To think this wasn’t appropriate?

[Hettyy]

Or am I over thinking?

My DD does to a swim school and today was their ‘fun swim’ as they don’t have a lesson for 3 weeks now for the holidays so was a different type of lesson. They just had all balls/toys etc in the pool and could just play, have fun. The instructor was doing hand stands in the pool and. And just picking up the children and sort of like holding them by them legs and then throwing them into the pool. One child he picked up and said you’re going to go flying and just sort of launched her in. These children are ages between 4-8. This is also stage 1/beginner children.

Did the child mind? If the child was happy it sounds fun!

Was there a lifeguard in attendance? Did any child get into difficulty? Not seem to be enjoying it?

I assume he knows them reasonably well and wouldn’t do this with the less confident children?

No wasn’t happy with it I don’t think. She wasn’t expecting it. her mum had to ask if she was ok.

I think one child has only been attending 2 or 3 sessions

Sounds like great water training. The instructor is getting them used to fun in the water so stop being a party pooper or even better, take your child swimming yourself rather than paying others to do it for you.

Surely this is a fun way to introduce water confidence. She should check the children are ok with it though.

Sure, put a complaint in and then get these fun lessons stopped so the kids just have regular rigid swimming lessons 🙄 it's all part of getting them used to being in the water, leave them to it

I don't see the problem. It seems a fun way to get kids more water confident. I have lovely memories of being chucked in a pool as a kid, picked up and thrown, seal dives on parents backs. I don't see an issue. As long as kids are safe, happy days.

Depends very much on whether the children enjoyed it.

Don’t take your child next time.

The thing is that while kids are taught to swim they also need to feel what it’s like to end up in the water accidentally so if they can have experience of their training kicking in. Falling overboard off a boat is a shock - a child that can swim can still drown if they take on water due to the shock. Having a shock of being thrown or pushed into the water means that they have experienced thaw shock feeling in a safe environment - but yes I think they could have warned the parents / kids still