Many parents around the world have taken up the challenge to teach their own children to swim. This could be for a number of reasons. E.g. The cost of lessons, limited access to swim schools, unsuitable programs for the family’s needs and even the behavioural or learning limitations of their child. While it can be […]
Resources & Baby Swimming Tips For Parents
These articles are invaluable resources for parents. They include baby swimming tips and educational tips and techniques we recommend on implementing towards your child's development.
How To Teach Your Baby To Swim
During the 8 to 12 month age group, your baby will start to become purposefully mobile. Common achievements include; moving from stomach to sitting position, efficient crawling, standing, taking first steps and even walking. This increased mobility will have a tremendous impact on how to teach your baby to swim. At this stage, we begin to […]
Commit To Consistency With Your Child’s Swimming Course!
Winter is here – in Australia that is! And when the temperatures start to drop, so do the number of swimmers participating in learn to swim programs nationwide. Many mums, dads and carers decide to hang up their swimsuits for the season and look for other sports and activities to entertain and engage their children. […]
Patience & The Learn To Swim Process
Swimming lessons are a great investment and it’s so important for every child to undergo the learn to swim process. Not only are you providing your children with a skill for life, you are giving them an advantage in the areas of social, emotional, physical and intellectual development. A four-year study conducted by Griffith University […]
A Great Swimming Teacher Engages Their Pupils
We have long been aware that swimming is a fantastic sport because of health benefits particularly the cardiovascular system, however, recent international studies on movement education and a longitudinal study on early years swimming by professor Robyn Jorgenson in Australia shows that swimming has many more benefits. In professor Jorgenson’s study, she concludes that early […]
Bath Time – Baby Swimming Lessons
During early bath time interactions, parents should focus on becoming relaxed handling their baby. These early experiences are baby swimming lessons. The easiest way to handle your baby is sharing a bath together. This is the perfect bonding experience. Practise moving your baby by rolling and spinning. When you do this make sure you leave […]
How to Teach Breaststroke to Kids
The Laurie Lawrence method of teaching breaststroke focuses on isolating the kicking and pulling skills so that quick, efficient and correct mastery of breaststroke is achieved. The first recorded Olympic breaststroke was over 200 meters won by British swimmer Frederick Holman in 3 minutes 9.2 seconds another British swimmer William Robinson was second. For most […]
How to Teach Kids to Swim at Home
Time in the pool outside of swimming lessons is extremely important and conducive to your child’s learning, progression and development in the water, as well as to his/hers actual learn to swim lesson. As swimming teachers, we know that sometimes the hardest child to teach any skill or activity to may indeed be your own. […]
How To Teach Freestyle To Kids
By using a progressive learn to swim approach all children have the opportunity to learn the modern freestyle swimming action. Swimming has long been a popular activity for fun, fitness, health and safety. Evidence in cave paintings indicates that even stone-age man did some form of swimming. Competitive swimming has come a long way since […]
Newborn Swimming Tips for Home
Conditioning your newborn is one of the best ways to prepare him or her for swimming lessons, water familiarization and more importantly, submersions. Here are some handy tips to consider prior to conditioning and exactly how to carry it out. Tips for Newborn Swimming Ensure that you have all equipment that you will need for […]