I am a strong advocate of ensuring that all children learn to swim, and educating them about safety in and around the water. Water Safety is the utmost important part of planning and delivering a swimming lesson. It is important that swimming instructors ensure the safety of the students in their class and conduct the lesson accordingly. […]
Swim Schools
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 […]
Variety in the Swimming Lesson
We recently did a staff training session with the teachers at Laurie Lawrence Swim School about how to create variety in the swimming lesson. This came as a result from feedback we sometimes get at the front desk about children becoming bored with their swimming lessons. The educator in me is slightly defensive because I […]
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 […]
School Swimming
Form the Relationship At World Wide Swim School, we have found the key to running a successful school program all boils down to maintaining a healthy and professional relationship with the responsible person at hand. This generally tends to be the sports coordinator, the principal or may even be a deputy’s head. If it happens […]
Benefits of Diving for Rings in Pool Lessons
From around 18 months of age children will love to explore the water by diving to the bottom and picking up rings. This activity is great for your child’s spatial awareness and hand-eye coordination. If your child does not have good breath control or is not totally comfortable with free-floating and independent swimming do not […]