Swim Team
A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of being able to attend my grandson’s first swim team practice. He has been taking swimming lesson for several summers, so it was now time to see if he could compete with other kids his age in the pool. Will had a private lesson before the first practice, just to get him up to speed since it had been months since he had been in a swimming pool. The instructor gave him the thumbs up to begin participating in swim team the following day. Will is a bit of a competitor; he likes to be seen, heard, and recognized, at school, at home and when participating in sports, so I was anxious to see what would happen when he took to the water. The diving part was a bit of a challenge for many of the kids, as they would jump with their hands in diving formation above their heads instead of going in head first. Once in the water the arms and legs were in flapping and kicking with water splashing all around. At that point I noticed that instead of keepi...