Swimming Ideas Podcast
What has it been like? What is our procedure? How do we teach? Challenges: Getting swimmers moving. Handling difficult swimmers. Coaching and commands. Resilience of children and adaptability. Tools: Lesson plans and TV for website lessons.
What should you do if you are comfortable? What should you do it if you’re not comfortable? Covid-19 and the coronavirus pandemic is real. We just saw this week that the president got infected and foolishly hosted events without face coverings that subsequently infected many other people at a White house event. I know. This …
Find out what Swimming Ideas Level structure is and why we use it. Learn the nuances of each level and the progression of skills that takes a 3 year old who doesn’t like the water to a competitive swim team swimmer. For all the information covered here go to: https://swimmingideas.com/resources/ Level 1: https://swimmingideas.com/blog/level-1/ Level 2: …
Today we review the online course, Teaching Swimming, fun and effective instruction and the second section: Method and Delivery. Today is all about the online course, Teaching Swimming, that comes with the companion PDF of the physical book available on Amazon. This training course covers the crucial skills your teachers need to begin having effective …
Teach better Parent Tot, Parent and Infant classes with Julia Johnson. Julia Johnson grew up in Michigan where she learned to swim during summer swim lessons by going to beaches and pools. She swam competitively in high school and then completed a few aquatrathons, sprint triathlons and a 5k swim in the years after graduation. Julia …
Breaststroke kick is difficult to do. It is an unnatural motion for many swimmers. There will always be that small subsect of people that have learned how to do it on their own and in fact prefer it to the flutter kick motion. I believe these are people that pushed the water in the “breaststroke …
What are the essential skills you should be teaching your lesson managers? You can find information at https://swimmingideas.com/resources/ Under the Level Description guides. They details the specific needs of each “level” and what to look out for including guidance for lesson managers. Criteria for an effective swim lesson manager: Understanding of level structure, essential skills, …
What can you do at your swim practice and swim lessons to promote Deliberate Practice, and how does mediation teach you to be a better swimmer. What is deliberate practice: https://jamesclear.com/beginners-guide-deliberate-practice “ While regular practice might include mindless repetitions, deliberate practice requires focused attention and is conducted with the specific goal of improving performance. From …
We’re running our swimming during covid in a small 4 lane indoor pool. Fans Open doors 7 at a time 2 in each lane on opposite ends. 1 in the ada staircase lane. 1 coach; now 2 coaches 2 lifeguards Line up outside and walk them in with a coach chaperone They have their own …
How should you protect yourself and others when you’re teaching swimming lessons to individuals or duos? Today we’re listening to a user submitted question and answering it after a brief unrecorded phone call. Rowenna and I spoke on the phone and we reviewed much of the same things. Her favorite games are Treasure hunt and …
[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/swimmingideas/SIP_080.mp3″ title=”SIP 080: Brief Autism Overview” artist=”Swimming Ideas” ] Looking at the American Red Cross website I was looking for level updates and structure. I found their Swimming Water Safety book, and on page 170 and 171 their information on Autism! A lot of people have been asking for guides on how to deal …
[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/swimmingideas/SIP_079.mp3″ title=”SIP 079: Do you need to license a swim program to be successful?” artist=”Swimming Ideas” ] No. Most parents don’t care what your swim program system is. They care about three things: 1) Will their child learn how to swim? 2) Does it fit into their schedule? 3) Is it within their …
http://traffic.libsyn.com/swimmingideas/SIP_078.mp3 [smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/swimmingideas/SIP_078.mp3″ artist=”Swimming Ideas” ] Dr. Alan Goldberg, www.competitivedge.com Getting parents to work with, not against you. Blog post about day 1 handout. https://swimmingideas.com/2017/09/17/handout-for-first-day-of-swim-lessons-for-parents-what-to-expect/ Day 2 handouts: https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/completelessondocuments/Administration/Day+2+Handouts+(1).pdf Be proactive. How to teach your parents on your swim team. Learn how to interact with your swim lesson parents in a healthy way. …
[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/swimmingideas/SIP_077.mp3″ title=”SIP 077: Central States Swim Clinic Part 2: Bob Bowman’s speech” artist=”Swimming Ideas” ] Bob Bowman’s speech on swim team organization and setup.
[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/swimmingideas/SIP_075.mp3″ title=”SIP 075: Swim team tryout script” artist=”Swimming Ideas” ] Ok. The first thing is to get in the water. The second thing to do is to touch the bottom with your hand. Easy? Easy peezy? Now we’re going to swim front crawl or freestyle with side breathing from here to …
[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/swimmingideas/SIP_074.mp3″ title=”SIP 074: A quick update and reminder about routine” artist=”Swimming Ideas” ] i’ll be interviewing a person about how to teach swimming lessons to autistic kids. She is an expert in adaptive physical education for special needs children and will be an excellent resource. I’m hoping to connect with Nitro tash to get …
[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/swimmingideas/SIP_073.mp3″ title=”SIP 073: What to do when veteran staff suck” artist=”Swimming Ideas” ] Give initial feedback. Restrain anger and disappointment. Immediate debrief and followup. Frame things in the future. next time do this. Retrain. Deal with it in private.
[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/swimmingideas/SIP_072.mp3″ title=”SIP 072: Breathing for two weeks” artist=”Swimming Ideas” ] Lots of talk about breath; on land, in the water, in small groups, and over short distances. Most effective initially with short distances, and constant discussion about it. Some level of attenuation. Lean what we do in dryland, and in our small …
Get ready to experience the next supplemental guide for better swim lessons! We’ve been refining the general format of our swim lessons. Ever forward, and ever working on refinement we’ve been teaching lessons using this new take on an old favorite. For a long time we’ve incorporated the “learn something, learn something, play a …
[smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/swimmingideas/SIP_070.mp3″ title=”SIP 070: What you need to start teaching swimming” artist=”Swimming Ideas” ] Question from John from the UK. He asked me very generally what he could do to get started. He had bought the swimming ideas lesson plans which you can get here: https://swimmingideas.com/store/ But he was uncertain in how to start teaching …