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My son has been taking weekly swim lessons for about three months and I try to follow his drills at home. He is not swimming as well as I thought he'd be at this point and has only really been progressing because of the extra time I've spent with him. He's unable to float and just started kicking his feet. The school he goes to is run by an Olympic medalist, I pay good money for him to go to this school but the program isn't as effective as I'd like.
A video was in my recommendations and I saw that the baby was only 15 months.
Now I was nervous about all of the rolling around and gasping this little baby is doing but she seems to be fearless and confident. My baby is pretty confident in water but he's not as nearly skilled.
So I was lead to this ISR program where the children are taught how to save themselves, breathe and open their eyes underwater, roll over face up and call for help. It's a six week program.
I don't agree with some of their practices, one of the companies straps down the kid's arm and has them struggling in the water. Water safety and teaching the children how to help themselves is important but not if they're going to be panicking.
Anyways! should I just put him in private lessons? Are there any at home programs? I'll keep him in his class if there's a program we can do at home. But I'm not paying for private lessons and the class. He enjoys his lessons but I feel it's going much too slow. Now that I think about it, I'm wondering if it is because some of the little ones are not on the same skill level and aren't ready to try advanced drills. One of the little boys is two years old, doesn't kick and doesn't get his face into the water, another does the same but he always gets disruptive and fights his mother in the pool. My son and another two kids are the only ones that come to every class and are cooperative.
A video was in my recommendations and I saw that the baby was only 15 months.
Now I was nervous about all of the rolling around and gasping this little baby is doing but she seems to be fearless and confident. My baby is pretty confident in water but he's not as nearly skilled.
So I was lead to this ISR program where the children are taught how to save themselves, breathe and open their eyes underwater, roll over face up and call for help. It's a six week program.
I don't agree with some of their practices, one of the companies straps down the kid's arm and has them struggling in the water. Water safety and teaching the children how to help themselves is important but not if they're going to be panicking.
Anyways! should I just put him in private lessons? Are there any at home programs? I'll keep him in his class if there's a program we can do at home. But I'm not paying for private lessons and the class. He enjoys his lessons but I feel it's going much too slow. Now that I think about it, I'm wondering if it is because some of the little ones are not on the same skill level and aren't ready to try advanced drills. One of the little boys is two years old, doesn't kick and doesn't get his face into the water, another does the same but he always gets disruptive and fights his mother in the pool. My son and another two kids are the only ones that come to every class and are cooperative.