Floating is the most important skill in the Learn to Swim process. Floating is the basis of all Learn to Swim skills and gives baby the opportunity to feel their own buoyancy. Once baby feels that fun floating sensation, and that feeling of weightlessness, they will become relaxed and at home in the water. Here, […]
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The Importance of Manipulation -Teaching Tips
When a child is learning to swim, more often than not, it will be a totally new experience. They will be using muscles in a different way and context to how they use them on land for sport and recreational activities. As a swim teacher, how many times have you seen young swimmers use a […]
How to Ease Crying During a Swimming Lesson
Learning how to swim should be a positive experience, for both parent, and child. Swim Schools should adopt policies that revolve around teaching positive learning techniques. No child should be subjected to a fearful or intimidating environment, when learning how to swim. Aggressively forcing children into swimming activities, such as back floating, while they are […]
Why do Babies Sometimes Ingest Water When Going Under?
Swimming lessons from a young age are very important. From the very first lesson in the swimming pool we are preparing baby for submersion under the water. It takes a lot of practice and a lot of conditioning but eventually you will have your baby swimming under water happily. Here, we discuss why babies ingest […]
When Should you Introduce Swimming Goggles
Once children have been through the water familiarisation process, are happy playing and swimming underwater, and spend a lot of time doing so, you can introduce goggles. Goggles are very useful to help protect the children’s eyes against prolonged chlorine exposure and ph imbalances. You will notice that some children will have more sensitive eyes […]