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If you are a swimming coach or professional swimming instructor, feel free to use these archived resources to progress your professional development.

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5 Skills That Make A Quality Swim Teacher

Being a swim teacher is a rewarding and essential role. It requires many skills to ensure the student’s safety, engagement and development. These include organisational, communication, physical and technical skills. Good swim teachers possess the necessary skills to teach the physical aspects of swimming and provide an enjoyable learning experience […]

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Common Backstroke Faults and Solutions

Backstroke is perhaps the easiest and fastest stroke to teach because it doesn’t require swimmers to learn complex breathing techniques. Once children can comfortably float on their back, it is very easy to build in the kick and follow the progression by introducing the arm strokes. Backstroke is a versatile stroke […]

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What Makes a Successful Swim Coach

Swim teachers and swim coaches are a swimmer’s initial introduction to the aquatic environment for safety, technique and stroke development. Once a swimmer has honed their swimming skills and is competent with all four strokes, it is time to advance to a squad program. Squad swimmers work closely with their […]

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Regulation of the Child Safe Standards in NSW

From 1 February 2022, child-related organisations in NSW are required to comply with the Child Safe Standards.  The Child Safe Standards provide a framework for organisations to implement Best Practice in child safety and are regulated under the Children’s Guardian Act 2019 (NSW) (‘the Act’).  Regulator – NSW Office of the Children’s Guardian (OCG)The NSW OCG is […]

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Regulation of the Child Safe Standards in Victoria

The new Victorian Child Safe Standards commenced on 1 July 2022 and are regulated by the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005 (Vic). The new Standards replaced Victoria’s 7 Child Safe Standards and Principles.  Let’s us take a look at the Regulation of the Child Safe Standards in Victoria.Regulator – Commission for Children and […]

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