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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They will improve water safety (ability to tread water, body awareness in water), but they will not improve actual swimming without some kind of instruction.[/quote]

I don’t disagree, but I have two kids who are club swimmers and I would rate playing around in the pool as 10 times more helpful for future swimming enjoyment and success than swim lesson when they are in the beginning stage. Perhaps even 50 times. Or let me put it this way, for every hour of swim lessons, they should be spending at least 10 hours in play. Playing in the pool without floatation aids teaches them to feel relaxed in the water, to be comfortable with short immersions and breath control, how to dive to the bottom to retrieve toys, the dolphin kick, horizontal body position, their limits in terms of breath and fatigue. And it teaches them that water is fun!

Once they feel comfortable with diving, immersions, and being horizontal, they can focus on strokes. It’s a huge ask to expect kids who feel fearful and hungry for air in the water to coordinate their arms and legs enough to swim strokes. They have to let go of worrying about breathing before they can do that. [/quote]

I agree with this. There needs to be a combination of lessons and unstructured play time. [/quote]

Totally agree on needing both. Mine are a little younger but want to be in the pool all day now too.

We do a quick change at the pool but then come home for the real shower/bath. After swim they just dry off & put on their shorts/shirt that they were wearing before. It seems too complicated to get fully cleaned up there and I hate public restrooms/locker rooms and don't want to linger.

When they were younger we would change in the back of the minivan - easier on the dry clean surface and with all our stuff spread out there.[/quote]

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