Lily completed her three-phase float test at Houston Swim Club in May. She has been a Goldfish at HSC during her twice a week lessons for the past couple months, and now she's ready to advance to the Dolphin level. This is the time when swimmers at HSC are encouraged to take the float test. They wear their clothes, including shoes, and the instructor carries them out to the middle of the pool and tosses them in the water. The swimmer must float until they reach the edge of the pool or for five minutes, whichever comes first. Then the next time they have class, they do it again, wearing even more clothes. By the third test, the swimmer is wearing a long-sleeved jacket, jeans, and tennis shoes. Lily ended up having a different instructor for all three of her float tests, and she did incredibly well! She floated all the way to the edge with no problem at all. At the end of the third test she received a bell just like the one they ring in the pool when a swimmer passes a float test, a certificate, and a t-shirt. We are so proud of our little swimmer!
The first picture is of Lily and Ms. Lindsey right after her first test. Ms. Lindsey has been Lily's teacher from the very beginning Guppy class last spring, and Lily loves her!
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