I have to say a power sport, only because we have a 17yr old on our team that is struggling to get a "C" in gym, but can swim 200 LCM in 2:19, I know that's not the greatest of times, but still.
this is the same kid that took 1 hr longer than the rest of his teammates to climb down a mt that was mostly just walking.
Suggest checking his vision. Swimming does not require too many visual skills or balance based on visual cues but many other activities do. From personal experience I can say that a few diopters of strabismus (when your eyes do not point in quite the same direction) has little effect on swimming but can wreak havoc on e.g. the basketball court (field percentage in the neighborhood of "pure luck & a prayer"). Mild cases are surprisingly hard to detect.
It's a guess.
I have to say a power sport, only because we have a 17yr old on our team that is struggling to get a "C" in gym, but can swim 200 LCM in 2:19, I know that's not the greatest of times, but still.
this is the same kid that took 1 hr longer than the rest of his teammates to climb down a mt that was mostly just walking.
Suggest checking his vision. Swimming does not require too many visual skills or balance based on visual cues but many other activities do. From personal experience I can say that a few diopters of strabismus (when your eyes do not point in quite the same direction) has little effect on swimming but can wreak havoc on e.g. the basketball court (field percentage in the neighborhood of "pure luck & a prayer"). Mild cases are surprisingly hard to detect.
It's a guess.
