[SportsandRec] Adult swim lessons

[Tristan Pierce]

You can calm the fears of your family by giving them the link below and scrolling to Swimming. There are six videos featuring swimmers with VI, after all, it is a Paralympic sport. Give the number six video to the swim instructor. It covers accommodations on the pool deck and in the water. If you find you enjoy swimming and wish to pursue lap swimming, the Adaptap is a great no-tech device to let you know when you are approaching the end of the pool to avoid head trauma. Good luck and here is the link to the videos https://sites.aph.org/physical-education/videos/.

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From: SportsandRec <sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Kelly Thornbury via SportsandRec
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2021 7:19 PM
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Cc: Kelly Thornbury <kthornbury at bresnan.net>
Subject: Re: [SportsandRec] Adult swim lessons

Group lessons at the public pool should be no problem at all. If possible, try to talk to the instructor before hand so neither of you are showing up with surprises. Sound cues will be disorienting, and this is one situation where wide open spaces are kind of your enemy, so try to arrange where you can swim along the wall. This is a great reference line and works tremendously well. until you get a feel for the length of the pool, go slow and emphasize keeping a hand out in front of you, especially if you’re doing a front crawl. You don’t want to swim into the end wall at full speed, kind of hurts a little bit. If you can arrange to have a friend or family member take the class with you, that might be a benefit, but don’t feel like it’s necessary. It does take a little bit of stress off of you and the instructor when you can ask questions privately, but again, not a necessity. And finally, remember that as long as you hold your breath while you were underwater you will never ever ever ever drown. Good luck and enjoy.

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> On Jun 14, 2021, at 15:40, Kelsey Nicolay via SportsandRec <sportsandrec at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hello,
> We have a large waterpark at our campground that we will be spending most of the summer at with my nieces and nephew ages 5, 3, and 1. While I know I cannot take all three of them there by myself (not because I’m alind, but they’re wild and crazy and I don’t have the patience to chase them everywhere), but I at least want to be able to swim with them for a short time if need be. There is also an obstacle course in the deep end that one of the requirements is you have to be able to swim to do it. My family doesn’t think it’s safe for me to do the obstacle course because according to them, you have to have vision and be able to swim. I know how to swim a little bit, but I’m not good enough at it to be able to get out of a dangerous situation. Therefore, I have considered signing up for adult swimming lessons to increase my skills. My hope is that if I can prove that I can swim safely, I can tackle that obstacle course and prove my family wrong. I found a few places locally that offers swim lessons, one private pool (I swam there as a child and also took swim lessons there) and two which are owned by the city. All three places offer both group and private lessons, but private lessons are considerably more expensive than a group class. I do plan to contact all three places to see if they can accommodate my situation, but my questions to you all are the following: (1) Is it possible for a blind person to participate in group swim lessons or would private lessons be better given my limited experience? (2) I believe city owned facilities are required to provide reasonable accommodations, but what about pools owned by private associations? (3) What types of accommodations would enable me to fully participate in swim class, group or private? I look forward to hearing your suggestions. 
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