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To stop swimming lessons?

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CocoBean22 · 28/02/2025 22:47

DS almost 8 years has been doing swim lessons from toddler stage and is now at 78% of Stage 4.
He can swim confidently and has learnt lots. If he was to fall in the pool or sea I feel he could get himself to safety.
He's lost interest and enthusiasm in going to his swim lessons every week, he loves swimming in holiday all day every day with us as a family, swimming at home for fun in pools but has no interest in lessons anymore.
I think the thing that hasn't helped is they are assessed and moved up a certain percentage each lesson and he hasn't moved up much lately, the early stages he would go each lesson from 20% to 30% or more now it's more like 75%, 76%, 77% each week if that, some weeks he doesn't even move up as the instructor isn't assessing the children each week.
He's most interest.

He has also taken on two more extra sessions a week (totalling 3) of martial arts training which he LOVES so I think by the time swim lessons come around he's tired from school and then has training 3 times a week with MA.

So my question is.....

Is it ok/reasonable to stop swim lessons at this point?

Or Would you keep going regardless?

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SlaveToAGoldenRetriever · 28/02/2025 22:52

YANBU whatsoever - he’s a competent swimmer and is able to keep himself safe in the water, that’s all you need! DD stopped her lessons at that stage too. No point in continuing something he doesn’t enjoy.

NuffSaidSam · 28/02/2025 22:49

He can swim. Job done.

He can always pick them up again later if he shows interest.