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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow. So inconvenient and unpleasant for your competitive swimmer. You should definitely opt out.[/quote]

I'm OP and not looking to opt my kid out, but want to manage expectations.  DC loves to swim, and is excited about the idea of having extra practices for a week or two.  I probably need to warn DC that the focus is learning to float and life-saving basics.  So not free play, but also not actual instruction.  We won't opt out, but it's like telling a kid who loves to read that they have an hour of reading every day, but must only read K level books.  Expect that they'll be slightly less thrilled.[/quote]

My kid loves swimming and does competitively swim. He understands when play/fun is and when its time to practice.  If he cannot swim, then this is great to learn the survival skills and if he does swim he can help the other kids and hopefully make it fun for him.  In our summer swim, the better swimmers/teens help the younger ones and that's what made it fun and got my child to swim and into swimming.  My child in return when he's been at the pool for fun has helped show kids how to go under and a basic stroke.  Its also far more fun if they do it with friends.  Your child is not going to be the best swimmer and I would assume they work more on technique and ever kid this age needs stroke help, especially those of our kids who do swim competitively as the coaches rarely work on stroke in a meaningful way.[/quote]

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