7 year old can’t swim despite lots of lessons

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My 7 year old can’t swim. He can maybe do half a length but that’s it despite having had lots and lots of lessons including intensive swim courses and private lessons. I think he is actually getting worse at the moment because he’s only swimming once a week and his new instructor doesn’t seem to do much. I know some other children don’t swim too well at 7 but that’s but usually down to lack of experience or fear. I know 3 year old that swim much better than him. He’s also terrible at hand writing. Do you think it’s worth looking at dyspraxia or is it just one of those things?

No one else then?

Deffo worth looking into dyspraxia. Have school noticed anything? My son is only 5 and very similar. We have 1:1 swimming lessons and an OT to help xxx

School have mentioned the hand writing. It must be pretty bad as they give him a laptop sometimes. I can tell he’s not as athletic as his friends but he’s not clumsy. He is a bit sensory and has low level ADHD type issues.

There is a lot of dyslexia in our family too but his spelling is okay and he seems to be able to mentally process information fine too.

Might be worth getting him an assessment with a decent OT. Seems like there are enough things to warrant an assessment.

I wonder if there might be some hypermobility and hypotonia there too? It would mean that he gets fatigued very easily doing the average task (like getting dressed or writing etc) because his body is having to work harder to motor plan and execute movements. Might mean he suffers tiredness and joint pain too. But he might not communicate it to you because it's his norm. May come out in other ways like mood swings, irritability or perceived laziness.