Do you start and finish your lessons on time every time? Is this a recurring problem in your swim centre? There are many centres around the world that have issues with their staff starting and finishing their lessons on time. Let’s discuss time management and what it means to those people in your lesson. […]
Teachers
World Wide Swim School holds a collection of helpful articles for techniques and tips on how to teach swimming, for swim teachers.
Bilateral Breathing – Teaching Tips for Breathing
When should swimmers learn bilateral breathing? It is a question or topic of debate that has been among swimming industry professionals for many years. We believe that as soon as a swimmer is ready to learn side breathing, they should learn to breathe to both sides. Learning to breathe to both sides does not necessarily […]
Steps to Master Butterfly
Many people find butterfly one of the hardest strokes to master in their swimming. Butterfly can be an easy stroke to swim if instructors and swimmers take their time and use a building block approach to learning – that is don’t move onto harder skills and drills until previous ones have been learned and mastered. Below […]
Teaching Swimming Without A Ledge
Swimming is such an important skills for all ages. Young infants to older adults can all benefit from swimming lessons. Some pools have the luxury of having a teaching ledge built in to assist with lessons but many don’t have access to a teaching ledge. Instructors will need to think outside the box to create […]
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 […]