Organising swim clinics at your centre can be a great way to enhance swimmer’s skills and knowledge on specific strokes. Swim clinics can be run for a variety of sessions and options – from frightened beginners to specific strokes. This article will concentrate on running a breaststroke clinic for swimmers at […]
Swim Schools
Do you Need a Deck Supervisor at your Swim School?
A deck supervisor is a great asset to many swim schools. Especially when your office and administration staff are separate from the pool area. The deck supervisor is often the vital link between management, parents, teachers, lifeguards and community members. When properly trained, the deck supervisor provides quality control over […]
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 […]
Soak It Up 2015 – AUSTSWIM Conference
World Wide Swim School and Kids Alive are exhibiting at the ‘SOAK IT UP’ 2015 National Aquatic Education Conference held at Twin Towns by AUSTSWIM on Friday 25th – Saturday 26th September. Laurie Presenting There are few who do not know of Laurie Lawrence or his spirited personality, sense of humour and zest […]