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[quote=Anonymous]I don't understand the issue, OP.

Goldfish Pro1 level requires your child to be able to swim 20 ft, on their own, in both freestyle and backstroke, with good rhythmic breathing in freestyle and reasonable ok and control in backstroke. Pro2 requires the same but for 40 ft, plus 20 ft of dolphin kick and breaststroke kick.

To graduate from Pro2, you need to be essentially "legal" in freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke, as this qualifies you for their competitive swim team. The vast majority of students never do this, as most kids don't become competitive swimmers. Some summer swim leagues don't even require that level of ability to participate.

So... your kids can swim. They are safe in the water and have reasonable swim skills. They are not competitive swimmers. Given that they didn't take to swimming very quickly, this is a pretty good result and I would be happy with it. They aren't going to swim for a club team or swim competitively in college. If they really wanted to make a high school team, they could probably keep working at it and get there. Do they like swimming? Is this something they want?

You are describing the very common experience of discovering your kids are proficient but not competitive at something. It's okay.[/quote]

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