251014 ‘PLAY’ In swimming lessons There is a lot of chat about the benefits of ‘play’ and ‘games’ in swimming lessons and a very wide disparity on what constitutes play, what sort of play should be encouraged, whether it is for enjoyment or stimulation, guided or unguided etc.This article is aimed at unravelling a load...
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FEAR and DROWN PROOFING (See also: ‘Barriers to Learning’) In swimming tuition, we have two conditions that are applicable: Aquaphobia (Fear water): Aquaphobia is a specific phobia characterized by an intense and irrational fear of water. This fear can range from mild apprehension to complete panic and can disrupt a person’s daily life, not just swimming. The...
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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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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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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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Introduction Teaching adults is a wholly different prospect from teaching children. Why? Simple, it’s not physical (generally) it psychological. Adults have become thinking human beings, they have developed attitude and opinions, will have views and perceptions that life experience has given them, that children (by and large) have not yet developed. For early adult learning,...
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Did you know that butterfly is the simplest stroke and easiest to teach and swim? Think about it. Front crawl has 2 arms operating independently, moving alternately in opposite directions, legs going up and down at the same time, the body rotating on neither the arm or leg axis and with the mouth or nose...
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