Swim team!
Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 09:40AM Noah had his first swim meet of the summer yesterday. As this was his first ever experience with a swim meet, we discussed ahead of time how his goal was simply to learn from the experience. In true Noah fashion, he watched diligently...noting what works and what he'd like to work on. All in all, a good morning. :)
(The other two boys, btw, were troopers. They hung out with us and played on the iphone, played some cribbage together, read books, snacked and watched their brother. I didn't even have to use my lecture about how Noah sits through their karate practices and such regularly, lol!)
So, Noah participated in the medley relay (50 yards for each swimmer...sorry, I know there's a proper term for this but my memory isn't working right now, lol). He did the back stroke leg of the relay. It's his favorite stroke. ;) He also participated in the individual 50 yard back stroke and the individual 50 yard breast stroke.
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All good. Now. Things I'd love advice on:
- How to take better swimming photos. I just flipped my camera to sports mode today...was feeling too tired to try anything else. :)
- What the best thing is to feed a swimmer between heats. Fruit? Noah was there from 7 am until about 11 am and refuses to eat anything before starting. I did manage to get part of a power bar into him between individual events and made sure he drank water but know there's probably a better course of action.
- How often one needs to wash swim suits. Um, how often should I be washing this stuff? Are there special tips and tricks? (Right now, I wash suits on gentle and air dry after each use...I do this every other day or so, saving up until I have suits and towels for all three boys and for Nathan, who's started swimming laps in the mornings again.)
Really. I'd love any and all thoughts. While I was mostly prepared for what soccer would entail (having watched all of my younger brothers and sisters do youth soccer for years), I only remember a summer or two of my middle sister doing swim team. And I was distracted and now don't remember much. ;) Thanks!
Reader Comments (1)
I didn't know Noah was on a swim team! How exciting--who is he swimming for? I swam on summer teams when young and was on the High School team. I also was a swim team assist. coach for two summers during college. We enjoyed frozen grapes between our events. Another big thing was eating jello in the powder form! Now that the big gelatin kick is going around, I guess that doesn't sound or seem so crazy! We were getting sugar and protein!
Now for washing of the swim suit. After each swim I'd rinse real well and air dry. Those suits tend to fall apart after so much chlorine so when you do wash, I'd just hand wash with mild detergent.
Let me know a swim schedule, I'd love to come watch!