I think so. There are two different ways of teaching swimming, either through the Red Cross program, or by trying to get to the Olympic Games. I would like it to be tied more to swim clubs. Right now, these two teaching methods are really separate. Towns hire lifeguards to teach swimming. If your child wants to learn to swim competitively, he or she must join a swim club. I would really like it to be the same club. I have nothing against lifeguards and how they teach swimming, but they are only showing children what to do if they get into trouble in the water.
Children are in the water for half an hour or an hour, three or four times a week. Why not do more? There could be more children. If training were given at the same time as a lesson, I see what they are doing. What do we make the children do? They do the same thing for 30 minutes, going back and forth. I would like a group to look at that, everyone together. The swim club does everything: lessons and competitive swimming. I think there might be more children swimming competitively if that were the case.