Sing When You’re Winning – and always in the first lesson
When learners first attempt to breathe out into water, nervous tension gets in the way. But relaxation and enjoyment are more easily experienced th...
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Control Freak? Cant Swim?
Are you a non-swimming adult who describes yourself as a control freak? Successful at what you do, you're usually able to achieve you...
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Floating Is A Feeling – When You Think About Its
About 15 years ago I was giving lessons to Christopher, aged ten. Ten's a bit late for a child to learn to swim and it took him a while. For severa...
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Rescued: Learner Lost With Woggle At Leisure Centre
Adults Need More Than A Polystyrene Float! This week I've been working with Paul whose wife bought him a few lessons for Chr...
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‘Can You Guarantee I’ll Swim?’and Daft Questions about Deep Water
We often get asked about guarantees. Earlier this year someone emailed to say he would be coming from the Middle East, could afford only three...
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Sink or Swim?…Try letting yourself sink!
We had three ladies on our residential course this week. All of them were capable of letting go, enjoying the support of the water, finding balance...
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Rotation Rotation Rotation
Why we should roll around like kids and strokes shouldn’t be taught too soon.. Four simple rotations are the foundations for all swimming moveme...
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From Nervous Non Swimmer to Bloke on Holiday in 8 Lessons
Ewan Gives Any Water Obsessed 10 Year Old A Run For Their Money... Some forty years ago, I went through all of the classic small boy 's...
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