I'm ready for deep water...but my coach is slowing me down!

Hi everyone....I just watched Coach Jeff's deep water series on Youtube and that was perfect for me. I started swimming again in October and I'm absolutely hooked. I'm swimming three days a week, and if I miss a session, I feel off.

I am competent with front crawl and breaststroke, modified backstroke and floating, and my next goal is to tackle my uncomfortability in deep water!

Here's my dilemma: My private swim coach is holding me back!

I met her at the pool where I swim and was very clear with her about what I wanted to learn, which included learning to swim in deep water. Our pool is a shallow water pool. Before we started lessons, she agreed to come with me to a deep water pool at some point. Now I feel ready! I actually feel compelled and excited to go into the deep water! It's calling me! But she is holding me back. She's not following my lead with this. I don't want to quit lessons with her...I like her, (and I still want her to teach me flip turns and butterfly lol)....but I'm feeling more ready than ever and I have no one to go to the pool with me. I'm considering going by myself, but coach Jeff says always have someone there. UGH!!

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