I often hear from swim school operators who have difficulty building staff morale and fitting in staff training. Well guess what? Team work doesn’t have to be a chore. It doesn’t have to be a big event and it doesn’t have to take weeks of planning. Within your swim school, […]
Swimming Lessons and Back Floating
There has been a lot of social media hype around ISR (Infant Survival Resources). At World Wide Swim School, people always ask for our point of view on this technique, particularly its validity for water safety and drowning prevention. Our position is clear. Swimming lessons that allow babies and children […]
Preparing Baby For Submersion in the Shower
Conditioning with cups in the bath is not always possible. Some houses do not have a bath. Often when families go away on holidays, they only have access to a shower. In this video we see Evie at 4 months on holidays with her family. Evie is practicing her swimming […]
Swimming History in Australia – Learn More
Australia has a rich history in swimming. Swimming is Australia’s most outstanding Olympic sport, with 58 swimming gold medals out of our 135 gold medal count. For example, Australia was first represented at the Paris Olympics in 1900 by Frederic Lane who won two individual gold medals. Women’s events were […]
Water Safety Professional Development for AUSTSWIM
Laurie Lawrence brought his granddaughters Evie (6) and Harper (2.5) to Melbourne on Saturday to demonstrate vital swimming and water safety techniques to more than 100 AUSTSWIM teachers. The swimming teachers were able to observe learn to swim teaching progressions for babies and toddlers. Harper displayed her ability to independently […]