Friday, August 04, 2006
Community Swimming Pool
Wednesday night we went to a community swimming pool after dinner. Our usual swimming haunt is our neighborhood pool that is fairly small with a deep end that the kids like to jump in to. By comparison the community pool is impressive with a cement “beach”, swim lanes, and diving boards. I think Nora’s parents have taken Pierce and Anna there before, but it was a first time for Nora and me.
The pool doesn’t permit water assist devices, so Anna couldn’t wear her water wings. It didn’t prove to be a problem because on the “cement beach” side of the pool the water gets to only a couple of feet deep –easy standing depth for her. As a matter of fact, Anna really blossomed in the environment. She was actually swimming! She’d put her face in the water, stroke her arms, kick and actually cover some distance. I’ve never been so proud! She reminded me that I’d shown her “face slams” last year/early this summer, then showed me how well she could do them. I think she’s well on her way to becoming a proficient swimmer.
After we’d moved to the deeper side of the “smaller” pool, so that Pierce and Anna could take turns jumping off the side, Pierce and I went to the large pool to see what it had to offer. This is the pool with the diving well, and Pierce immediately made a beeline for the low diving board. I was concerned the lifeguard might want Pierce to take a “swim test” before she’d let him dive, but it was not an issue. Pierce jumped off the board like he’d been doing it all his life. No fear whatsoever. He and I ended up spending the remainder of the evening jumping of the low dive. Pierce made up lots of jumps and even attempted to dive a couple of times (with mixed results).
I haven’t had the opportunity to use a diving board in a long time and I’m pretty out of practice. I didn’t even attempt to do flips, just pikes and splash dives. Interestingly, I’m actually a little sore from the experience. I’ve got bruises on my shoulders from where I struck the water. Weird.
-Eric (Dad)
The pool doesn’t permit water assist devices, so Anna couldn’t wear her water wings. It didn’t prove to be a problem because on the “cement beach” side of the pool the water gets to only a couple of feet deep –easy standing depth for her. As a matter of fact, Anna really blossomed in the environment. She was actually swimming! She’d put her face in the water, stroke her arms, kick and actually cover some distance. I’ve never been so proud! She reminded me that I’d shown her “face slams” last year/early this summer, then showed me how well she could do them. I think she’s well on her way to becoming a proficient swimmer.
After we’d moved to the deeper side of the “smaller” pool, so that Pierce and Anna could take turns jumping off the side, Pierce and I went to the large pool to see what it had to offer. This is the pool with the diving well, and Pierce immediately made a beeline for the low diving board. I was concerned the lifeguard might want Pierce to take a “swim test” before she’d let him dive, but it was not an issue. Pierce jumped off the board like he’d been doing it all his life. No fear whatsoever. He and I ended up spending the remainder of the evening jumping of the low dive. Pierce made up lots of jumps and even attempted to dive a couple of times (with mixed results).
I haven’t had the opportunity to use a diving board in a long time and I’m pretty out of practice. I didn’t even attempt to do flips, just pikes and splash dives. Interestingly, I’m actually a little sore from the experience. I’ve got bruises on my shoulders from where I struck the water. Weird.
-Eric (Dad)
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