This article discusses the benefits of using rewards and incentives to help swimmers progress and achieve better results in various aspects of swimming lessons. We all like to be rewarded or thanked for achieving goals and jobs in life, be it in our personal life at home after cooking the dinner or at work having […]
Swim Schools
Learn2Swim Week: Day 1
Water Safety in Swimming Lessons Developing water safety skills and providing water safety education should underpin all formal learn to swim programs. Many water safety components will be taught during the development of foundation swimming skills as we work towards teaching the competitive strokes. For example, floating is the basis of all strokes and is […]
Learn2Swim Week: Day 2
Incorporating water safety into your program Swim schools and swim teachers should incorporate water safety education and water safety skills into their formal learn to swim programs. Schools and teachers are responsible for developing the future attitudes and beliefs of our next generation. You should also make a commitment to continue your water safety education […]
Learn2Swim Week: Day 3
Laurie’s passion for water safety All my life I have been passionate about teaching and educating, and even though the greatest accolades I have received have not been for the thing that I strive for the most I am very happy to have been able help others achieve such great success at the Olympics. What […]
Learn2Swim Week: Day 4
Swimming Lessons, Exploration and Water Safety Most young children love to experiment and explore their surroundings. It plays a huge part in their development and the way they learn about the world around them. This love of experimentation and exploration certainly follows them into each new environment they encounter. Swimming lessons offer a vast array […]
Beginners at Your Swim School
Parents must understand the important role they play in helping their child learn to swim. Teachers should encourage parents to take their child to the pool for exploratory play outside of the swimming lesson, but always, under strict supervision. Exposing children to a variety of different situations and depths of water is crucial for children […]
Circuits in Swimming Lesson Plans
Following on from the article last month about circuits in your swim school. Over the years the team at World Wide Swim School (WWSS) have developed countless lesson plans and ideas about how to run effective and efficient swimming lessons to get the best out of swimmers. One of our favourite things to incorporate into […]
Swimming Instructor Course & Training – Start Now!
When the swimming season is here in Australia, as a swim school owner or operator, it’s essential to make sure you have the best staff possible to meet the needs of your clients. Your swim school numbers should be growing, simply by the change in temperature. But you need to keep these customers happy by […]
Using Circuit Stations in a Swimming Training Program
A circuit is a group of different activities that are followed in succession. They can be dynamic and continually moving or stationary and moving intermittently. This article will look at Circuit Stations in a swimming training program. Circuit stations allow for high repetition of skills over a particular time frame. Students are asked to switch […]
Swimming Drills: Why Do We Use Them?
Parents often ask swimming instructors about the progress of their children and what they are learning in swimming lessons. A common question we hear on the pool deck is: So, why swimming drills instead of laps? The answer is simple. Swimming is not a simple skill to learn. It requires much repetition to master a […]