25 yd Breaststroke: Notice how she speeds up at the end and catches up!!!! Exciting stuff!!
25 yd Butterfly: This is turning out to be her favorite stroke. Her one habit that drives me ABSOLUTELY NUTS is when she looks to see the next lane swimmers. I've tried explaining that it slows her down and to just focus on herself. She used to look all the time. Now she's down to peeking once. I figure its probably normal, but still!! LOL!
She swam a total of 5 events. I didn't have enough memory to record the relays and I forgot to record her backstroke until she was already half ways down the lane. OOPS! ;-)
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That's so fun! I wish my kids loved to swim this much! Maybe later. Here Butterfly looks better than mine and she totally rocks!
How fun! I really look forward to the days where I'll be cheering my kids on from the sidelines. It's so fun to watch them work so hard, overcome any fears, and succeed!
She is doing great for her age, so many her age still only do 1 kick per armstroke on the butterfly, and it looks like she is getting 2 in there. As she gets stronger she'll be able to stay up on top of the water even more and get speedier. woohoo! something she could do on her breaststroke which would be more efficient and speed her up, would be when the head is going under to tucker her chin to her chest so the top of her head is streaming through the water and note her face. its less pull on the water and will make the pulls more effective. She's doing awesome! swimming is so exciting to watch, especially when its neck and neck like that!
Dear Anonymous,
Glad you enjoyed watching the video clips. I purposefully DON'T give my dd any swimming advice. I leave that to her coaches. She has some of the best. In fact, our head coach used to be in the Cy-Fair area, Derek Howorth (with whom I went to high school with, BTW).
Anyways, I think it sometimes takes time for a child to remember to implement everything they know they ought to be doing. I just cheer them on and try not to criticize. I grew up with a parent who was very supportive of my sports BUT his praise was always attached with a critique or two. I dreaded hearing what he had to say because I always knew that after the "good job" there was a big ol' "BUT...." attached to it.
So, I don't say anything!! At all! No tips from me. Just, "Great job! You did awesome." And then I let her coaches give her the tips. She receives them well from them. I think she needs me to just be darn proud and oblivious of all her mistakes! LOL!
But I sometimes pass on my thoughts to her coach (like her looking around at other lanes) and let them pass on words of advice. I am trying not to be the pushy parent. I would LOVE for her to take swimming as far as she can but I'm convinced it will only happen if I'm her greatest supporter. KWIM? ;-)
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