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. Circuit stations allow for high repetition of skills over a particular time frame. Students are asked to switch stations after completing an individual […]
Swim Schools
Keep Clients Returning To Your Swimming Program
World Wide Swim School starts lessons for Infants at 4 months of age. We promote conditioning in the bath at home in the lead up to the first lesson in the pool. Parents and swimmers may choose to start lessons at any time and should be welcomed into the program and given information and support […]
Consistency Is Key In Any Swimming Program
When it comes to running a good quality aquatics swimming program, one thing is clear – consistency is important for success! There are many parts of the program that will benefit from this consistency – there are just a few discussed in this article. STAFF Clients form an attachment or bond with the staff that […]
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: Why do swimmers do so many swimming drills instead of laps? The answer is simple. Swimming is not a simple skill to learn. It requires much […]
Adult Swimming Lessons
What is the Learn to Swim program like at your swim centre? If you are happy with the program that you offer and the quality of the teachers within your centre you may like to look at ways to improve and extend your business. Start with the following easy questions. Do you offer lessons for […]
Group VS Private Swimming Lessons
Swimming lessons provide participants with a life-long skill: the ability to swim. This is an important skill that has the potential to help save lives in emergency situations. So the big question is – what is the best way to learn to swim? Private swimming lessons or group classes? As each swimmer will have different […]
The Benefits of a Deck Supervisor at your swim school
What’s all this talk about deck supervisors? Do we really need one? That’s just going to cost us extra money that’s not in the budget. This may be the typical response of a CEO or Swim School Manager when asked about introducing or employing a Pool Deck Supervisor. Today, I’m going to tell you a […]
Intensive Swimming Promotes Success
If you are operating your own swim school, you will understand how much thought and planning goes into programming and running a successful learn to swim program. Making sure you are providing your customers with a great, effective service is top priority. Parents or caregivers are paying good money for you to teach their children […]
Using Reward Systems at your swim School
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 […]
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 essential to develop good technique […]