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2014-2015 swim season (7)<\/h2>\n
\"2014-2015

2014-2015 swim season aged 7<\/p><\/div>\n

2014-2015 swim season:<\/h2>\n

December 2013 the club we swim at close and we end up without a pool, a club, and a coach.  Monica is in tears as she fears she will not be able to swim anymore.  We assure her that it will not be the case.<\/p>\n

\"Training

Training at the Saltwater pool in Amanzimtoti<\/p><\/div>\n

After several attempts to find a pool where she could train (mostly local schools that reserve the use of the pool for their learners only), we end up at the saltwater pool at Amanzimtoti’s main beach.  It is a 35-meter salt water pool which fills up during high tide daily.<\/p>\n

The lifesavers train at the pool in the mornings.  Mama Coach<\/a> and Mica swim at the pool in the mornings.  It is such a great bonding exercise.  Monica also trains at the pool when the lifesavers do their swimming and she becomes quite well-known with the lifesavers.<\/p>\n

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Scouting trips to Pinetown<\/p><\/div>\n

On days that mom gets tied up with work, Mica trains on her own at this pool.<\/p>\n

Scouting Lahee Park to see if we could train with the swimming club<\/p>\n

\"Mica

Best swimming days with mom at the saltwater pool in Amanzimtoti<\/p><\/div>\n

May 2014 we join a swimming club with permission to continue to train locally.  We do a couple of trips to the club’s swimming pool to see logistics involved, but the pool turns out to be too far.  Taking traffic into consideration the schedules will just not work out if we have to travel to Pinetown daily for training.<\/p>\n

2014-2015 swim season: pre-season swimming<\/h3>\n

Mei 2014:  It is winter and we do not have a pre-season training solution.  We buy a wetsuit in the hope that it will help to keep her warmer in the cold water.  As luck would have it, we have an early and cold winter.  It becomes a standing joke to swim the first length fast in order to warm up.<\/p>\n

For fear of falling in as winter closes in, we resort to the local gym where there is a heated pool.  A swim school operates from the gym which means we cannot swim during peak hours.  We sign up for an off-peak gym membership which allows us to train in the mornings.<\/p>\n

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We join a local gym to use the heated pool for training<\/p><\/div>\n

The gym has a rule which does not allow us to practice starts as we are not allowed to dive into the pool.  The other rule stipulates that children under 14 are not allowed to swim without parents being present.  We train under these rules.  Mica will just have to do starts at the swim meets to practice her starts.  Turns, we, fortunately, can train in the 25-meter pool.<\/p>\n

Finally, a club, a pool, and dad as a swim coach.<\/p>\n

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SSA L1 Regional Age group swim championship March 2015<\/strong>
\n\"WomenWomen 10 &U:<\/strong><\/em>
\n100m Freestyle: 1:20:04
\n50m Backstroke: 44:Women 10 & U 29<\/p>\n