 and under group) does a fairly good start considering she had just learned to dive, and goes out really hard and fast. DD and I just look at each other with an oh no expression. She hung in there for 25, the next 25 she was still doing pretty well, the next 25 you could see her dying. I thought she might have to be fished out on the last 25 but she made it. The volunteer timer from one of the companies at Ft. Benning, reached down and scooped her out as soon as she touched the wall. When he put her down everyone started immediately to congratulate her on her swim (because she had finished it). She was white as a piece of cotton and I was afraid she was going to throw up... she didn't.
Of course she was to go talk to her coach after the event and as she walked past DD and me she put her hands on her hips and said, "I'M NEVER SWIMMING ANOTHER 100 AGAIN!"
LOL, of course those were her famous last words. She enjoys 100's now and when we jokingly remind her that she said she would never swim another 100, she laughs ands says, but I was just a kid then. She is all of 7 now.
