We were back at swimming lessons last night - just like we are every single Thursday. I was watching LGR quite carefully last night and he is beginning to turn into quite the swimming technician. There is a certain fluidity of movement beginning to emerge - his stroke is lengthening quite nicely and his kick has gone from being ridiculously ineffectual to quite good. His breathing and rotation on the breath is also becoming smoother.
And he can almost dive. He still goes from a kneeling position but goes into the water hands/head first more often than not.
Somehow he has developed a natural breaststroke arm action and can even do a bit of backstroke and some very rough butterfly. Most of all he loves it.
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Hayzey is a little different. She can do a 'rocket' quite well - which is just arms outstretched in front and kicking. She can do 'big arms' with a flotation aid but when she has no aid she just seems to forget about her arms. Occasionally she gives it a crack but even when she does she moves very, very slowly.
It wasn't so long ago that LGR and Hayzey were at more or less the same level. Since then LGR has improved heaps and Hayzey has consolidated what she can do but not really moved onto anything else. I remember this happening with LGR and, while it's frustrating, it's also a necessary process before going onto bigger and better things.