Great White Shark

Emily started swimming at Aqua Tots in February of 2005,  just after she had turned 4.

She has LOVED swimming there, and as been really well taught. This fall she was ready to move on to a competitive swim team, and she has.

There's a badge system of reward / progress measurement at Aqua Tots, and Emily had one badge left to go. Her butterfly wasn't quite good enough to earn her shark last spring - so she returned to Aqua Tots in addition to her other swim team to get her last badge - her Great White Shark.

Here's what she had to be able to do -

These students have achieved all of the above badge levels.

They must have the correct racing pull (bent elbow when their arm enters
the water, extend and pull back) for front crawl.  In addition he / she must have the correct timing for
backstroke and full breast stroke with its’ proper timing (pull, breathe, kick, glide) and can now demonstrate each of those skills for 250 yards (10 laps of our pool).  In addition they now are able to demonstrate the sidestroke & the entire butterfly stroke for 15 to 25 yards (it must have the correct timing and kick).  They must also be able to dive from the starting block and they must know all of their racing turns.

Well, she did it.

Did anyone doubt she would?

She also earned her alligator badge - which is one of the "safety badges" (the shark is a stroke badge.)

 

Emily is very goal oriented & will work hard to be sure she achieves what she wants. We are SO proud of her. This was a hard badge to get and she worked steadily at it.

Em, that tenacity will serve you well in life - keep it up!