On a weekday afternoon, a certain sound can be heard inside a public swimming pool: the muffled echo of an…
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I first became aware that something had changed when I was observing a mother doing nothing at a community pool…
After a lengthy lesson, children get a certain look when they climb out of a pool. Eyes slightly glassy, towel…
You usually ignore it the first time you truly notice it. Suddenly quiet, knee-deep in a yellow plastic tub, pouring…
Watching a child push through chest-deep water with their arms moving in slow, deliberate arcs and their face torn between…
On a weekday afternoon a certain sound can be heard at the shallow end of a public pool. A child…
Exercise becomes something that most teenagers feel they should do at a certain point in their lives, usually around the age of fourteen or fifteen. The vocabul
Anyone who has seen a child learn to swim will be able to identify a specific moment. A fleeting moment of serenity, a sort of settling, appears on their face i
You’ll notice something that wasn’t there ten years ago if you walk into practically any swim school today. At the…
In practically every beginner swim class, a certain moment occurs. A five or six-year-old child with splashing arms and slightly crooked goggles stops in the mi