The family collective
Our strong swimmer!
Waiting for his heat. Note the kid in front of him inscribed with "Eat My Bubbles." A fellow school mate... they're talking smack, some pre-race 4yr old banter.
"Take your Mark." He did great with the preparation, but we cannot post the video of his race, because it is too long. Yup. He wouldn't dive off the blocks because he wasn't at his home pool. So eventually, his coach, Haley, in the black t-shirt, got him down from the block and he pushed him off the side of the pool. He loved every minute of it because the entire poolside was cheering for him...because he was the last kid in the pool still swimming. :) He smiled the entire time.
Here we are preparing for backstroke...Soren is helping. The kid in the green sweatshirt is Coach Haley's oldest.
Odin looks great in his stance on the blocks for his backstroke...
Note the head out of the water. Odin doesn't go far when his body is vertical in the water. However, 2 minutes and 59 seconds later, he touched the wall. He stayed facing backward the entire time. He did lots of vertical kicking, but eventually got to the wall. Again, the entire crowd was cheering him on. I called it perseverance. Coach Haley vowed to put him in the outside lane for easier instruction throughout the race.
The family collective
Our strong swimmer!
Waiting for his heat. Note the kid in front of him inscribed with "Eat My Bubbles." A fellow school mate... they're talking smack, some pre-race 4yr old banter.
"Take your Mark." He did great with the preparation, but we cannot post the video of his race, because it is too long. Yup. He wouldn't dive off the blocks because he wasn't at his home pool. So eventually, his coach, Haley, in the black t-shirt, got him down from the block and he pushed him off the side of the pool. He loved every minute of it because the entire poolside was cheering for him...because he was the last kid in the pool still swimming. :) He smiled the entire time. 
Here we are preparing for backstroke...Soren is helping. The kid in the green sweatshirt is Coach Haley's oldest. 
Odin looks great in his stance on the blocks for his backstroke...
Note the head out of the water. Odin doesn't go far when his body is vertical in the water. However, 2 minutes and 59 seconds later, he touched the wall. He stayed facing backward the entire time. He did lots of vertical kicking, but eventually got to the wall. Again, the entire crowd was cheering him on. I called it perseverance. Coach Haley vowed to put him in the outside lane for easier instruction throughout the race. 
