Let’s Hang Loose With What We’ve Got!
Is the water a place for striving for you? Or a place for liberation? Most people tense up in water even more than on dry land. But if we approa...
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Look At Me
“There was a video on his website of his own effortless crawl, but I knew I'd never be able to swim like that," Gill told me, about another of her ...
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Stopping the Fight for Survival
‘Playing dead’, ‘Sinking’ and ‘Falling’ - Why these sometimes unpopular terms are useful for non- swimmers “ Given that non-swimmers believe the...
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Helping Hands
The importance of hands on guidance in teaching people to swim... Touch reaches parts of the brain that words and images can't. Hands-on gu...
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Attention, Please! One to One Works
“ The process of learning to swim properly requires brain work and redirection of energy, from both teacher and pupil. As a teacher, you can only d...
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To the Wall – What’s Your Approach?
Because the wall in a swimming pool becomes a destination, it's symbolic for people learning to swim. How we approach the wall says a lot about our...
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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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