Learn to Swim :)

My club team, Team YES, has levels for all swimmers, from 4 year olds that can join the Learn To Swim program, up to the Senior group (which I'm in). So, to say the least, we have swimmers of all ages and abilities that swim for TYES. Lately I've been helping out with the Learn to Swim Program, where I get to get in the water and teach private (1 swimmer), semi-private (2 swimmers), and group (3-4 swimmers) to children as young as 4 years old.

And I LOVE it! They are all so cute and adorable. I'm working every week, 1-2 times a week, depending on who needs me to cover in addition to my Friday night lessons.

Last night I had one little girl (I knew her mom and brother) who I got to teach. She was precious, blond hair-blue eyed little cutie. When I saw her for the first time she reminded me of Layla Grace's older sister Claire, who was the same age, and I couldn't help but think that I could have had the chance to teach Layla Grace to swim one day. Not the point, but still, she was on my mind.

I sincerely LOVE teaching swim lessons. I guess the fact that I'm going on my 14th year of swimming, I'm kind of getting tired of that swimmer-role. I love my team, but sometimes I have no motivation to get in and swim a practice, when I know this time next year I will be done competing in meets all-together. But getting to teach lessons is a whole new side of swimming for me, and I love it. I still get to be in the water, and I'm still connected to the sport, and I still get to swim a little bit, but it's so flip-side from being in the water swimming a practice. I think that in a few (or 13)years these little 4 year-olds will be my age and will possibly still be swimming year-round. It makes me happy thinkin' that I'm a part of that foundation for them.

So who knows where this will go, but as for now, I'm loving it!