[blindkid] Swimming help

[Traci Wilkerson]

We have done one on one for many years and now she is on the swim team but
just needs some more tweaking on her strokes.  She does pretty good at
staying straight, that isn't an issue.  if you do the stroke (rotation)
properly (which her previous one on one was a stickler) she does stay
straight.  Butterfly is the hardest, but it is the hardest for all of them,
so that just needs general practice.  Getting her speed up is an issue, on
backstroke its like she is on vacation swimming, so slow.  She only has
increased her freestyle speed due to them competing against each other, but
she is starting to slack off again.  Just a slow rotation, she needs to
speed it up.  I'm not sure what the instructors are telling them at the end
of the lanes, but I feel like they are letting her slide and I don't let
her slide so I wish they wouldn't.  I know I need to talk to them, I just
already feel like I'm the aggravating parent!  ha!  She enjoys it, but
getting her motivated to to perform well is a struggle.  Maybe its just an
age typical thing and I'm over analyzing.  Sigh.  Sometimes I probably need
to let her suffer being with an age group she doesn't prefer and she needs
to put the effort in to move up and away from them.  Natural consequences.

Thanks guys,
Traci




On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 9:06 PM, Merry-Noel Chamberlain <owinm at yahoo.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
> My daughter had a peer who was successful the precious year, who was
> beside her in the water and physically demonstrated everything the
> instructor was showing. My daughter was able to touch the human guide or
> the guide would touch my daughter to show her how to physically move. It
> worked great! It was a mutual swimming understanding.....being respectful
> of private areas.nthis was a high school class.
> Merry-Noel
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> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad <https://overview.mail.yahoo.com?.src=iOS>
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> At Nov 7, 2014, 3:32:55 PM, Traci W via blindkid<'blindkid at nfbnet.org'>
> wrote:
> My almost 10 year old is on a swim team but we are still struggling to
> perfect some of the strokes. I wish I knew a way for her to "get" what we
> try to explain. I know they need to get in the water more with her for
> hands in instruction. But is there anyone, blind teen or adult who swims,
> who can provide any tips? I know it will all come in time but she is also
> frustrated to be with younger kids because she isn't at a level to move up
> to more similar age kids because of her needing more work.
>
> Thanks!
> Traci
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> Sent from my iPhone please pardon bad spelling!!
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Traci Wilkerson
Cell – 919-971-6526