Babies are born with a natural grasp reflex. They grasp and hold on tight to fingers, toys, hair and clothing. By maintaining the grasp reflex and encouraging a strong grip during the swimming lesson, we build strength and independence. We also teach baby to support their own body weight in […]
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.
My Child is Misbehaving at Swimming
You’re at your weekly swimming lesson and “Lachlan” is misbehaving at swimming once again. You’ve given him the warning speech before the lesson started but once again it’s gone in one ear and out the other. He’s bobbing underwater while the teacher is talking and he’s distracting the other children […]
Family Holidays and Swimming – Holiday Tips
I recently went on a family holiday for almost a month. Nearly all the places we stayed in had pool or were close to somewhere we could swim. We must have had at least 30 swims while we were away and both my girls Evie 6 and Harper almost 3 […]
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 […]
Laurie Talks with Brooke Hanson – Learn More
Laurie sits down to talk with Brooke Hanson OAM, Olympian and AUSTSWIM Ambassador. Brooke talks about her journey in swimming. From missing the 1996 and 2000 Olympic games through to her success in the following Olympics. As well as what were the important lessons she has learnt through her mixture of disappointments […]