Had my second swim 'lesson' last night. The instructor came better prepared and had some drills for us. One more person joined us and he is in the exact same boat as me - knows 'how' to swim but needs stroke improvment for doing his first sprint tri in May. Funny! So she had my H, me and this new guy doing the same stuff and then she worked one on one with the other woman who is more beginner.

We did a bunch of drills - one was a side kick one where you do it on one side for 8 kicks, flip over, the other side for 8 kicks and then repeat for a lap. Then do repeat for 6 kicks and then for 4. I had real trouble with the 8 because I could not keep the water out of my sinuses but 6 and 4 went well. She also had me work on keeping my head down and a few other drills. In 30 minutes, we actually got in a good workout which is good since we had to leave immediately after that and couldn't swim on our own today. Unfortunately, she's not real experienced, so isn't very good at answering our questions or helping with specific things. I'm glad we didn't pay very much for these lessons - I guess you get what you pay for, huh?

I also discovered that I am about 2 weeks out from needing to start wearing a swim cap. My hair is *almost* long enough to get caught in my goggles and it's annoying.

Speaking of which - does a swim cap help keep water out of the ears at all?