Swim Schools should have an adequate ‘Learn to Swim’ program, which includes all the elements to start swimming lessons. However, it may be worthwhile to look at ways to improve and extend these programs, and to offer an ‘Introducing Adult Swimming Lessons’ option. If you own a Swim School, it may be worthwhile to start […]
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Teaching An Infant Swimming – Teaching Tips
Teaching an infant swimming skills and many other age groups requires certain basic principles. These include; water familiarisation, breath control, submersion, free-floating, prolusion and breathing. It is important that these learn to swim principles are followed meticulously to maximise results. Trying to force or hurry the learn-to-swim process will result in poor swimming skills.When can […]
The Benefits of a Deck Supervisor at Your Swim School
What’s all this talk about deck supervisors? Do we really need one? “That’s just going to cost us extra money that’s not in the budget.” This may be the typical response of a Swim School Manager when asked about employing a Pool Deck Supervisor. Here, we tell you about the benefits about having a pool […]
Children’s Swimming Lessons & an Increased Class Size
The start of Summer always sees swim school numbers grow and an increased class size. This usually means that the student numbers need to increase to accommodate for the influx of new or returning swimmers. This increase will certainly change the dynamics of your class. In addition, it will make your job more challenging to […]
10 Skills To Perfect For Squad Swimming
Once swimmers have learned all four strokes and are competent and confident in their swimming abilities, it’s time for them to move into the squad program. For the purpose of this blog, it is assumed that swimmers are proficient in all four swimming strokes. Squad swimmers should be training multiple times per week, with the goal […]