Why Building Trust During Baby & Toddler Swimming Lessons is Crucial Building trust is an integral part of the “learn to swim” process. As Swimming Teachers, we need to be aware of the importance of building trust with the babies, toddlers, and children. In addition to building a great relationship […]
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Introducing Adult Swimming Lessons
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 […]
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 […]
How to Teach an Adult to Swim – Teaching Tips
Through much research such as online articles, journals, textbooks and learning how teach an adult to swim myself, the outcome is unanimous. Most young adult swimmers have a specific stroke or skill they want to learn. The young adult is aged between 18-30 years and is usually highly motivated in […]
Laurie’s Recipe For Success
Laurie Lawrence is a well renowned and respected person in the aquatics industry. Laurie has had much success in all areas of teaching swimming. He has provided swimming lessons from babies all the way up to adults. In fact Laurie has had the privilege of teaching frightened beginners to swim […]