Stuck in a rut? A very simple solution.

I have been taking my daughter swimming every week for over 4 years now. She loves the water and loves spending time with me playing in the pool. She can do her various styles of “swimming” but nothing that relates to lengths or widths. I have been struggling to get her to do more.

She tried one swimming lesson, but she didn’t like the fact that her brother was playing at the other end of the pool with me. Rachel, her teacher, was great but Daisy does have a tendency to believe that she can do everything herself (not sure where she gets that from).

Last week, as Daisy was doing her various self- taught variations, she bumped into Rachel. We said hi, Rachel was complimentary about what Daisy was doing, and then gave the most simple advice:

“Get her in the big pool.”

I was kicking myself for such an obvious solution. All the time, I have been waiting for Daisy to swim before going into the big pool, when she in fact was being constrained by the environment. 

So, if you are stuck in a rut, changing the environment that you are training in may help put a different perspective on things.

Or, seek out an expert in that area, who can save you hours of frustration through their experience

We promptly went to the big pool where Daisy jumped in and swam a width.