Swimming lessons are a great investment. Not only are you providing your children with a skill for life, you are giving them an advantage in the areas of social, emotional, physical and intellectual development. A four-year study conducted by Griffith University has found what swimming industry leaders have suspected for […]
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Swimming Toys and Their Uses – Teaching Tips
Toys can be a very useful tool for a swimming lesson. Young swimmers love using toys in their lesson and they can be a huge help for swimming instructors and parents. Toys come in a variety of shapes, sizes and colours. Swimmers are limited only to their imagination for toys […]
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 […]
The Importance of Conditioning
Getting our little ones ready for lessons and ensuring that they are ready for their first submersion is imperative. This is something that you can be working on at home prior to even going to the pool. Conditioning is a method of pouring water over the face using a plastic […]
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 […]