Master Swimmer

Bode has become quite the master swimmer.  He still goes twice a week and is in the advanced stroke clinic classes.  These classes last an hour and consist of the kiddos swimming laps.  I took some photos and movies.  First, here's Bode at the wall.

Coach Danny makes them do underwaters while wearing their fins.  Here's Bode doing a full-length underwater butterfly kick.  Pretty impressive lung power.

Next is a video of Bode doing the same, but on his back above the water.  

Coach Danny made them doing head-up freestyle, which is an exhausting stroke.  Here are two still pictures of Bode in action.

Coach Danny then made them use the little buoy swimmers put between their legs to prevent them from kicking.  This makes them work their arms, which is a great exercise for Bode because his kick is phenomenal, but his upper body needs a little work.

They also had to do butterfly, which is another exhausting stroke.  Bode's butterfly is decent.  It's a hard stroke because he requires some serious upper body strength, and seven-year olds typically haven't developed these muscles.  Still, the coach works with their form, and Bode's form is fantastic.  He simply needs to get his arms out of the water.

Finally, they finished with some sprints.  Here is Bode doing a 50.  We have tried to get him to swim faster by telling him to "swim angry."  We've found he swims a lot faster when he's upset.  Funny how we've become sports psychologists :-)

We had a lovely weekend.  I think Ashley might try to go to the mountain estate for a few days this week and "work" from Breckenridge.  Lucky her.  Pleasant day to all.