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01-07-2022, 01:08 PM #476
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01-07-2022, 01:41 PM #477
Ha! Yeah, that's pretty close to how his mom was taught.
Phatty - yup, smack dab in Seattle so trying to keep from extended driving.
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01-07-2022, 01:47 PM #478
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01-07-2022, 02:02 PM #479
My kids are younger and can't swim, but we've been hitting the pool weekly since each was six months old. I have them both in life jackets (not water wings) and they can swim all over on their own. They have a blast and at this point, it's just getting them comfortable in the water. I think if you take your kid weekly, even without formal lessons, they will start to pick it up just watching the other kids (at least that is what I am hoping for).
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01-07-2022, 02:15 PM #480Registered User
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Most public swim lessons are taught by teens that have minimal training so you're probably better off teaching them yourself. Teach back float, front float, few basic strokes and most importantly NO deucing in the pool. Wife took my 3 kids to years of public swim lessons and they didn't learn much other than how to float and a few strokes enough not to drown at the public urinal. 2 of my 3 kids were swim instructors and they didn't know shit. Sounds like you would be an instant director of swim school at anything in Portland.
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01-07-2022, 02:22 PM #481Registered User
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If you do lessons, spring for private lessons vs. group lessons. Kids will learn 5x more in an hour private lesson than in a group lesson.
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01-07-2022, 02:25 PM #482Banned
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Once summer roles around, the lifeguards at lake washington beaches offer free lessons every week day at noon. Mt baker beach is the best spot, in my experience.
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01-07-2022, 02:30 PM #483Registered User
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buy a good kickboard that will support their weight and practice kicking across the pool and rotary breathing. Typically freestyle is taught first. Getting them to really bring their elbows up and out of the pool and reaching forward is the hard part.
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01-07-2022, 02:44 PM #484Registered User
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My kids are doing group lessons this winter and they love it. No way I'd ever try to replace the fun, goal oriented lessons they look forward to every week with me as an instructor, phatty. It's such a good experience for them.
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01-07-2022, 03:35 PM #485
Highly recommend swimguru. Lessons were held in the scuba pool at Underwater Sports on Aurora, or the LA Fitness a little north of that also on 99. Private lessons only, and 15 mins for littles, and 30 mins (I think) for bigger kids. 15 mins of a private lesson is much more helpful than holding onto the wall for most of an hour during a group lesson. It's not cheap but I'm glad we did it.
My daughter started before turning 2 and is now swimming like a fish at 4. My <2 son would have started by now but we're holding off due to COVID. He gets to "swim" with us and watch his sister, so I think he'll do fine with a later start.Dude chill its the padded room. -AKPM
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01-07-2022, 08:44 PM #486
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01-07-2022, 09:18 PM #487Dad core
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I don’t have anything to add but will look into swim guru too. HC I could be interested in a semi private with my 5yo
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01-07-2022, 09:31 PM #488
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01-07-2022, 09:45 PM #489
There's a chance, but odds are your kids don't want you as a teacher. Check out safe n' sound in west lake union. That's where my kids did theirs, warm water and air temp, quick private lessons. Get in get out.
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01-07-2022, 11:15 PM #490
We taught our kids everything, partly because they refused to take lessons. It was too hard for them.
When we tried to put one, who has always been pretty self contained, in swim lessons, he threw up in the pool. Ski lessons were a similar bust, less the puke. They just wanted to be with us.
So we shouldered it up. Full contact parenting.
Kids are different, so are parents. Adjust as required. The judgmental types can bite it.Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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01-08-2022, 01:04 AM #491Banned
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Kids are different, so are parents. Adjust as required. The judgmental types can bite it.
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01-08-2022, 05:08 AM #492
My wife and I taught all 3 of our kids to swim. We put them all into the water early and often. Because we live on a lake they all lived in life jackets in the summer from ages 1 to 5. At 4 is where we started taking them off and teaching them basics, keeping it simple and fun. My son is 6 years old and still wants to wear his life jacket in the lake but goes without it in the pool. I think it's just a safety net for him and he will probably shed it this summer when he sees all his little buddies swimming without one. Both my girls were swimming on their own at 5. No big deal, all kids are different and learn different. They will figure it out, the important goal for me was that they like water and aren't afraid. The rest they will figure out. And I can't wait to take them on their first scuba trip.
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01-08-2022, 10:11 AM #493Registered User
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We used youtube to teach my daughter around 3 to swim. It was more.like we queued up a bunch of swim instruction and water safety videos for her on an iPad while we were.getting ready for work in the mornings. After a few weeks she just took off her swim float thing and did it...we have a pool in the yard so she is/was swimming pretty much everyday. We did it more to hopefully get her some water safety in addition to all other safety measures we took.
She did have a few lessons at the community pool the next year and never looked back.
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01-08-2022, 01:29 PM #494Registered User
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We started our oldest at under 1 year old at the Queen Anne Aquatic Center with parent/child lessons. I remember thinking that it was so important to get him used to the water as soon as possible. He ended up hating the water for years so I don't really think it mattered much. Once he warmed up to it again, he started swimming in a kid's sized life jacket to build comfort and confidence in the water. Now we do regular swim lessons from a specialty swim school. I don't like the cost of paying for lessons but it's a nice winter activity and gives me peace of mind when we're at the lake.
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01-08-2022, 01:45 PM #495
This mirrors my experience. Ahh, memories.. Did parent/child at queen anne and green lake with all three of mine before moving onto a place that taught them proper stroke form. Even though I was on hs swim team, my relationship with my kids benefited from someone else showing and telling them.
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01-11-2022, 11:34 AM #496
Fatherhood anonymous; an open discussion on being a dad.
Teach beginners swimming: Get comfortable with opening eyes under water and holding breath; hang on the edge and blow bubbles.
Now, the only thing important to learning swimming is being able to float on your back and stomach continuously with little effort and the ability to rollover to switch sides without panic.
Two keys:
1. Head goes up>feet go down
2. Head goes down>feet go up
The goal is neutral balance with your eyes straight down
When I ran a swim school we kept the beginner pool at like 92 degrees. Huge help.
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01-11-2022, 05:20 PM #497
Am I missing something here? I've never had a swim lesson in my life. I consider myself a pretty good swimmer. My kids, I just took into the pool, showed them some basics and they just swam. We have a pool, so that's a big advantage, but I never knew swim lessons were such a universal thing. To me, that'd be similar to bicycle riding lessons. I mean don't most kids just swim with floaties and supervision and kinda figure it out?
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01-11-2022, 05:36 PM #498
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01-11-2022, 06:18 PM #499man of ice
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^^It kinda depends what "learn to swim" means to you. If you want your kids to actually know a stroke or whatever, then obviously, lessons. But if you think, I'll just get the kid to where they aren't afraid of the water and they can decide what they want to do from there, then the Gibo Method™ isn't wrong.
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01-11-2022, 06:44 PM #500
When he was 2, we put our kid into a "drown proofing" class that was being offered. Came in handy. When he was 5 he was with me a a few other adults on a small boat dock admiring the view. Someone say's "Where's the kid?" and we turned to see him looking up at us from the lake and "Grabbing The Wall" like he was taught. Holding onto a piling. We never heard the splash. Probably a Youtube that could show a parent how to teach and practice the move.
A few people feel the rain. Most people just get wet.
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