Swim Team Page #3

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Sometimes, I yell

around the whole house.

Sometimes, I feel frustrated.

-Yeah.

-Some day when you're not home.

Yeah?

That's why I got it

out of my system.

When I feel angry,

I just don't feel...

I don't like stuff.

I don't like...

Or maybe want to shout, yelling

around when I feel pissed off

when I'm yelling around

the whole house.

That's how they make me crazy.

If you remind him to wash

his hands, he gets mad.

If you remind him,

"It's time to go to bed,"

he gets mad.

If you remind him, say,"

the bus, school bus, is here."

And he just say,

"You don't tell me what to do!"

Like this, over here, okay.

You got to see right here.

There's a hole behind it.

And the holes behind this

and that and this.

He's got a really powerful arm

and a big strength,

and that's one of the holes

that he make.

And see this?

This, like,

very solid, solid wood,

and he just kicked the door

and these holes,

and like this, a punch.

This is a kick, and it's broken.

I don't really have a strategy.

Sometimes, we just try

to scare him, say,

"Kelvin, we're going to

call the policeman.

If we call 911, and police found

you hurt us, hurt anybody,

you're going to be in jail.

You cannot come back home."

And Kelvin likes...

He likes the policemen,

but he also understand,

you know, that jail life

is not that pleasant.

So he will say,

"Please, don't call police."

He say, "No. Don't call police."

Kelvin was

typical-developed baby.

I still remember Grandpa

hold his little, tiny hand

and walk up the stairs,

and he was counting.

He was learning counting

in Chinese with Grandpa.

After he turns 2,

the world changed.

He lost his vocabulary.

He didn't talk.

He needs to pull me

and scream and cry,

and I couldn't understand him,

what his needs.

And when he frustrated,

he'd bump his head on the wall.

I didn't know

what happened, and...

We went to different doctors.

We've tried different

kinds of medicines

and different combination

of the medicine,

different dosage

of the medicine.

The medication has no impact.

We seen his reduction of tics

and anger through swimming.

All right. Here we go!

Here we go! Let's go! Let's go!

Let's go! Let's go!

You guys practicing for

second place or first place?

-First!

-All right. Let's go.

Here we go.

Swimmers on your mark.

-Go!

-Now it's crunch time.

We got Areas next week,

so that's our first swim meet

is on the 23rd,

so Sunday, so everybody

has got to come next week.

We got a couple kids that are

going to be missing today,

so everybody has got

to be onboard next week

because it's crunch time.

No, I'm not competitive,

but I am.

Kelvin, let's go!

Matthew, let's go!

I am.

All right. Turn around.

Turn around. Listen. Listen.

I said, "Swimmers on your mark."

When the gun goes off, bang,

you got to jump out.

You got to jump out.

Lock that hand like this.

Show me.

Show me your hands locked.

You got to tuck.

You got to jump out.

You don't jump down.

We're jumping out.

Look out. Don't look down.

-Look out!

-Look out!

Here we go!

These are the swim pants

everyone is getting.

Hey!

-Hammerheads!

-Cool!

-All right? Cool?

-Yeah.

You cannot wear

this for practice.

All right? You got it?

-Got it.

-Jersey Hammerheads. Yes?

No practice. You can't wear

that for practice.

You cannot wear that

for practice.

But you can bring the bag, okay?

-Sure.

-You can bring the bag.

-That's like a schoolbag.

-Well, yeah.

It's something like...

But it's a swim bag.

It's like a backpack.

You're right. All right?

So now I'm going to start

giving them out, okay?

I want you to take

care of these.

-Okay.

-And do not lose it?

Don't lose it.

The goals are to get

these kids in the water,

let the parents know that

these kids can do something.

I mean, the kids are going

to have a good time

whether they're good,

they're bad,

they come in first,

they come in last.

It's the parents seeing that

their kids can do something

and socializing with other kids

that are special needs.

That's a big thing for us,

because a lot of these kids

don't have friends.

They're all isolated at home.

-What?

-Jersey Hammers.

Jersey Hammers?

One, zero...

-Nine!

-See? Awesome.

-Yeah. That was fun.

-Zane, good job.

Hey, man. High five.

Good job.

These are for you.

Nice, right?

Think about swimming.

You're ticing.

You keep ticing.

What are you thinking about?

Think about swimming.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Kelvin, take your shirt off.

So has been 10 years.

We cannot go to a restaurant, to

the stores, to the public area.

He didn't want to go with us.

Do this. Okay?

Can I see that one more time

what you're doing?

We really want him

to enjoy the swim team.

We parents can get together.

We can share our experience

and laugh and cry together.

Meeting these other moms has

been a learning lesson for me,

and it has taught me

that I am not alone.

Everybody okay? Smile.

Number one!

Now declare the 2014

Area Five Swim Meet Open!

All right. Let's smoke them.

All right?

Let's go with it. Are you ready?

Yeah.

But I almost kissed a guy.

No. That's okay.

I want you to swim fast.

All right?

Go!

Go!

Go!

Go. Go. Go. Go. Go.

Come on! Arms! Arms!

So many people don't give our

kids a chance to do anything.

To be in this arena,

and they're actually

competing with one another

and actually accomplishing

something that they couldn't do,

swim 25 meters, swim 50 meters,

swim 100, 200 meters.

This is what our kids are doing.

-Way to go! Yay!

-Thank you, I just won the race.

Yes!

Let's go. Let's go. Let's go.

Let's go. Let's go.

Give me some.

Give me some.

All right. Let's go.

Hey, listen. Come here, guys.

-Listen, listen.

-Brad Pitt.

-Listen.

-Kelvin, you're first.

-Yep.

-Hayden, you're second.

Michael, you're third.

Robert, you're going to

bring it home. You're first.

You got to turn it

loose now, okay?

Not give up.

As fast as you can go.

Don't give up.

-Don't give up.

-Try not to give up.

No. I want you

to swim fast now, fast.

-Yeah.

-When you get down there,

flip and come back hard

to me, okay?

All right. Let's go.

-On your marks.

-Let's go now. Let's go now.

-All right?

-Ready?

Everybody, let's go.

Right. Hey.

Here you go.

-Take your marks.

-Go, go, go!

Go.

Go, go, go, go,

go, go, go, go, go!

Pull, Kelvin! Pull!

Come on! Pull!

Pull!

Go, go, go, go, go!

Let's go, Hayden!

Go, Hayden!

All right, Mike!

Go as fast as you can go.

Go, go, go, go.

You got it. You got it!

Come on, up and down!

Pull! Yeah, pull!

Move!

Come on, Mike! Swim!

You got to pull! Pull! Go! Go!

Go!

Stroke, stroke!

Come on, Robbie! Go!

Come on, Rob! Pull!

Come on, Robert!

All right. That way. That way.

Switching time. Come on, Rob.

Come on, Rob.

Put your hands up here.

Hammerheads on three.

One, two, three.

Hammerheads!

Good job. Good job.

Good job.

-What was your time?

-Good job.

Go over and get your medal.

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