Unusually last night I found myself back in our Tuesday night pool. This is now a very rare occurrence as I am mostly in Bristol during the week so it was a real buzz to be there and I love the fact that I can just go down and join in with the team.
I haven't made it to a Tuesday night for ages so although I knew most of the faces it was a bit like a brand new experience. Things were busy and there was a very positive vibe in the air. As it transpired I took an Open Water session 4. Great fun always because it involved hovering and I really love getting this right. My two students for the night were Peter and Sarah. I am glad we are teaching such great people too. Having not met before both were friendly, engaging and keen to learn despite Sarah's touch of nerves.
For the no mask swim I always get this going as a buddy exercise such that the buddy with the mask leads the one without as they swim. Peter was really confident and swam his allotted 15 metres with eyes wide open making it look like a walk in the park. Sarah needed the reassurance of Peter's hand on her arm but I confess she remained superbly calm and looked impressive.
When it came to the hover both executed great initial efforts hitting the learning objective first time. I love when that happens because it gives plenty of time for practice and play. I got both to practice descending from the surface to achieve a hover a metre under. Whenever we do this the hover at the bottom improves and it is a real advantage of using the deep pool. Once they were playing I left them in the capable hands of Graham and had a swim around.
The pool was full, two other groups on Open Water courses, several plays and practices and one of our new Independent Instructors with a dry suit orientation.
The quiet beer afterwards was most welcome.
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