Conditioning your newborn is one of the best ways to prepare them for swimming lessons, water familiarisation and submersions. Here are some handy tips to consider prior to conditioning and exactly how to carry it out. Tips for Newborn Swimming Now you and your baby are ready to start the […]
Managing Different Abilities Within A Swim Lesson
Swimming teaching is a fun and rewarding experience. Unfortunately sometimes it can also be an overwhelming experience if instructors have a multitude of different levels in their class. It is recommended that swimmers are grouped homogeneously for swimmer and instructor ease. Infants should be grouped within the growth and development […]
Water Safety in Swimming Lessons – Learn More
Developing Water Safety SkillsDeveloping water safety skills and providing water safety education should underpin all formal swimming lessons for kids, within their learn to swim programs. Many water safety components will be taught during the development of foundation swimming skills as we work towards teaching the competitive strokes. For example, […]
Learn2Swim Week: Day 4 – Exploration and Water Safety
Swimming Lessons, Exploration and Water Safety Most young children love to experiment and explore their surroundings. It plays a huge part in their development and the way they learn about the world around them. This love of experimentation and exploration certainly follows them into each new environment they encounter. Therefore, […]
Water Safety and the Swimming Lesson
I am a strong advocate of ensuring that all children learn to swim, and educating them about safety in and around the water. Therefore, Water Safety is the utmost important part of planning and delivering a swimming lesson. It is important that swimming instructors ensure the safety of the students in their […]