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 […]
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Stay Consistent with your Child’s Swimming Course
Winter is here – in Australia that is! And when the temperatures start to drop, so do the number of swimmers who participate in learn to swim programs. Many parents decide to hang up their swimsuits for the season, and look for other activities to entertain their children. But, here’s the thing, to be a […]
Water Safety in Swimming Lessons – Learn More
Developing Water Safety Skills Developing water safety skills and providing water safety education should underpin all formal swimming lessons for kids, within their 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 […]
Using Mats During a Swim Lesson – Teaching Skills
Using equipment, such as mats, during a swim lesson, can be a rewarding and interesting part of your lesson. It’s important that all equipment used in your lesson has a swimming related purpose. You may have the world’s cutest toys but if you’re not using them to further your swimmer’s skills, you are wasting your […]
What should kids learn at swimming lessons?
During swimming lessons, children should learn to swim! It sounds basic but I have people who e-mail, join my swim school or approach me on the street to tell me that they have attended swimming lessons for say 3 years, and their child still doesn’t know how to swim and has no concept of water […]