There is no doubt that to be successful in swimming, and for building skills for swimming success, 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 […]
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World Wide Swim School’s new recruit, Susan Carter
Susan Carter has made a splash at World Wide Swim School starting this week as the company’s Manager of Business Engagement and Quality Improvement. Susan joins us from JUMP! Swim Schools, and brings with her almost two decades of operations experience across the swimming industry – with 15 years spent working at AUSTSWIM alone. Her […]
Baby Crying During the Swimming Lesson – It Happens!
Crying During the Swimming Lesson Learning to swim should be a positive experience for both parent and child. No child should be subjected to a fearful or intimidating environment when learning to swim. Aggressively forcing children to perform learn to swim activities while they are crying and in distress is totally inappropriate. Crying during the […]
Laurie Lawrence on Channel 7 for Learn2Swim Week
Laurie Lawrence was featured on The Daily Edition discussing 2018 Learn2Swim Week, which starts 2 October. Laurie Lawrence was featured on The Daily Edition discussing 2018 Learn2Swim Week, which starts 2 October. Since 2000 after the launch of the Kids Alive Program, the drowning rate dropped from 63 to 18. However, Laurie says “It’s not […]
A Great Swimming Teacher Engages Their Pupils
We have long been aware that swimming is a fantastic sport. This is 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 […]