I Heart Michael Phelps

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I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed watching the Olympic swimming this past week.  I’m blessed with a husband who also enjoys watching swimming, so we watched together with baited breath, and constantly rewinded to see different techniques that we saw.  I have to admit I’ve developed a swimmer’s crush on Michael Phelps.  Not only is he an amazing swimmer, but he has a great laid back personality with a ton of humility and sportsmanship.  It’s already evident that he has brought the sport of swimming to new levels of respect.  Non-swimmers watched him avidly, and swim teams across the nation are seeing an influx of interest.  I even found renewed interest in myself to get back into swimming and hone my technique. 

I enjoyed watching all of the US team, and especially liked Natalie Couglin as well.  I’m sad that there is no more swimming to be seen (probably for another 4 years unfortunately), but I do look forward to catching the open water swim highlights on TV. 

I signed Little Miss up for swim lessons this week.  She has been what I call “God’s practical joke” when it comes to swimming, as it is my favorite sport in which I taught swim lessons for 7 years and coached for 3 years, but my toughest pupil yet is in my own daughter.  She is “cautious” (i.e. wimpy) in the water, and I’ve spent countless hours working with her, but I’m to the point where I’m sick of dealing with her extreme caution, and I think that some peer involvment would help her get over her issues. 

Anyway, congratulations to Michael Phelps, whom I call Phelpsy in our household.  I’m so proud of him, and look forward to seeing what he will continue to do in growing US Swimming.