Swim Team - Summer of 2012

This summer I signed up Allan, Nathan, Joshua, and Emily for swim team on the Plano Aquaducks. I switched teams for two reasons. They are broken up by age into four groups. 6-8, 9-10, 11-12, and 13+. So I have a kid in every age group and they all swim at the same time. They have about 12 swimmers in every group using 2-3 lanes. The second reason is the pool. This is a very large indoor pool. I love that because it is not cancelled because of weather and I do not have to worry about sunscreen. The coaches are amazing and I impressed with their history of swimming in high school and college. This has been one of the very best summers of swim team.

Emily's very first attempt to dive off of the blocks.

Didn't quite make it. :)

Britton, her coach, in the grey t-shirt is the sweetest coach and is perfect for Emily. She is always positive and gets Emily to do things that I didn't think she could do like a 25 butterfly. Emily has improved drastically in a short amount of time.

Allan is a fast swimmer.

And look at that start. :)

Nathan is also a strong swimmer.

His diving is pretty good but his strength is back stroke and flip turns.

Occasionally, they play games at swim team. Today was a day of Water Polo. It is quite a workout.

Another thing they work on in Allan's group is treading water holding onto a 10 pound brick covered in plastic, swimming with it, and diving for it at 11 feet deep water. Allan is the youngest in his group but does well.

Butterfly