Adaptive Swim Club Week 2 (2hrs)

This was the week second of Adaptive Swimming. This Saturday, I parked behind the building, but nobody was there yet. Few minutes later, other people started arriving, but the front door was locked for some reason. We got in through the back door that was open already for us. I forgot to mention we also had other volunteers from Ohio State University belonging to Physical Therapy Majors. As soon as they came in, we started gathering the equipment for the team level 1. This time I was going to get into water. The first team usually has 45 minutes to work with. All of the individuals have different disabilities. At the beginning, it's hard to get them into the water, so they need some demonstrations to fulfill the purpose. It is not recommended to take them into the water if they resist.  In that case, we have to demonstrate our self getting into the water repeatedly or we have to demonstrate some toys getting into water. When you get them into the water, we are supposed to get them to make bubbles and make efforts for swimming. After this 45 minutes session, the instructor takes over and take all of the individuals to the other pool. In that session, we are just supposed to watch and be around them, if they need help with anything. After this, we start moving to the next session of the practice of Adaptive Swimmers. The very first individual from the team was Mark to arrive. I was told by Ray to help him with the practice. He was preparing for his upcoming swimming competition, so we were tracking his sprint timing. After all of the activities, Meghan, another volunteer, got me to sign a waiver and we put all of the equipment back to its place. Everyone said goodbyes and started leaving. Overall, it was great Saturday and staying in water for two hours was a blessing for my body.