This video is a three-year-old student who is about to graduate from the ISR program. She is in her sixth week. She is completing a skills test in winter clothing. Posture is very important to us. We teach our students to swim in a horizontal posture with eyes open and face in the water. This makes it easier for them to rollback into the correct floating position. It is a great prerequisite for learning stroke as well, because they have learned the correct swimming postures. Swimming in clothing is difficult because the saturated clothing is heavy and the currents feel different to the student. We always swim the students in their clothes when they are fully skilled to insure that they have become aquatic problem solvers. Because swimming in clothing is difficult, the student may resort to some vertical posture. That is why we will swim the last couple of lessons in regular swim attire to perfect their posture. You would have never guessed that when this little girl first began lessons, she was completely vertical from wearing floaties, and she did not want to open her eyes or get her hair/head wet! She has done marvelous!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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This program is awesome! Landry was scared to put her face underwater, let alone get her hair wet! She has always worn floaties or a life jacket and has always been vertical. This program under the teaching of Kelly has changed Landry's whole perception of water and has taught her invaluable lessons about survival if she were to fall in. We have all enjoyed watching her learn these skills!!!
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