RMSC Swim team practice, whoa.
I just want to say up front that we’re not the kid-overscheduling-parent types. But I guess having 2 daughters play on 3 different softball teams, 3 games per week, plus 3 practices just wasn’t enough for us. Throw in a few pitching and hitting clinics plus getting at least 100 swings a day in, well . . . Why not join a swim practice group to get ready for a summer swim team that we’re not even on?
Enter RMSC practice swim group. The girls have never been part of a practice swim group, much less a swim team. This is a practice group to get one ready for summer swim teams, which I’ve been led to believe are fun affairs and not as serious as fall swim teams. Let’s hope so cuz I was ready to hurl after watching how many laps my gals went through on the first practice. Whoa, they ain’t playing these RMSCers!
After the third set of “give me 10 fifties, freestyle,” Lisa and I catch the attention of Austen as she is about to make the turn for another lap. She clearly mouths us this concise message, “I hate this.” Okay.
Austen is a junior, so she was swimming laps for a solid hour. Erin is a mini, she had a private half-hour lesson before the practice and swam about another half-hour. Having never done more than a few fun laps they impressed us. We were very proud of the effort those two gave today. Oh yes, they are very tired tonight. Hey, we get to do it all over again Wednesday, and Friday and Sunday at 8am if we want :-)
At dinner, Erin was talking about her experience today, “yeah, the lady said ‘just swim up and back 50 times.’ The way she said it made it sound SO EASY.”
Going to be tricky fitting softball and swimming together, but after all was said and done, the girls were pretty excited about swim practice. Once they get their wind it should get better. Hmmnn, now where did I put that flyer on rec league basketball?
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