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 […]
Coaches
If you are a swimming coach or professional swimming instructor, feel free to use these archived resources to progress your professional development.
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 […]
Steps to Master Butterfly
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 […]
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 […]
Swim Clinics for Fast Tracking and Learning Skills
Organising swim clinics at your centre can be a great way to enhance swimmer’s skills and knowledge on specific strokes. Swim clinics can be run for a variety of sessions and options – from frightened beginners to specific strokes. This article will concentrate on running a breaststroke clinic for swimmers at […]