Tacko Fall participates in a swim lesson at the Boys and Girls Club in Portland on Friday. Fall, the 7-foot-5 rookie center for the Maine Red Claws, never learned how to swim as a child in Senegal and is now trying to learn.
Tacko Fall and Tremont Waters, both of the Red Claws, swim with kids during a swimming lesson on Friday.
Swimming teacher Lillian LaRochelle tries to hold up Tacko Fall's head as she teaches him how to float on his back.
Swimming teacher Lillian LaRochelle tries to hold up Tacko Fall's head as she teaches him how to float on his back.
Kids from the Boys and Girls Club watch Tacko Fall after a swim lesson with him at the Boys and Girls Club in Portland.
Red Claws players Tacko Fall and Tremont Waters say goodbye to the kids after a swim lesson Friday. Fall and Waters joined 10 elementary students in the lesson.
Red Claws players Tacko Fall and Tremont Waters say goodbye to the kids after a swim lesson at the Boys and Girls Club in Portland on Friday, November 22, 2019. Fall never learned how to swim as a child in Senegal and is now trying to learn. (Staff Photo by Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer)
PORTLAND, ME - NOVEMBER 22: Tacko Fall plays Marco Polo with kids during a swim lesson at the Boys and Girls Club in Portland on Friday, November 22, 2019. Fall never learned how to swim as a child in Senegal and is now trying to learn. (Staff Photo by Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer)
Tacko Fall drew plenty of comments while taking part in a swim lesson with elementary kids on Friday, including one who said, "You're like a big, scary monster!"
A few students reach to high five Tacko Fall during a swim lesson on Friday.
Tacko Fall plays games with kids during a swim lesson with fellow player Tremont Waters on Friday.
Tacko Fall gets ready to play, "shark," with kids during a swim lesson along with fellow Red Claws player Tremont Waters.
Tacko Fall and Tremont Waters, right, use a kick board along with other students at a swim lesson on Friday.
Kids from the Boys and Girls Club say hello to Red Claws player Tacko Fall, who while sitting on the edge of the pool has to look up to them.
Fall poses for a photo with the swimming teacher Lillian LaRochelle after attending a swim lesson with LaRochelle and students at the Boys and Girls Club in Portland.
Fall dips his toe in the water before a swim lesson. Fall never learned how to swim as a kid growing up in in the Senegalese city of Dakar.
Fall talks with swim teacher Lillian LaRochelle before the lesson on Friday.
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