VIDBE-Q 2025 Volume 70 Issue 4
Control (Clemens et al, 2024) recommends hiring diverse aquatic staff who look like
the communities they serve, and adapting aquatic programs to meet specific
community needs to decrease barriers to learning to swim. Swimming classes are
included every year at Camp so student athletes can learn this important and
potentially life-saving skill, assisted by Navajo coaches. Swimming lessons take place
in both swimming pools and natural lakes.
Figure 3
Campers Swimming in Lake Powell
When at Lake Powell, water sports are included, such as kayaking and stand-up
paddle boarding. These are sports young people can engage in with their families "out
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