Instructor of the Week

This week's featured instructor is Polly Luong!  Polly is a returning instructor with Sugar Land Swim School.  In the fall, Polly will begin her freshman year at the University of Texas, having just graduated from Austin High School.  Whether Polly is teaching a Learn to Swim, Stroke Development, or Adult class, she is always very patient with her students.  She is very observant and helps her swimmers perfect their technique and form.  We are ever so thankful for Polly's quality efforts and interests in each of her lessons.  Well done, Polly!

Thunder and Lightening

Well, with this coming week's weather forecast, this is a great time to go over the importance of safety procedures at the pool during a thunder/lightening storm.  Thunder and lightning are particular pool dangers because you, the swimmer, have limited knowledge of the storm.  Even if you know exactly where the heart of a storm is, you have no way of knowing where lightning may strike.  In order to be as safe as possible amidst a storm with thunder and lightening, all individuals should completely exit the pool and stay back from the edge a safe distance (several feet or so).

Thunder is an audible indicator of the distance of lightening to your location.  Whenever you hear thunder, the louder the thunder, the closer the storm.  The more closely the thunder is followed by lightening, the closer the the storm.  In order to keep safety at a maximum during a storm, people should remain outside and away from the pool for 30 minutes from the last noted clap of thunder or flash of lightening.  Once 30 minutes have passed without thunder or lightening, the pool is safe for more fun and splashing!

Instructor of the Week

Summer is practically here!  Sugar Land Swim School has begun it's first session of classes for the summer.  Many of last year's instructors, and we are also very pleased to welcome some fantastic additions to the SLSS team this summer.  In fact, one of our new instructors, Amanda Beaver, is our instructor of the week!  Amanda just wrapped up her first year at A&M studying nutrition.  We applaud Amanda's hard work as an instructor; her positive attitude when dealing with swimmers, patience during lessons, and dedication to each class are very much appreciated.  Well done Amanda!