Who will forget the passion Who will ever forget that passionate explosion of emotion from Laurie Lawrence. Laurie’s young charge Duncan Armstrong arrived at Seoul for the 1988 Olympics ranked 46th in the world, had just beaten three world record holders to take gold in the 400 metres freestyle final. “What do you think we […]
Swim Schools
Child Safe Training for Swim Schools
World Wide Swim School Partner with Child Safeguard World Wide Swim School and Child Safeguard have partnered to provide the Aquatics Industry Child Safe Training. Child Safeguard is an award-winning firm that helps organisations prevent harm to children and keep them safer. Child Safeguard provides legal, training, and audit advice to organisations to build a […]
Benefits of Swimming – An Infant Aquatics Study
Research Study This Early-Years Swimming Research Project was conducted over four years. It centred on an examination of the possible benefits that may accrue for under-5s who participate in swimming lessons. The study used a number of research techniques to explore the benefits of swimming in the early-years. The study focused on answering these questions: […]
New Features added to the Swim School Hub
Since World Wide Swim School was created, we have been working hard to make this the most efficient training platform for swimming in the world. Over the last few months, we have added many new features to enhance your user experience. New Features: Manager To-Do List: Keep on top of important tasks Managers need to […]
Emergency Risk Ready Training – Are Your Staff Trained?
CPR is the compliance standard we all need to meet. But would your team know what to do in an emergency? Are they emergency risk ready? Emergency Risk Ready training is what you need. Do they know: How to protect a child having a seizure in the water What to do with the media if […]
Teaching Freestyle Using Skill Building for 5 to 6 year olds
Through the provision of interactive training modules, World Wide Swim School is improving the quality of swimming training and teaching around the world. Today we will look at Teaching Freestyle Using Skill Building for 5-6 Year Olds If you’d like to receive training from Laurie Lawrence as well as many other benefits, join World Wide […]
NEW FEATURE: Electronic Forms for Swim School Operations
Streamline your swim school operations with electronic forms The team at WWSS are very excited to announce the launch of Electronic Forms for Swim School Operations! This is a new feature to the platform at no additional cost, so all members of the Swim School Hub will have access. Electronic forms were created to simplify […]
April Pools Day
Laurie and the team at World Wide Swim School strongly believe that water safety is a crucial part of all learn to swim programs, and that everyone should be equipped with CPR skills. The incredible team at Poolwerx think so too, and have teamed up with Red Cross Australia to create April Pools Day, providing […]
New Product: Emergency Risk Ready Training
Laurie Lawrence & the team at World Wide Swim School are excited to announce the launch of our newest product for swim schools, Emergency Risk Ready Training (ERR). As advocates for safety in and around water, Laurie & World Wide Swim School believe it is important to ensure that swim school staff, including teachers, are trained […]
October Update
The Swim School Hub has added a new feature this month. The system now has a group called “Whole Organisation”. This group is automatically updated when new users are added to your swim school or a user is removed when you disable them. You can download the instructions in either Word or PDF by clicking […]