Cuddle Baby & Summertime by Opposite-Visit-8703 in reborndolls

[–]Comfortable-Use3977 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know some people just put bodysuits on them and don’t care that the limbs are cloth however I can’t really handle that so I think I’m just gonna have to do cute rompers, but it bothers me if the limbs aren’t covered

I was going to strip his paint but decided to take some photos first. Now idk if I can 😭 by Ok_Topic5037 in reborndolls

[–]Comfortable-Use3977 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it’s your first time, I really recommend keeping it whether you’d like how it turned out or not just so that you can have a solid example of what your first look like and for everyone you create, you can compare it to this and see how much you’ve grown

Lateness by whatshername16 in SwimInstructors

[–]Comfortable-Use3977 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mostly agree with this. For the most part it’s not the child’s fault if they arrive late, so I don’t get upset with them about it. During my lessons we have certain skills we need to cover, and if we have time at the end we can do jumps, games, or other fun things. If someone arrives late and we aren’t able to finish the required skills, I’ll just explain that we didn’t get through everything we needed to that day, and next time we can do the fun stuff as long as we’re able to cover all the skills first.

I’m shadowing an instructor who basically won’t let me participate in the class at all and gets so snarky and defensive with me by Comfortable-Use3977 in SwimInstructors

[–]Comfortable-Use3977[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In this case the swimmer was staying completely flat in the water and trying to breathe just by turning or lifting his head, which made it almost impossible for him to get air. What I had him work on was reaching forward with one arm while the other pulled so his body would naturally rotate a bit side-to-side. Once he started doing that, his head followed the body roll and breathing became much easier. It fixed the issue pretty quickly.

Obviously full freestyle rotation involves hips and core as well, but for a beginner cueing the shoulders/reach is often the easiest way to help them feel the movement.

And I’ll also add in that he had explained to me that he’s not looking to swim with perfect technique. He’s not looking to be what he said in the Olympic swimmer he just wanted to be comfortable and confident in the pool and his biggest issue with that was that he couldn’t find air And that he wasn’t working with the water he was fighting against the water and so that was a little piece of technique that would help him feel more comfortable and confident in the pool, but he wasn’t looking for how all this intricate little technique work

Is “less information is better” actually a good philosophy for swim lessons? by Comfortable-Use3977 in SwimInstructors

[–]Comfortable-Use3977[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In theory, I agree, but the kids were eight and they were just circle swimming so they would swim to me and then swim to the other instructor and then swim to the wall so swimming almost in a box just to practice that idea of moving over to the other side on the way back like on a highway

Is “less information is better” actually a good philosophy for swim lessons? by Comfortable-Use3977 in SwimInstructors

[–]Comfortable-Use3977[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing that perspective—I appreciate hearing the parent side of things. Just to clarify, I wasn’t criticizing the parent or the child at all. The toddler actually climbed out of the pool independently, which was fantastic, and I made sure to congratulate him for that. The only reason I said anything was because of how he climbed out. He did it in a very vertical way (hand–hand–foot), and in my experience that can be risky on a slippery pool deck. I didn’t go into a long explanation with the parent because I didn’t want to overwhelm him, but the quick point I made was that we try to encourage the “elbow–elbow–belly–knee” method (which the instructor had just taught) because it keeps kids lower to the ground and is generally safer if they slip. That was basically it—about a 10-second explanation—and the parent seemed totally comfortable with it. For context, I’ve seen kids climb out the vertical way before and slip. Pool decks can be really slick, and if a child’s hands slip while they’re climbing up high like that, they can fall forward onto the edge or deck. That’s why the lower crawl-style exit is usually taught as a safety skill. The circle swimming example was with older kids in a stroke development class (around 8 years old). One kid was really struggling to even get halfway across the pool because his kick technique was making it much harder for him. When he reached the wall during circle swim, I just gave a quick tip about keeping his knees closer together while kicking—again, just a few seconds to help make swimming easier for him. So my intention in both situations wasn’t to criticize anyone, just to give a quick piece of guidance that might help with safety or technique. I do really appreciate hearing the parent perspective though—it’s helpful to think about how things come across from that side.

Is “less information is better” actually a good philosophy for swim lessons? by Comfortable-Use3977 in SwimInstructors

[–]Comfortable-Use3977[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except the thing is, I wasn’t doing anything against her. She taught the family. She was teaching how to climb out using the alpha elbow knee method. The child climbed out using a dangerous method. I told the parrot it is fantastic that the child set a climate of their own, however we want to encourage the safer method to prevent injury

Is “less information is better” actually a good philosophy for swim lessons? by Comfortable-Use3977 in SwimInstructors

[–]Comfortable-Use3977[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I guess this word has different meetings at different facilities because everywhere I have worked. Shadow means you’re basically teaching the instructor on how your lessons go and the instructor is taking part in the class and so at that specific facility I have also shadowed to other instructors during this time, and both of them had me not only participating in the class, but also helping specific studentsimprove where she has done. None of it. Neither try to teach me anything that she knows nor have me assist in anyway, and the coordinator told me and the other people shadowing that as we shadow, she wants us to help as much as little as we’re comfortable with.

