Day 73: Special Olympics

Another challenging practice today.  7 people in one lane, with varied abilities, make it difficult to do more than just keep them moving.  I like to provide instruction and encouragement, but sometimes all I can do is just make sure everyone is swimming the strokes they need to work on for the Olympics coming up in two weeks.  We pushed them fairly hard again today.  I love to see them breathing hard at the end of a set.  It shows they're putting a lot of effort into practice, which pays off in many ways.  Overall, I work with some great kids/people, and many non "special" people could learn from their enthusiasm and work ethic.