Category: Practice

Fall is over. The first season of the 2017-2018 swim year. Can you believe that it has been 14 weeks already? Fun fact, new research…

I used to dread the first few weeks of swimming lessons; especially the first week. Do you know why? All the parent questions. Yup, I…

Finally. I’m done with swim team for this week. I coach two developmental swim groups back to back Monday through Thursday. We have 86 kids…

Summer is officially over for me. That’s right. It is late August, we’re no longer at the outdoor pools, and we’ve already done tryouts. It…

How to give your swimmers the “illusion of choice”   I’ll begin with a story, because people like stories, and the substance of this article…

[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/swimmingideas/SIP_048.mp3″ artist=”Swimming Ideas” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ]   USA Swimming has this article linked to their Learn To Swim page at www.usaswimming.org  …

[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/swimmingideas/SIP_047.mp3″ artist=”Swimming Ideas” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] You’re likely getting ready for your summer lifeguard training this month. You have returning staff and…

[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/swimmingideas/SIP_046.mp3″ artist=”Swimming Ideas” social=”true” social_twitter=”true” social_facebook=”true” social_gplus=”true” ] Front glides, back glides   https://swimminglessonsideas.com/2015/02/17/how-to-teach-swimming-lessons-front-glide-script/   Put your shoulders in the water Put your arms…

For the northern hemisphere, we’re in the throws of winter, or in 2015, what should be winter on December 21st. El Nino has for most…

[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/swimmingideas/SIP_002.mp3″ title=”Swimming Ideas Podcast 002: Streamline” artist=”JSwim” ] [Tweet “Swimming Ideas Podcast 002: Streamline”] Episode 002 is all about streamline! This is perhaps the…

You’ve just completed your swim practice and you’ve gone through the locker rooms. The old high school showers don’t work well, and the one that…

One of my favorite sites had this to say: “Swimmer’s ear—that discomfort you get after swimming that includes echoing, itching, or clogging—is pretty common in…

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Here is a general lesson plan template that you can print out, laminate and use for your swim lesson instructors.   Interested in our…

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First off, the idiotic NBC, Comcast, stranglehold on the olympic video is ridiculous and needs to be addressed.   See the video here, but you…

Swim lesson plan for beginner swimmers. The best way to teach young swimmers is through repetition. Most children (literally almost ALL) are unable to physiologically…

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