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Kelly Chin

Know the students well. Most of the time, you will be involved in classes that have a wide range of capabilities and learning curves. Make sure you divide your class equally into groups of students who have similar abilities and place them in their respective designations as part of the learning process. When you are talking about teaching swim lessons the right way, it is always about making sure you pay attention to each and every student in the class. Some might have trouble learning something as simple as floating in the water and some might have issues with the basic strokes needed to propel them forward. Most swimming instructors make the mistake of treating the entire class as a single bulk entity, losing sight of the weaker students as the entire class, (or the upper echelons of the class), start to learn fast.

Also, not everyone can grasp the idea of basic strokes and advanced manoeuvres at the same time. It is a good idea to apply the concept of tiered learning when it comes to teaching swim lessons. Tiered learning will ensure that the entire class can progress at once and as a whole. One you are able to set the appropriate mile stones and see them transpire before your eyes, then and only then, can you aim for the next one. While competition is one of the best spurs to making people improve themselves, sometimes it is not a good application to put into practice into swim lessons. Try pairing your students up, this is a great buddy method to improve the ‘inclusion;’ factor when it comes to learning and ensures that the students do not feel isolated from the rest of the class. Also, when you do pair them up, ensure that they are of the same skill levels; it is a bad idea to pair up someone who is miles ahead of their buddy.

Ensure that the environment is open and friendly, with plenty of communication. In the end of the day, swimming is also about fun and enjoyment, and one of the best ways to improve the speed of learning is to make the classes as fun as possible. Talk to your charges regularly, especially when there are young kids and teenagers within the group. Communication is one of the best tools to have as a guide to teaching. Only through communication will you be able to find out certain important things about your students; why they seem to have trouble with a specific stroke, or their thoughts on your teaching methods etc. All these nuggets of information are extremely valuable and aids in the entire learning process.

These are just some pointers to look out for when teaching swim lessons to people. Whether you are doing this part time or you are a full time certified trainer (which also means you probably know all of this already), these are just tenets of useful teaching anyone can use to improve their class psychology and rear excellent swimmers.

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