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[quote=Anonymous]My sibling and I were both very good swimmers with one parent who probably would’ve been a good swimmer if they had ever tried it — they have the frame and height and were good at other sports — and one parent who cannot swim at all. The latter parent had a near drowning experience as a kid, which was why my sibling and I were out into swim lessons/joined a community pool early. My own young children are both pretty good swimmers with noticeably better form than most other kids in their swim lessons and now in their swim team groups. It might be some genetics, but I also think back to the parent and child swim classes I did with them and how I would hold them when we played in the pool. I always held them horizontal and right on the surface so they could feel the proper body position even when they were babies. If I helped them kick and pull I always made sure their arms and legs were straight and the kicks were small and quick. You could look at them now and say it’s natural the way they are high in the water with strong kicks. But I think a big part of it was me guiding them to have the proper form from their earliest experiences in water. By the time they were in there on their own they could build from a solid foundation. I suspect most kids of swimmers have this same advantage. [/quote]

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