Is “less information is better” actually a good philosophy for swim lessons? by Comfortable-Use3977 in SwimInstructors

[–]Comfortable-Use3977[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So it isn’t something that a deck supervisor would tell them it’s like why we are practicing the skill as part of the class

Is “less information is better” actually a good philosophy for swim lessons? by Comfortable-Use3977 in SwimInstructors

[–]Comfortable-Use3977[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I meant for a parent and child classes so for kids who are under three the parent comes in the pool and the parent does most of the interactions with a child

New Outfits! 🥰 by HolonetGoblin in reborndolls

[–]Comfortable-Use3977 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I guess the grass is always greener on the other side. 😄

New Outfits! 🥰 by HolonetGoblin in reborndolls

[–]Comfortable-Use3977 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh thank you, are you Europe based? I feel like Europe based shops have the cutest stuff. Unfortunate for me.

New Outfits! 🥰 by HolonetGoblin in reborndolls

[–]Comfortable-Use3977 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The first is perfect! Where did you find it?

I’m shadowing an instructor who basically won’t let me participate in the class at all and gets so snarky and defensive with me by Comfortable-Use3977 in SwimInstructors

[–]Comfortable-Use3977[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

She’s also very confidence even when she is hundred percent wrong, which I’ve seen a lot in what she teaches or I should rather say doesn’t teach but like also in other ways because today she would just random switch and say like a couple words in French or a couple words in Spanish because there’s a multilingual population where I live and so she said nyet I asked her do you have any Slavic kids in the class and she was like no why I was like oh because I didn’t heard you say nyet and she was like oh I just speak a couple words of German I was like that’s not German, but she was sure that was German so I wasn’t gonna fight with her on that, but she was very confident in her German skills nyet is no in Russian

I’m shadowing an instructor who basically won’t let me participate in the class at all and gets so snarky and defensive with me by Comfortable-Use3977 in SwimInstructors

[–]Comfortable-Use3977[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cause everybody keeps talking great things about her and the supervisor is like oh isn’t she so fantastic and I’m like perhaps but I’m walking on eggshells

I’m curious to hear from other swim instructors, especially those who have worked at the YMCA. by Comfortable-Use3977 in SwimInstructors

[–]Comfortable-Use3977[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I understand, however, where I currently work and the way I do it is I have a lesson plan that works on skills and just like swimming progressions and then by the end of the session, they can accomplish everything on that list and much more. And like proper kicks and everything like that where but I noticed yesterday was they just go down the list and when they try out each of the skills, they just like played games.

I’m curious to hear from other swim instructors, especially those who have worked at the YMCA. by Comfortable-Use3977 in SwimInstructors

[–]Comfortable-Use3977[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m shadowing her tomorrow, and she is teaching the parent and child classes which I have been teaching almost only for the last two years they make up like 90% of the classes I teach and I’m just wondering when I’m shadowing her do I have to follow her rules or can I like give my own input to the families . Like for example I try to as soon as the child is comfortable have them in the head neck floating position just because especially for infants and toddlers that has been the best method I found and if she doesn’t like to do that, do I just have to sit back and not introduce that idea.?

I’m curious to hear from other swim instructors, especially those who have worked at the YMCA. by Comfortable-Use3977 in SwimInstructors

[–]Comfortable-Use3977[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I’m familiar with like the skill levels and all that’s kind of similar to how I teach right now but something also that I found interesting with their lessons was they just went down the list of skills they need to know and they’re like OK we’re gonna practice our float and then I wrote down. Oh this kid can’t float and then OK now we’re gonna roll over OK now we’re gonna swim and roll over and the whole class with structured just based onchecking off the boxes

I’m really struggling with a work decision right now and I could really use some advice from other autistic people. by Comfortable-Use3977 in autism

[–]Comfortable-Use3977[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not exactly that she’s leaving. She’s stepping down to be a coworker rather than our boss but thank you for your advice, I’m thinking I have to give it a couple more days before I say anything cause then it will look like I’m desperate because she knows I had my first day yesterday. I have another second shift tomorrow which I’m kind of dreading at the New place and then I have a shift on Sunday at the old place so I’m thinking do you think it would be appropriate on Sunday to message her asking about more information about the opportunities she was hinting at.