Our girl has always been a lover of the water. She would spend all day everyday at the pool, lake, beach - anywhere there is water - if it were up to her. This year we decided to give swim team a try.
When she started the season, she was a little uncertain about the amount of work it would require. She came home after one of her first practices and said (with a great deal of skepticism) "My coaches said by the end of the season I would be able to swim all the way across the pool without stopping!" "Do you know how far that is!?" "It's farther than from here (kitchen countertop against which I was leaning) to the door!" "And, they say I will learn how to dive?!!".
Check out the form for that dive!
Once in the water, it's all about technique...
Like the new goggles?
We end with a portrait of our swimmer. Just before her first meet she said to me "I am just going to have fun. If I don't win, it won't matter. I'll just say great job to who ever wins." She first swam a relay, then her first individual event, the 25 meter free style. After coming out of the water the first words out of her mouth were "Did I win?!"
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Awesome Saige! It looks like you are becoming quite a good swimmer. We'll have to go swimming together next time we visit. :) Keep it up!
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