Laurie Lawrence & the team at World Wide Swim School are excited to announce the launch of our newest product for swim schools, Emergency Risk Ready Training (ERR). WWSS are advocates for safety in and around water. Therefore, Laurie & World Wide Swim School believe it is important to ensure swim school staff, especially Swim Teachers, […]
Swimming & Summer Fun – How to Stay Swim Safe in Summer
The weather is warming up here in Australia and as a result, families are looking to cool off. Whether it’s the beach, backyard pool or other favourite water ways to go swimming for some summer fun. Children are also looking to cool off and they are drawn to any water they can find. This is a scary […]
Building skills for swimming success
There is no doubt that to be successful in swimming, and for building skills for swimming success, you need to work hard. Champions like Thorpe, Phelps and Rice didn’t get to stand on the gold medal dais at the Olympic Games by chance. They practiced and practiced and practiced. And when they finished practicing, they […]
Laurie Lawrence on Channel 7 for Learn2Swim Week
Laurie Lawrence was featured on The Daily Edition discussing 2018 Learn2Swim Week, which starts 2 October. Laurie Lawrence was featured on The Daily Edition discussing 2018 Learn2Swim Week, which starts 2 October. Since 2000 after the launch of the Kids Alive Program, the drowning rate dropped from 63 to 18. However, Laurie says “It’s not […]
A Great Swimming Teacher Engages Their Pupils
We have long been aware that swimming is a fantastic sport. This is because of health benefits, particularly the cardiovascular system. However, recent international studies on movement education, and a longitudinal study on early years swimming by professor Robyn Jorgenson in Australia, shows that swimming has many more benefits. In professor Jorgenson’s study, she concludes […]