Swim Lessons

Our goal this summer was to rid Pearce of his swim muscles. A month before we left Hawaii I put Pearce into Ewa Swim with Coach Curtis. He learned to jump into the pool and retrieving a ring from the bottom, float on his back and stomach holding his breath for 10 seconds. Once in Vietnam, I took Pearce to the pool to practice. He was getting more comfortable swimming underwater, so we found a private swim teacher some of the other residency parents were using. Her name is Ms. Ngan. She focused on stroke technique.

Pearce flexing his swim muscles.

Pearce's swim teacher started with proper kicking with a kick board. Then moved on to the arms.

Pearce practicing his back and front float, and his first swim lesson.

Second and third swim lesson.


Fourth, fifth, and sixth swim lesson.

Play time.

Pearce tried out some flippers he borrowed from a friend and loved swimming with them.

A montage of Pearce's pool stunt; back flip, front flip, dolphin dive, back float, submarine dive.

Misson accomplished. No swim muscles. Yeah Pearce.