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  • Swimming Targets: Setting Milestones Learners Can Reach

    Swimming Targets: Setting Milestones Learners Can Reach

    If you cannot name your learner’s next milestone, you are not coaching them. How to set targets, track them, and what never to promise.

    January 22, 2024
  • Pregnancy Swim Suits for Expecting Moms: What Actually Works in the Pool

    Pregnancy Swim Suits for Expecting Moms: What Actually Works in the Pool

    Choosing pregnancy swim suits for the pool comes down to fabric and fit. A swimming instructor explains what to look for, what to avoid, and how to stay comfortable from the first trimester to the last.

    January 10, 2024
  • Swimming Exercise Routine: How Instructors Build a Lesson Plan That Progresses Learners

    Swimming Exercise Routine: How Instructors Build a Lesson Plan That Progresses Learners

    For trainee instructors: how to structure a swimming exercise routine for a class, what to cut when time runs short, and why most lesson plans fail in the first ten minutes.

    January 10, 2024
  • Good Diet for Swimmers: Where an Instructor Should Stop

    Good Diet for Swimmers: Where an Instructor Should Stop

    A swimming instructor explains what nutrition advice he can and cannot responsibly give — and where timing matters more than food choice.

    January 7, 2024
  • Deep Water Aerobics: Teaching Non-Swimmers in Deep Water

    Deep Water Aerobics: Teaching Non-Swimmers in Deep Water

    Teaching deep water aerobics safely: fit the belt yourself, keep a lifeguard on duty, count heads, choose cues that work, and never describe a buoyancy belt as a lifejacket.

    January 5, 2024
  • Water Polo: What an Instructor Must Refuse to Allow

    Water Polo: What an Instructor Must Refuse to Allow

    Teaching water polo: the eggbeater kick, positions, ball skills, conditioning and the practices an instructor must refuse outright, including submerging opponents and hypoxic sets.

    January 1, 2024
  • Pregnant Can Swim: An Instructor’s Guide to Teaching Expectant Mothers

    Pregnant Can Swim: An Instructor’s Guide to Teaching Expectant Mothers

    Yes, pregnant learners can swim — and instructors should know how to teach them well: medical clearance, stroke adaptations, and clear professional limits.

    December 31, 2023
  • Water Skill Games: How Instructors Use Purposeful Play in Swimming Lessons

    Water Skill Games: How Instructors Use Purposeful Play in Swimming Lessons

    For instructors: a game is not a reward at the end of a lesson. It is where the skill gets consolidated. How to build games that teach, and which ones to refuse outright.

    December 31, 2023
  • Muslimah Swimwear for Swimming Lessons: A Coach’s Practical Guide

    Muslimah Swimwear for Swimming Lessons: A Coach’s Practical Guide

    A Singapore swimming coach’s guide to Muslimah swimwear for pool lessons: choosing swim-grade fabric, running private sessions and practical teaching advice for instructors.

    December 26, 2023
  • YMCA Masters Swimming: What Instructors Can Learn From It

    YMCA Masters Swimming: What Instructors Can Learn From It

    YMCA Masters swimming sessions show trainee instructors what happens when children are taught badly. Six lessons to take back to your own teaching, plus the safety obligations.

    December 26, 2023
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