Swimming Update

The girls are continueing to swim.  They really enjoy swimming.  Sofia has moved up to the swim team which she is very proud of and she should be!  The person closest in age to her on her team is her friend Zoe who is two years older than Sofia.  Zoe is a really nice girl and couldn't believe Sofia was only seven.  She gave her a "good job" with a high five when she founf out.  It was very cute.  The swim team is a lot of work.  They swin lengths of the pool so they end of swimming a lot.  It is so much that I can't keep track but it is easily 400 meters (1/4 mile) of swimming and probably more.  I will have to ask her coach how far they are swimming each practice.  By the end she is exhausted.  She has been practicing her dives as well and she is finally figuring it out.  last week was the first time she entered the water in a dive and didn't bellyflop.  Ali is also doing well and has moved up into the Marlins group.  She is working on all her strokes but her biggest issue is figuring out the breathing.  It doesn't seem to matter if she is doing breaststroke or freestyle she has to tread water for a second to catch her breath in between strokes.  She is getting there though.  She has started doing flip turns at the wall and starting to attempt diving off the platforms.

Here is Sofia doing breaststroke:

Here is Ali doing freestyle:

Here is Sofia Diving off the platform: