Before August of this year, swimming was something you did to retreive the basketball in the pool when you missed a shot or something you did to get to the bottom of the pool to get the ring or mostly the thing you did to get away from your brother.
This year it actually became a sport. The boys took lessons at the Glen Oaks pool with the swim team instructors this year. It didn't hurt to have the Olympics to watch at night so they could see what they were learning in action.
They will be joining the swim team next summer so they can compete with kids from the other private clubs in the area. It is like the Jr Golf program where they got to play the top 6 courses in Iowa. They will swim at other clubs to compete.
Here they are with their instructor on the last day of lessons. I thought football was hard to photograph. This is just impossible!
Getting instructions. It was 65 degrees that morning so the instructor was shivering under her towel.
Blake practicing his Dolphin kick. He really got it near the end.
Swimming back and forth. This was the butterfly.
Hunter's favorite was the butterfly. He has very strong upper arms to he could move pretty fast that way.
Hunter up close.
Blake doing his diving dive.
1 comment:
These are nice shots, Amy! Thanks for the update!
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