To not want my child to be taught to spit in the swimming pool?

[Sugarfreeriot]

My dd has recently been swimming a lot with her grandparents but they seem to have taught her to hold the pool water in her mouth and spit it out. Is this some sort of teaching technique I haven't heard of? I don't see any other children doing this?
She's only 2 and is now spitting her drinking water out all over the ace because she thinks it's really funny!
AIBU to think it's just a bit wrong to teach a toddler to not only drink swimming pool water but to spit it back out into the pool? It just seems SO strange to me...why why why?!
Dd was already a handful enough to take swimming and now she's spitting water out everywhere! Should I perhaps ask politely to stop this with dd?

My DD has swimming lessons. They don't seem to include spitting pool water.

I'd rather my DD (2) could spit pool water out than what she does at the moment- which is forget to keep her mouth shut, take in water and cough/splutter/retch and then cry!

I'm a swimming teacher. I can assure you, that isn't what we would advise. Blow bubbles under the water.
The only possible thing I can think is they might be saying - IF you get a mouthful of water by accident, don't swallow it, spit it out. >clutches straws

My dad taught dd to blow bubbles on the top of the water in the swimming pool - she now does it in the bath but also in her drink of water at the table, stating proudly "Grandpa bubbles!"

Thanks dad

My dd closes her mouth under water though, we taught her this. I've seen her grandfather do it before, he sucks up a load of water and spits it in the air like it's great fun (maybe it is) but surely if everyone started spitting water around the pool it'd be pretty nasty water...

Yes, I remember being taught to blow bubbles, we had these little disks we'd have to swim along and blow into the water to get them to turn. We've taught her to blow bubbles (previous swim lessons) but the spitting...

I would encourage no to let the water in in the first place, other people's skin flakes and wee in mouth is gross. If in, she must spit it out somehow.

I personally always banned the spitting, it really encourages taking the gunk in in the first place because toddles do find spitting funny. Absolutely ask them to stop it. Remind them what many people do in pools (anything she takes in will have been spat out by others for starters).

*Shudder
This is why I don't use public swimming pools.

IME toddler's don't need teaching to do that, it just comes naturally to many/most. Mine used to do it in the bath

Skin flakes...ewwwww. God knows what else . Just checking I'm not being irrational before I mention it

I can't bring myself to get in a public pool (even on holiday). All those skin flakes, the wee and spitting make me feel ill. I worked in a leisure centre while I was Uni and had to backwash the filters for the pool. The body fat deposits were disgusting .

I'm glad you posted this. I have a 4yo DD who has never been tempted to spit (sheer luck, I know). She's not very keen on swimming and I have been trying to encourage her to blow bubbles in the water. This summer DH taught her to spit in the pool as apparently that is the way to learn to swim. It never helped with swimming but now she spits!

spitting is the least of your worries in a public pool isn't it? So many people pee in there, plus unwashed arses and so on.

Nope, best just avoided all together.

Surely that's what the filters are for Halo. If the gunk's in the filter's it's not in the pool.

Mine is was a really early free swimmer. She was always banned from spitting, I don't see how it would help. Sticking head under and bubbles are a good start.

I have taken DS to swimming classes since he was 10 weeks old (now 18mo). They are encouraged to spurt water to stop them swallowing the pool water. We had to take a mouthful and spurt over their heads. Was always my least favourite part of the lesson, but can see what they do it; would rather he instinctively spurts pool water than swallow it.

To clarify- my DD is also being taught to blow bubbles, but when she's having fun she laughs and opens her mouth. When that happens I'd rather she could spit the water out!