Swimming Lessons

Swimming lessons have been going on this week for my kids. Javin has discovered that he knows how to swim, but he is going to have to work hard if he wants to be a really good swimmer. Last year he started learning rhythmic breathing and found it to be a different from the way he is used to swimming. So this year he is improving on his breathing techniques. It is good for him to have a challenge and really have to work on something. So many things he can do without much effort, it seems. Today was a highlight because they spent the whole session jumping off the diving board. As you can see Javin wasted no time getting a big jump off right away and some diving practice.

Kailyn has just blossomed at her lessons. On the thrid day she attempted swimming a few feet on her own and loved it. She was doing it over and over without her instructor. She was so excited that she could do it. Then today they worked on back floats and she just laid herself back and floated without any help. This is such a big improvement for her. She wants to swim and is going to just take off this summer I think. Hopefully we can get her confidence built. She always says she can't but now she knows that she can. A little more practice and she will be giving Javin a chase.