Author name: Nicholas Loxton

All Pupils are Equal – Or are they?

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It’s difficult in a short swimming lesson to be fair to everyone, time is not on your side, pupils may not respond the way you would like them to and so on. Fairness in teaching isn’t about treating all pupils the same. Instead, it’s about providing each pupil with the right personalised support to be the best they can or want to be, based on their unique needs and strengths. It’s is about equity, not equality—helping pupils access the same opportunity to do their best through individual input and tailored support – even though you have a lesson plan for the group as a whole.

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Adult and Child swimming – The Essence

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The key question is:What is the purpose of babies and toddlers attending swimming lessons? How many parents actually ask this question – I suspect a very few and those who do probably are just wanting their baby to be able to swim and be safe in or near water.  Safety will be dealt with (or...

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5 Tips to Get Repeat CLIENTS

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Five tips to get repeat business in your swimming school Are you looking to boost repeat business in your swimming school, be the best you can be and have competitive advantage? Building a loyal customer base is crucial for the success, sustainability and growth of any business. In this post, we’ll share five practical tips...

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Lesson Plan Matrix

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https://swimmingtutor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Lesson-Plan-Matrix.pdf LESSON PLAN MATRIX – Notes         Class: Name Age Range: 7/8 Week No.:  7 Term: or Session name Venue: Pool name Duration: 1/2 hour Equipment: Floats etc. Aim:   What the overall objective for the week is according to the programme. Eg. Improve Front Crawl Objective: This is the most important element...

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Selecting a swimming school

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250321 HOW TO SELECT A SWIMMING SCHHOL FOR YOUR CHILDREN Most children go to swimming lessons because their parents have decided that’s what they should do, then they have to decide where to take them. This is often a ‘wet finger in the air’ decision which can be a disaster. The most important thing is...

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Demonstrating BackCrawl Arm Action

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How good is your double ‘S’ back crawl arm propulsion demonstration? During one of our CPD seminars, we asked all 60 odd delegates to stand and demonstrate a bent arm back crawl arm action as they would to their pupils. Only 2 were even remotely correct. Why is that?In simple terms, they did not understand...

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Why You dont need to learn to breathe

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Did you know that you do not have to teach pupils to breathe to swim? If I had a pound for every teacher that I have heard who tells pupils that the most important thing in swimming is to be able to breathe, I’d be worth a few bob. This kind of comment is of...

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Why The Head is the key To everything

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The question that every teacher needs to fully get to grips with is: “What is the most important part of the body governing the quality of your swimming technique?” You probably all know that this is the head, but if you thought something else, it’s time to reassess! There is one ‘guru’ currently pushing all...

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Why Not Little Finger BackCrawl Exit?

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Why Not Little finger back crawl exit? Do you teach back of hand or little finger exit in back crawl? If yes, have you asked yourself why? Is it because your course tutor told you this was required? Some years ago, we held a week long clinic* for club swimmers, the purpose of which was to...

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