Swimmerina

TLK passed her level 4 swimming test.   Level 4 of the American Red Cross Swimming Program focuses on stroke development.

It was interesting to watch them teach the butterfly stroke.   They taught the body movement and kick first, without blending in the arm movement, then taught the arm movement the following week.    They did a good job with this stroke… it’s something that I’m not coordinated enough to do, and I’ve been swimming laps for ages.

So in this level, they worked on developing some strokes they learned in Level 3, like the Australian crawl, breast stroke, back stroke and back crawl, then moved on to learn the side stroke and butterfly stroke.  The other new thing was swimming the length of the pool, turning, then swimming another length, and also starting the swim from a jump into the pool instead of hanging onto the side.

It was all very cool to see kids learning these things, and we were oh-so-proud of Brit for always being in the lead.  She does spend every day in one of our “two sparkling pools” (an advantage of apartment living for us).

The coaches said she “is a very strong swimmer”, and it’s something she loves to do.  I wonder if she’d like to compete someday.     😀