This Dive season has been a fun one. I actually have enjoyed having practice every day, instead of twice a week. It was great for getting us up and going for the day, and the boys could work on their skills daily and socialize with their friends there. I also had Sophia do swim lessons while they practiced. She was doing so well, they had to change her age in the system so they could bump her up to level 2! Thanks to an amazing swim teacher years prior! The boys had seven meets and were able to attend five of them. The last three Boston received second. He kept closing the gap more and more each time between him and his friend from gymnastics. Ethan was getting first every time. He was way above the kids in his division, but not competitive enough to compete in Bostons. He was mad that he was with the "little kids", and wanted to move up. I was proud that he would rather be challenged then get an easy first place. However, the coach wanted him where he was, so thats where he stayed.
Last night was the Dive Championship. Talk about a LONG night. It started at 5:45 with warm ups and ended about 9:15. Luckily it was a NICE night. It was 100 with a nice breeze and we were in the shade the whole time! MUCH better than last years championship.
This year they did all the age groups together, so it was fun watching the older advanced kids dive. Aubrie was dying to get on the board, and told me she wanted to dive next year. That would mean and hour and a half of practice (combined) Monday through Thursday, and 3 hours worth of dive meets! Hmmmm.
Ethan ended up getting second. He botched his back flip, and some kid we haven't seen before showed up and beat him. Boston got second, also. There was only a tenth of a point between him and his friend. He knew that, and was excited but also a little bummed that he didn't do a harder dive to take first. He was almost hitting his head on the board at his practice the day before, and so his coach had him do a reverse instead of an inward. Regardless, his dives were AWESOME! So was Ethan's front flip. Hearing the "Wows" in the audience was enough for them!:) And seeing them improve was awesome. It was a great dive season for me, because there were NO accidents! Every year I ask myself, "Why do I let them do this sport, again?" Oh, because they love it!
Boston's 1& 1/2
Ethan's back tuck
Ethan's 3 step to a front tuck
Boston's straight back flip
This Dive season has been a fun one. I actually have enjoyed having practice every day, instead of twice a week. It was great for getting us up and going for the day, and the boys could work on their skills daily and socialize with their friends there. I also had Sophia do swim lessons while they practiced. She was doing so well, they had to change her age in the system so they could bump her up to level 2! Thanks to an amazing swim teacher years prior! The boys had seven meets and were able to attend five of them. The last three Boston received second. He kept closing the gap more and more each time between him and his friend from gymnastics. Ethan was getting first every time. He was way above the kids in his division, but not competitive enough to compete in Bostons. He was mad that he was with the "little kids", and wanted to move up. I was proud that he would rather be challenged then get an easy first place. However, the coach wanted him where he was, so thats where he stayed.
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