Floating is the most important skill in the Learn to Swim process. Floating is the basis of all Learn to Swim skills and gives baby the opportunity to feel their own buoyancy. Once baby feels that fun floating sensation, and that feeling of weightlessness, they will become relaxed and at […]
Teachers
World Wide Swim School holds a collection of helpful articles for techniques and tips on how to teach swimming, for swim teachers.
The Importance of Manipulation -Teaching Tips
When a child is learning to swim, more often than not, it will be a totally new experience. They will be using muscles in a different way and context to how they use them on land for sport and recreational activities. As a swim teacher, how many times have you […]
Weekly Swimming Lessons – Fun, Independence, Skill Building
I love attending weekly swimming lessons with my daughter Harper, who is turning 3 this month. Not only does it give me special one-on-one time with her without any distractions. But it gives me some great inspiration and ideas for my own swimming teaching. This week I particularly enjoyed the […]
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 […]