Many people find butterfly one of the hardest strokes to master in their swimming. Butterfly can be an easy stroke to swim if instructors and swimmers take their time and use a building block approach to learning – that is don’t move onto harder skills and drills until previous ones have been learned and mastered. Below […]
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The Importance of Conditioning
Getting our little ones ready for lessons and ensuring that they are ready for their first submersion is imperative. This is something that you can be working on at home prior to even going to the pool. Conditioning is a method of pouring water over the face using a plastic cup and using verbal trigger […]
Teaching Swimming Without A Ledge
Swimming is such an important skills for all ages. Young infants to older adults can all benefit from swimming lessons. Some pools have the luxury of having a teaching ledge built in to assist with lessons but many don’t have access to a teaching ledge. Instructors will need to think outside the box to create […]
Keep Clients Swimming Through Winter
As a business operator, retention of clients is important to the success of your business. One of the hurdles than many swim school operators face each year is the “drop-off through winter”. We can say it’s inevitable, leave it at that and continue to do what we have always done. With that we will continue to […]
Using Mats During a Swim Lesson – Teaching Skills
Using equipment, such as mats, during a swim lesson, can be a rewarding and interesting part of your lesson. It’s important that all equipment used in your lesson has a swimming related purpose. You may have the world’s cutest toys but if you’re not using them to further your swimmer’s skills, you are wasting your […]