Using a TV at swimming
I’ve always felt that one of the biggest impediment to using technology on the pool deck was getting it to work quickly. swimminglessonsideas.com has been…
I’ve always felt that one of the biggest impediment to using technology on the pool deck was getting it to work quickly. swimminglessonsideas.com has been…
I work with a lot of 15 and 16 year olds that are starting a job for the first time. They are enthusiastic, energetic, but…
When you do streamline like a thousand times, a hundred thousand, then you forget that it can be difficult for beginners to do well. I…
Summer is about to finish most swim professionals, aquatic professionals, are wrapping up their summer outdoor programs in the United States. That means we are…
Hypotonia is a condition commonly known as “floppy baby.” I found the wikipedia entry to be excellent and drastically expanded my understanding of the condition…
Spring. Melting snow, longer sunlight, and weather so strange, variable and weird that you have no idea what type of clothing your’e going to need…
It has been a crazy few months working behind the scenes. A quick update from May 2018 – November 2018. Updated the Online Swim Database.…
I get email from readers of the site all the time, and usually I respond as best I can, and sometimes turn those questions into…
At Swimming Ideas we’re all about ability, skill, and learning over endurance. I’d rather see someone swim well than swim sloppy for 200 yards. Perhaps…
“Oh my god! Coach Jeff! How are you?” Or the more common smile and hide behind the parent’s leg, but still want to tell me…
Have you ever just watched a high school age person teach swim lessons, and it seems like they don’t want to be there? You can,…
“If you build it, they will come.” Maybe you’re like me and you remember watching this movie all the time. But was that mantra from…
Most of you are looking at swim lessons starting in the next few weeks. August and September is traditionally when school starts (K-12). The college…
We all make mistakes. I’ve done this before too, and I know there’ll be equally as avoidable mistakes I’ll make in the future. But hopefully…
Really. I do. I love it. It makes my job as a swim lesson manager easier. It does, and I have a story today to…
How to be a better coach or instructor [smart_track_player url=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/swimmingideas/SIP_058.mp3″ title=”SIP 058: The One Thing” artist=”Swimming Ideas” ] Episode 057 with Meighan Julbert: “Focus on…
About 40 minutes ago I got out of the water and gave ‘hi-fives’ to the kids from my class, and said, “Well done today, come…
We had swim lessons yesterday and I wanted to give you an opportunity to learn from good ideas and some mistakes. In reading this you…
Listening to your comments There is a survey that you can fill out that I check regularly to gauge what you want to know about…
Do you offer make-up classes? Whether you do or not, I’m certain that you’ve heard about them. It is a relatively controversial thing in the…