Who will forget the passion Who will ever forget that passionate explosion of emotion from Laurie Lawrence. Laurie’s young charge Duncan Armstrong arrived at Seoul for the 1988 Olympics ranked 46th in the world, had just beaten three world record holders to take gold in the 400 metres freestyle final. “What do you think we […]
Teachers
World Wide Swim School holds a collection of helpful articles and resources for techniques and tips on how to teach swimming, mainly for swim teachers. These are dedicated to swim teachers and instructors seeking more information and further education.
Child Safe Training for Swim Schools
World Wide Swim School Partner with Child Safeguard World Wide Swim School and Child Safeguard have partnered to provide the Aquatics Industry Child Safe Training. Child Safeguard is an award-winning firm that helps organisations prevent harm to children and keep them safer. Child Safeguard provides legal, training, and audit advice to organisations to build a […]
Benefits of Swimming – An Infant Aquatics Study
Research Study This Early-Years Swimming Research Project was conducted over four years. It centred on an examination of the possible benefits that may accrue for under-5s who participate in swimming lessons. The study used a number of research techniques to explore the benefits of swimming in the early-years. The study focused on answering these questions: […]
Teaching Freestyle Using Skill Building for 5 to 6 year olds
Through the provision of interactive training modules, World Wide Swim School is improving the quality of swimming training and teaching around the world. Today we will look at Teaching Freestyle Using Skill Building for 5-6 Year Olds If you’d like to receive training from Laurie Lawrence as well as many other benefits, join World Wide […]
April Pools Day
Laurie and the team at World Wide Swim School strongly believe that water safety is a crucial part of all learn to swim programs, and that everyone should be equipped with CPR skills. The incredible team at Poolwerx think so too, and have teamed up with Red Cross Australia to create April Pools Day, providing […]
Swimming & Summer Fun
The weather is warming up here in Australia and as a result families are looking to cool off in their local watering holes. Whether it’s the beach, backyard pool or other favourite water ways to go swimming for some summer fun. Children are also looking to cool off and they are drawn to any water they can […]
Building skills for swimming success
There is no doubt that to be successful in swimming you need to work hard. Champions like Thorpe, Phelps and Rice didn’t get to stand on the gold medal dais at the Olympic Games by chance. They practiced and practiced and practiced. And when they finished practicing, they practiced some more! Now, these swimmers are […]
A Great Swimming Teacher Engages Their Pupils
We have long been aware that swimming is a fantastic sport because of health benefits particularly the cardiovascular system, however, recent international studies on movement education and a longitudinal study on early years swimming by professor Robyn Jorgenson in Australia shows that swimming has many more benefits. In professor Jorgenson’s study, she concludes that early […]
Commit to Consistency 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 participating in learn to swim programs nationwide. Many mums, dads and carers decide to hang up their swimsuits for the season and look for other sports and activities to entertain and engage their children. […]
Managing Different Abilities Within A Swim Lesson
Swimming teaching is a fun and rewarding experience. Unfortunately sometimes it can also be an overwhelming experience if instructors have a multitude of different levels in their class. It is recommended that swimmers are grouped homogeneously for swimmer and instructor ease. Infants should be grouped within the growth and development stages. Older swimmers should be […]